About
The Partnership boosts the transformation towards a climate-neutral, sustainable, productive and competitive blue economy. We aim to restore the ocean’s health, resilience and services to people by enabling economic activity that is climate-neutral, sustainable and productive.
Vision
- by 2030: give the transformation towards a climate-neutral, sustainable, productive and competitive blue economy a boost
- by 2050: create and support the conditions for a healthy ocean for the people
Through this vision we work together to support key EU policy objectives of Green transition, digital transformation and recovery and ultimately contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.
investments
over 7 years
the European Commission
Facts & Figures
Intervention areas
Intervention Areas are set in the Annual Work Programme of the Partnership and are based on the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and the Member States and Associated Countries’ priorities. Intervention Areas for future calls and activities will be developed according to an annual cycle.
2025
Digital Twins of the Ocean
This Intervention Area proposes a multidisciplinary, long-lasting research and innovation activity that focuses on the development of twin technology for spatially limited areas at sea-basin level. The activity aims to improve our understanding of the relations among essential systems at sea-basin level and ultimately support the development of AI based simulation and prediction capabilities for European oceans.
Blue Economy Sectors
The Intervention Area covers all sectors of the blue economy, focusing on the prerequisites for a green and digital transition of these sectors and on the conditions for co-existence and multi-use of activities and infrastructures at sea. The main aim of the Intervention Area is to support the optimal use of resources in European oceans and seas in terms of space and material flows while ensuring the conditions for sustainability and reducing environmental pressures.
Managing Sea-Uses
The Intervention Area addresses the need for innovative tools and approaches to the sustainable planning and management of sea-uses, interlinking maritime spatial planning (MSP), the marine strategy framework directive (MSFD), common fishery policy (CFP), and the marine protected areas (MPAs) with a focus on the regional dimension.
Blue Bioresources
The Intervention Area addresses research and innovation needs to support a just transition to the sustainable production and utilization of blue bioresources, with emphasis on production and processes that minimise the environmental impacts while meeting the demand for healthy and affordable blue food, feed, and other biobased products.
Resilient Coastal Communities and Businesses
This Intervention Area tackles the risks and opportunities for coastal communities, businesses, and infrastructures in the context of climate change and marine environmental degradation, addressing coastal and maritime tourism as well as the conditions for coastal social-ecological systems to deliver ecosystem-services for nature and people.
2024
Digital Twins of the Ocean
This Intervention Area proposes a multidisciplinary, long-lasting research and innovation activity that focuses on the development of twin technology for spatially limited areas at sea-basin level. The activity aims to improve our understanding of the relations among essential systems at sea-basin level and ultimately support the development of AI based simulation and prediction capabilities for European oceans.
Blue Economy Sectors
The Intervention Area covers all sectors of the blue economy, focusing on the prerequisites for a green and digital transition of these sectors and on the conditions for co-existence and multi-use of activities and infrastructures at sea. The main aim of the Intervention Area is to support the optimal use of resources in European oceans and seas in terms of space and material flows while ensuring the conditions for sustainability and reducing environmental pressures.
Managing Sea-Uses
The Intervention Area addresses the need for innovative tools and approaches to the sustainable planning and management of sea-uses, interlinking maritime spatial planning (MSP), the marine strategy framework directive (MSFD), common fishery policy (CFP), and the marine protected areas (MPAs) with a focus on the regional dimension.
Blue Bioresources
The Intervention Area addresses research and innovation needs to support a just transition to the sustainable production and utilization of blue bioresources, with emphasis on production and processes that minimise the environmental impacts while meeting the demand for healthy and affordable blue food, feed, and other biobased products.
2023
Development and validation of Digital Twins of the Ocean at sub-sea-basin scale
2023
Blue generation marine structures
2023
Planning and managing sea uses
2023
Healthy 'Blue Food' under a 'One Health' approach
2023
Enabling the green transition of 'Blue Food' production
2023
How can you engage?
The Partnership seeks to engage stakeholders across ocean industry sectors, policy, scientific disciplines, and civil society. You can engage in six co-funded calls over the seven-year timeframe 2022-2029. We will further add value with complementary actions and resource mobilisation, including:
- research infrastructures
- thematic programmes
- streamlining other funding sources
As a Partnership, we engage with initiatives at the level of sea basins and the Atlantic Ocean. At global level, we promote the EU approach to a sustainable blue economy. We seek synergies with other Partnerships and the Mission Restore our Seas and Oceans. In parallel, we are establishing a community of practice with different stakeholders to co-design activities.
Secretariat
- Ministry of Universities and Research, Italy - sbep@mur.gov.it
Brussels office
- Julie Olivier, j.olivier@fz-juelich.de
- Angiolo Boncompagni, angiolo.boncompagni@est.mur.gov.it
- Frode Dal Fjeldavli, fdf@forskningsradet.no
- Claire Hellio, sbep@agencerecherche.fr
Sea basin nodes
- Atlantic Ocean
Ireland, Majbritt Bolton-Warberg, majbritt.bolton-warberg@marine.ie
Portugal, Natalia Ospina-Alvarez, natalia.ospina@aircentre.org - Baltic Sea
Estonia, Andro Truuverk,
andro.truuverk@kliimaministeerium.ee, Liis Kikas, Liis.Kikas@kliimaministeerium.ee, Kadri Just, kadri.just@agri.ee
Poland, Monika Wloszek, monika.wloszek@ncbr.gov.pl - Black Sea
Bulgaria, Milen Baltov, mbaltov@bfu.bg
Georgia, Rusudan Jobava, jobava@rustaveli.org.ge
Turkey, Ebru Aydin, ebru.aydin@tubitak.gov.tr
Ukraine, Hryhorii Mozolevych, hryhorii.mozolevych@mon.gov.ua - Mediterranean Sea
Greece, Sophia Dimotropolou,s.dimitropoulou@gsrt.gr
Malta, Maria Azzopardi, maria.azzopardi.2@gov.mt
Tunisia, Hayet Souai, souaihayet@gmail.com - North Sea
Belgium, Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet, ann.katrien.lescrauwaet@vliz.be
Netherlands, Lisette Enserink, lisette.enserink@rws.nl
Partners
Belgian Science Policy Office - BELSPO
Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Flanders Marine Institute
Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneurship - FIO - VLAIO
Fund for Scientific Research - FRS - FNRS
Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Scientific Research Fund - FWO
Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science - MES
Burgas Free University
Croatian Science Foundation
Research & Innovation Foundation
Innovation Fund Denmark
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Estonian Research Council
Ministry of Rural Affairs
Ministry of the Environment
Research Council Faroe Islands
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland
Research Council of Finland - AKA
National Research Agency - ANR
Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia - SRNSFG
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space - BMBF
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
General Secretariat for Research and Innovation - GSRI
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Icelandic Centre for Research
Marine Institute
Research Ireland
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Anton Dohrn Zoological Station
Hydrographic Institute of the Navy
Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy
Ministry of University and Research
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
National Research Council
Latvian Council of Science - LZP
Research Council of Lithuania
Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation
Montenegro - Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation - MESI
Innovation Norway
Research Council of Norway
National Centre for Research and Development
Atlantic International Research Centre
Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of the Centre - CCDRC
Directorate-General for Maritime Policy
Foundation for Science and Technology - FCT
Fundo Azul
Regional Fund for Science and Technology
National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geo-ecology
Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization - MCID
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information - SCSTI
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Center for Technological Development and Innovation
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
Spanish State Research Agency
The Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System
A Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Swedish National Space Agency
Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality - NWO
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
The Dutch Research Council
Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research - MHERS
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye
