
After more than 2 years, the EU4Ocean Coalition is rewarding and celebrating the efforts of its members and their most outstanding initiatives to date, and is looking forward to the future!
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By joining an active group of organisations, initiatives and people, members of the EU4Ocean Platform benefit from sharing of ideas, build partnerships and join forces to deliver a more coordinated approach to ocean literary activities in Europe. Let us unite and collectively build momentum for European ocean literacy, encouraging other initiatives to join the movement. At the core of the platform is the exchange of expertise, knowledge and best practices in ocean literacy. Members create synergies and new collective initiatives that can reach broader audiences thereby generating larger impact.
Are you interested to become a member of the platform? Want to know what is involved? Read the key facts from our Terms of Reference to find out more and find out who is already involved on the members’ page. We are looking forward to receive applications! You can apply to become a member by filling out an online application form on this website.
Keep up to date with the events and activities of the EU4Ocean Platform
The EU4Ocean Platform members meet in Working Groups (WGs) around particular themes/topics, including Climate and Ocean, Food from the Ocean and Healthy and Clean Ocean.
You have recently become a member of the EU4Ocean Platform and you have joined one or several Working Groups. Did you know you can also contribute to EU4Ocean in many other ways?
Wish to know more? Contact us at info@eu4ocean-platform.eu
Interested in discovering who the members of the EU4Ocean Platform are and what they do? The EU4Ocean Platform brings together a wide diversity of stakeholders spanning the areas of marine research, science-policy, blue economy industry and the private sector, civil society, arts, education, youth and media. Check out the members in our overview or the interactive map with detailed information on each member.
A multitude of threats including climate change, overfishing and pollution is putting our ocean at risk, and changing course requires us to work together. As part of the EU4Ocean Coalition, the Make Europe Blue campaign is calling on you - citizens, businesses, organisations, authorities, celebrities, educators - to make a pledge to help the ocean. Your pledge is a personal promise or action that will keep our ocean healthy. Every action – even the smallest one - brings change to our ocean!
Check out the campaign page and get inspired by the pledges of journalists, educators, policy-makers, activists and organisations engaged in ocean protection.
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The EU4Ocean Platform is part of the EU4Ocean Coalition, which connects diverse organisations, projects and people that contribute to ocean literacy and the sustainable management of the ocean. Supported by the European Commission, this bottom-up inclusive initiative aims at uniting the voices of Europeans to make the ocean a concern of everyone. In addition to the Platform, the EU4Ocean Coalition includes the Youth4Ocean Forum and the Network of European Blue Schools.
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The 2022 edition of the Summer School organized by OGS will focus on the Copernicus Marine Services as a supporting tool to foster Sustainable Blue Economy The Summer School focuses on the topics of the Sustainable Blue Economy, bringing together participants from Euro-Mediterranean Countries and Central European Initiative member States. It targets researchers and young experts who want to expand their knowledge of data acquisition and models development to support decision making on the Ocean. Applications are open until 18th March, 2022! Start date: 02/07/2022 - 09:00 Last update: 09/03/22 |
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Let’s listen to the Arctic: join the Arctic Ocean Literacy event on 5th and 8th of April The EU4Ocean Coalition is preparing the “Let’s listen to the Arctic Ocean” event series, supported by the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission. Start date: 05/04/2022 - 10:00 Last update: 02/03/22 |
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Events & Activities of the EU4Ocean Platform Keep up to date with the events and activities of the EU4Ocean Platform - an active group of organisations, initiatives and people. |
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Call for Young Ocean Advocates – The Youth and the Arctic The Youth4Ocean Forum is calling young people to submit projects linked to the Arctic Ocean. |
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I live by the Sea International Youth Photo and Film Contest 2022 Submissions to the 6th edition of the “I live by the Sea Contest” for young people up to the age of 21 are open. Submit your photos or short films along with a short text by 31 March 2022! |
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Youth4Ocean Forum at the One Ocean Summit Discover the programme of the members of the Youth4Ocean Forum on the occasion of the One Ocean Summit. |
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Let’s make Europe Blue: the EU4Ocean for Ocean Literacy Summit rewards outstanding actions for the Ocean After more than 2 years, the EU4Ocean Ocean Literacy Summit is rewarding outstanding actions for the Ocean! Start date: 19/05/2022 (All day) Last update: 01/02/22 |
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DG MARE and the IOC UNESCO: working together for Ocean Literacy. The Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO (IOC UNESCO) are joining forces for Ocean Literacy. Together, they will boost the EU-wide ocean literacy initiative that DG MARE has set up, the EU4Ocean coalition. Start date: 31/01/2022 (All day) Last update: 31/01/22 |
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EU4Ocean Platform community meeting: Achievements, Added Value and Next steps On 2 December 2021, EU4Ocean Platform members gathered online to take stock of the Platform achievements in 2021, exchange ideas of new connections and collaborations and look forward to the EU4Ocean Summit planned in the spring 2022. |
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Dr Victoria Qutuuq Buschman: Arctic indigenous knowledge for Arctic conservation Exploring the relationship between the Inuit community and the Arctic Ocean. |