Under the aegis of SSGIEA there is now a range of integrated ecosystem
assessment (IEA) expert groups operating within ecosystems from the Arctic to
the Mediterranean, and from the Baltic to the North West Atlantic. These groups
are often following similar lines of research, and although bilateral joint
meetings have been held, there has been no opportunity to meet altogether. This
workshop is intended to help identify common problems and solutions to them. It
will allow the exchange of ideas, methodologies and analytical approaches
across the expert groups. It will also provide the prospective for a comparison
of the different analytical approaches used, and potentially lead to a synthetic
review of the utility and application of these methods for publication.