Preparing the Research & Innovation Core for Mission Ocean, Seas & Waters

PREP4BLUE

"Mission Ocean, seas and water aims at restoring the health of our ocean and waters by 2030, as a major contributor to the European Green
Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals. Research and innovation will be a key component of the Mission, which will link initiatives across
disciplines, mobilise policymakers, stakeholders and citizens, and leverage public and private investments. PREP4BLUE overarching objective is
to facilitate a successful first phase (2022-2025) of the Mission, by developing the co-creation and co-implementation R&I modalities required to
achieve the Mission objectives and preparing the ground for inspiring and engaging citizens and stakeholders.
The project is designed to deliver a series of tools, guidelines, methodologies and recommendations tested through pilots, which will interlink,
leverage and optimise activities among the projects funded under the Mission. Our systemic approach will foster cohesion and connectivity
between knowledge and technology, funding, regulation, education and skills, social structures and co-creation with R&I actors, citizens and
stakeholders.
PREP4BLUE multidisciplinary and multi-actor consortium is actively engaged in basin-based strategies and related R&I activities, with strong
experience in co-developing business models and recommendations for policy-makers, expertise in social sciences related to participative
democracy and citizen engagement and excellent track-record in methodologies for knowledge management and transfer, as well as in
stakeholder engagement.
PREP4BLUE will also carry out strategic actions to assure the alignment of our CSA with the evolution of the Mission components, including the
Mission Core Network, other contributors to the Mission and other Missions. Our project will contribute to preparedness and engagement of all
relevant stakeholders to empower them to play an active role in the Mission."