Where next for Europe’s Seas: the contribution of EU-funded projects at EU Ocean Days

The EU Ocean Days will be a week of events focusing on European maritime topics, which will take place in Brussels from 4 to 8 March 2024. Many EU-funded projects and initiatives will take part in the poster exhibition on 6 March during the event “Where next for Europe’s Seas”.

The projects will showcase inspiring solutions to the major challenges faced by the ocean and the coastal areas. The themes range from marine litter and biodiversity, to aquaculture, tourism and renewable energies.

The European Ocean Days will cover, on separate days over the week, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, future priorities for Europe’s Seas, blue innovation, and investment opportunities, as well as ocean literacy activities.

EU-funded projects managed by CINEA

21 projects and initiatives funded under four EU programmes managed by CINEA will participate in the exhibition with posters. The funding programmes are EMFF/EMFAF, Horizon Europe, LIFE Programme, and Innovation Fund.

The projects are the following:

FreShER: Sustainable moorings for marinas and floating solar (Funded under EMFF)

TWINNEDbySTARS: increasing the competitiveness of the maritime tourism sector in the Outermost Regions (Funded under EMFAF)

Aquawind: Innovative multi-use prototype combining offshore renewable energy and aquaculture in the Atlantic Basin (Funded under EMFAF)

WIN-BIG: Empowering Women across EU Blue Economy (Funded under EMFAF)

European Atlas of the Seas: An Ocean Literacy Tool Powered by EMODnet for Wider Society (Funded under EMFAF)

Assistance Mechanism for the Atlantic, Black Sea and Western Mediterranean (Funded under EMFAF)

EU4Ocean Coalition: delivering blue literacy & citizenship (Funded under EMFAF)

LOCALITY: nature-positive algae-based products made from the North and Baltic Sea (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate)

OLAMUR: Offshore Low-trophic Aquaculture in Multi-Use Scenario Realisation (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

Plastic Pirates - Go Europe! The Ocean starts here. (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

AlgaeProBANOS: Accelerating algae product development (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

OCEAN CITIZEN: Scaling Ocean Literacy through Innovative Storytelling (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

NETTAGPlus: Solutions to Prevent, Avoid and Mitigate harmful impacts of fishing gear (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

CLIMAREST: Coastal Climate Resilience and Marine Restoration Tools for the Arctic Atlantic basin (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

A-AAGORA: Coastal Restoration With Nature And People (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

INSPIRE: Innovative Solutions for Plastic Free European Rivers (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

RHE-MEDiation: Sustainable Technology Pathways to Reduce Waters Chemical Pollution by Combining Social Empowerment and Innovation (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate)

iMERMAID: Innovative solutions for Mediterranean Ecosystem Remediation via Monitoring and decontamination from Chemical Pollution (Funded under Horizon Europe Climate – EU Mission Ocean)

SustainSea: Wind-Assisted Propulsion Revolution (Funded under Innovation Fund)

Saoirse Wave Energy Project (Funded under Innovation Fund)

LIFE NatuReef: Nature-based reef solution for coastal protection and marine biodiversity enhancement (Funded under LIFE Programme)