Any proposal for this call should fully take into account the relevant past or ongoing work of the RSCs, in connection with indicators, Quality Status Reports and effectiveness of measures, the work carried out in ICES, the results to date of other ongoing projects, such as for example the research projects financed under FP7, Horizon 2020 or the support projects on the implementation of the MSFD (i.e. …JMP Eunosat, Helcom Action…).