On the 21th of November 2013 the Compendium was presented at the JPI-Oceans (Joint Programming Initiative for Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans) headquarter in Brussel in the presence of Ana-Teresa Caetano (EC, DG Research), and respresentatives of JPI-Oceans, the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research.
On the 14th of November 2013, the Compendium was officially launched in the Flemish Parliament (room De Schelp) in the presence of the Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister of Innovation, Public Investment, Media and Poverty Reduction Ingrid Lieten, the governor of the Province West-Flanders Carl Decaluwé and the Secretary-general of the department Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) Dirk Van Melkebeke.
