Innovative Clean Waters and Circularity Solutions for Uptake

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Innovative Clean Waters and Circularity Solutions for Uptake

EU Blue Parks Community Workshop

Event: Digital Event
Date: 9 September 2026
Location: online

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How can innovative solutions for cleaner waters and a circular economy move beyond pilot projects and into real-world implementation?

The Mission Ocean & Waters Matchmaking Workshop brings together solution providers and end-users to exchange knowledge, discuss practical applications, and explore opportunities for collaboration. The interactive online event is aimed at municipalities, national and regional authorities, waste management organisations, port authorities, industrial stakeholders, research institutions, NGOs, and others working on clean waters and circularity.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

discover innovative solutions from the Mission Ocean & Waters Solutions Library;
meet solution owners and discuss practical applications;
explore opportunities for collaboration, replication, and implementation;
exchange experiences with stakeholders working on similar challenges across Europe.

The workshop is organised by the Technopolis Group, coordinator of the Mission Ocean & Waters Platform, and moderated by Ecologic Institute.

Contact

Hannes Schritt

Fellow

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Publication:Website

screenshot of the srevice portal "Mission Ocean and Waters"

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Mission Ocean and Waters Service Portal

Year 2023

Project

The Ecologic Institute, part of a pan-European consortium, is implementing the "Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters" support platform for the European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) and the European Commission, aiming to protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, prevent pollution, and promote a sustainable blue economy, which includes designing and managing the EU Blue Parks Community support services and contributing to the development of mission indicators.

Mission Ocean, Seas and Waters Implementation Support Platform

Mission Coordination and Monitoring

Dec 2022 - Dec 2026

Funding: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), International
Organizer: Technopolis Group, France
Partner: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Hannes Schritt

Eleftheria Kampa

Evgeniya Elkina
Date: 9 September 2026
Location: online
Language: English
Project: Mission Ocean, Seas and Waters Implementation Support Platform
Project ID: 50131
Keywords: Coastal + Marine

Events

EU Blue Parks, Mission Ocean and Waters, marine protection, marine conservation, EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, Marine Protected Areas, MPAs, strict protection, ocean restoration, marine governance, Horizon Europe projects, ocean innovation, digital ocean tools, marine ecosystem monitoring, habitat restoration, coastal communities, stakeholder engagement, ocean policy, environmental governance, EU marine targets, marine resilience, ocean management, conservation best practices

European seas, EU sea basins, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean

co-creation processes, participatory governance, stakeholder engagement methods, ecosystem-based management, science-based conservation approaches, digital twins, remote sensing, citizen science, ecological connectivity analysis, scenario modelling, monitoring and enforcement systems, governance frameworks, socio-economic assessment, marine spatial planning, adaptive management, pilot restoration methodologies

Adaptation
Agriculture
Arctic
Biodiversity
Bioeconomy
Cities
Climate
Climate Foreign Policy
Coastal + Marine
Communication
Consumer Policy
Culture + Ecology
Digitalization
EU
Economics
Education
Energy
Environmental Law – Ecologic Legal
Evaluation
Events
Finance
Food
Foreign Policy
Governance
Health
Indicators
Industry
International Cooperation
Land Use
Mobility
Nature-based Solutions + Green Infrastructure
Plastics
Public Diplomacy
Resource Conservation + Circular Economy
Trade
Water