Under Horizon Europe, the EU’s programme for Research and Innovation, 67 projects have been awarded for funding under the Mission 'Restore our Ocean and waters' calls launched between 2021 and 2023.
Get inspired by their innovative solutions.
Aquaculture
- ongoing
AlgaePro BANOS
AlgaeProBANOS brings together 26 expert partners, start-ups and SMEs to accelerate the development of sustainable algae products.
- ongoing
Cool Blue Future
COmmunity Ocean farms and Local Business cLUstErs: Cultivating community across European seas through community-led regenerative aquaculture enterprises.
- ongoing
LOCALITY
LOCALITY works to create socially responsible algae-based products and solutions in food, aquafeed, agriculture, and textile markets, highlighting their economic role.
- ongoing
Mr.Goodfish3.0
Mr.Goodfish3.0 upgrades an app for sustainable seafood consumption based on stakeholder input and it employs it in an EU-wide awareness campaign.
- ongoing
OLAMUR
OLAMUR works towards a climate neutral and circular economy to demonstrate sustainable multi-use solutions for the North and Baltic sea regions.
- ongoing
ULTFARMS
ULTFARMS transforms Low-Trophic Aquaculture in offshore and low-salinity zones of the North and Baltic Seas through advanced engineering and ecological methods for sustainable seaweed and mollusc production.
- ongoing
VeriFish
The sustainability indicator framework to communicate responsible aquafood production and consumption patterns.
Blue Economy
- completed
C-FAARER
C-FAARER has developed a stakeholder-driven roadmap and guidance to help ocean farmers in the Atlantic and Arctic basins build community-based regenerative farming models and inform supportive policymaking.
- ongoing
FERRO
FERRO integrates nutrient recovery and reuse in lake restoration to achieve good ecological status in European lakes and support a circular economy.
- ongoing
H2-SEAS
H2-SEAS develops a novel, fully-integrated hydrogen-electric fishing vessel to accelerate a sustainable and accessible transition to clean and efficient power for small-scale fishing fleets.
- ongoing
REFEST
REFEST focuses on retrofitting fishing fleets with energy-efficient technologies to reduce fuel consumption, emissions, environmental impact and to promote sustainability in the fishing sector.
- ongoing
SEAGLOW
SEAGLOW demonstrates innovative technologies to cut fossil fuel use and emissions on small fishing boats in the North and Baltic Seas, through collaboration with researchers, industry, associations, and local fishers.
- ongoing
SpongeWorks
SpongeWorks implements effective Nature-based Solutions to enhance soil water retention capacity and climate resilience at regional scale in Europe.
Citizen Science
- completed
FLOW
FLOW consisted of experiential futures workshops with young adults, in which their expectations, hopes, and fears about human-water relations were studied.
- completed
OTTERS
Societal transformation for water stewardship via scaling up citizen science by accelerating adoption of standards & piloting spring-to-sea campaigns.
Coordination and Support Actions
- ongoing
BlueMissionAA
BlueMissionAA is the coordination hub that supports the implementation of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters in the Atlantic and Arctic basins.
- ongoing
BlueMissionBANOS
BlueMissionBANOS supports a carbon-neutral, circular blue economy in the Baltic and North Seas by connecting policy, industry, science, and society through collaborative governance and innovation.
- ongoing
BlueMissionMed
BlueMissionMed inspires, informs, assesses, mobilises, connects and empowers all the actors to prevent and eliminate pollution in the Mediterranean basin.
- ongoing
EcoDaLLi
EcoDaLLi centralises governance structures and innovative solutions for the ecological restoration, protection and preservation of the Danube.
- completed
PREP4BLUE
PREP4BLUE has set the foundations for co-creating and co-implementing the research and innovation required to achieve Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030.
Digital Twin Ocean
- ongoing
DIGI4ECO
DIGI4ECO uses digital technology to tackle climate change, enhance environmental conservation, and drive socio-economic development.
- ongoing
DTO-BioFlow
DTO BioFlow facilitates the integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, as a basis for its biodiversity component.
- ongoing
ECOTWIN
ECOTWIN develops graph-based solutions, co-designed with diverse stakeholders, to model marine socio-ecological systems and integrate them into the emerging Digital Twin Ocean framework.
- ongoing
EDITO-Model Lab
EDITO-Model lab develops the next generation of ocean models and AI-enriched simulation techniques to be integrated into the European Digital Twin Ocean.
- completed
EDITO-Infra
EDITO-Infra has built the public infrastructure backbone for the European Digital Twin of the Ocean and will continue this work.
- ongoing
EDNAqua-plan
EDNAqua-Plan maps aquatic monitoring efforts across the EU and associated countries, while outlining activities on standardising and streamlining methods and data workflows.
- ongoing
IDEATION
IDEATION prepates the development of the Digital Twin of the inland waters providing a roadmap for its development and integration into the DTO.
- ongoing
SEADITO
SEADITO develops social-ecological analytical methods and tools for the EU DTO to support the goal of achieving healthy oceans and waters by 2030.
- ongoing
SEADOTs
SEADOTs advances sustainable ocean management by integrating socio-ecological data into Digital Ocean Twins for informed marine policy and planning.
- ongoing
SURIMI
SURIMI creates social-ecological models and user-friendly tools, integrated within the DTO, to support policy analysis based on management strategy evaluation.
European Blue Parks
- ongoing
Blue4ALL
Blue4ALL develops science-based tools for achieving Marine Protected Areas that meet conservation and restoration objectives while addressing the needs and concerns of all stakeholders.
- ongoing
BLUE CONNECT
Blue Connect co-develops a science-based, systematic approach to marine conservation, focusing on strict protection, restoration, and connectivity.
- ongoing
Effective
Effective enhances social well-being and economic prosperity by reinforcing the eFFECTIVEness of protection and restoration management in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas.
- ongoing
OCEAN CITIZEN
A multidisciplinary approach integrating science and society in marine forest regeneration for ocean management and protection.
- ongoing
PROTECT BALTIC
PROTECT BALTIC enables comprehensive, effective, and efficient protection and restoration measures for a resilient Baltic Sea ecosystem.
Ocean and Waters Literacy
- ongoing
BlueLightS
BlueLightS advances blue education in Europe by supporting school projects, building a Community of Practice, and adapting education systems to highlight rivers and seas.
- ongoing
PartArt4OW
PartArt4OW uses participatory art to deepen public engagement with ocean and water health through creative expression.
- ongoing
ProBleu
ProBleu supports the Network of European Blue Schools, connecting schools with key scientific disciplines and boosting ocean and water literacy.
- ongoing
SHORE
SHORE provides tools and grants to increase ocean literacy and engage students and teachers in five regions through collaborative projects in schools.
- ongoing
TIDAL ArtS
TIDAL ArtS unites art, science and communities to increase awareness of the challenges faced by our ocean and inland waters and inspire action to protect and restore them.
Pollution Prevention
- ongoing
iMERMAID
iMERMAID brings together smart solutions to prevent and monitor the pollution of contaminants for emerging concerns in the Mediterranean Sea basin.
- ongoing
INSPIRE
INSPIRE tackles plastic pollution in European rivers by testing 20 technologies across 6 use cases and developing a master plan to scale these solutions.
- ongoing
NETTAGPlus
NETTAGPlus prevents, avoids and mitigates environmental impacts of fishing gears and associated marine litter.
- completed
PlasticPiratesEU
A citizen science project engaging young people in investigating plastic pollution in European waterways, with participants uploading waste data to support scientific studies.
- ongoing
Path4Med
A new path to improve soil health and eliminate water and soil pollution through advanced agricultural management and novel monitoring technologies.
- ongoing
REMEDIES
Co-creating strong uptake of REMEDIES for the future of our oceans through deploying plastic litter valorisation and prevention pathways.
- ongoing
RHE-MEDiation
RHE-MEDiation is a lighthouse project aiming to establish a responsive hub to destress the Mediterranean Sea hot spots from chemical pollution.
- ongoing
SeaClear2.0
SeaClear2.0 develops autonomous, intelligent robots for seafloor and surface marine litter monitoring and collection, and citizen activation for marine litter prevention.
- ongoing
SEACURE
SEACURE demonstrates, upscales and replicates innovative solutions to address nutrient pollution along the land-river-sea continuum in sensitive regions.
- ongoing
SEARCULAR
SEARCULAR reduces marine litter and microplastics from fisheries by applying a circular design of fishing gears and circular economy.
- ongoing
UPSTREAM
UPSTREAM addresses the pollution in European rivers by deploying 15 solutions for monitoring, prevention, elimination, and valorisation of collected plastics.
Protection and Restoration of our Ocean and Waters
- ongoing
A-AAgora
A-AAGORA - blueprint for atlantic-arctic agora on cross-sectoral cooperation for restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems and increased climate resilience through transformative innovation.
- ongoing
BioProtect
BioProtect co-develops & demonstrates innovative and scalable ecosystem-based solutions to protect and restore ecosystem biodiversity in the Atlantic and Arctic basin.
- ongoing
CLIMAREST
CLIMAREST aims to present a generalisable framework to enable more efficient and effective restoration of degraded coastal habitats.
- ongoing
DALIA
DALIA develops innovative freshwater solutions, in the Danube Lighthouse, to improve water ecosystems and facilitate decision-making on water management issues.
- ongoing
DANSER
DANSER offers a multidisciplinary, science-based approach to sediment management in the Danube River basin, using advanced technologies aligned with EU policies.
- ongoing
DANUBE4all
DANUBE4all strives to restore freshwater ecosystems in the Danube River Basin via a scientific, practically-focused Restoration Action Plan.
- ongoing
DaWetRest
DaWetRest develops and demonstrates concrete solutions applied on the Danube basin to address challenges faced by its inland and coastal wetlands.
- ongoing
EUROLakes
EUROLakes aims to protect and restore European natural lakes using the 4 Returns Framework for sustainable, landscape-level solutions.
- ongoing
FutureLakes
FutureLakes demonstrates innovations in nature-based and circular economy solutions, and enhanced public engagement, to transform lake restoration.
- ongoing
iNNO SED
iNNO SED tackles sediment mismanagement in the Danube River Basin by establishing the Danube Sediment ‘Lighthouse’ Knowledge Centre.
- ongoing
NiD4OCEAN
NiD4OCEAN advances nature-inclusive designs for offshore renewables, offering innovative, tailored solutions to industry, managers, and policymakers.
- ongoing
PHAROS
PHAROS provides Nature-based Solutions for restoring ecosystems, biodiversity, tackling climate change in the Atlantic and Arctic basins.
- ongoing
ProCleanLakes
ProCleanLakes aims to develop an European Natural Lakes (ENL) protection and restoration Action Plan with involvement of stakeholders and citizens.
- ongoing
Restore4Life
Restore4Life restores Danube wetlands to boost ecosystem services, climate resilience, and sustainable businesses through stakeholder engagement and innovative tools.
- ongoing
SUNBIO
SUNBIO protects marine biodiversity while expanding offshore renewable energy capacity, by developing innovative monitoring technologies to reduce infrastructure impact.
- ongoing
SUNDANSE
SUNDANSE creates a comprehensive, accessible handbook on sediment management, focusing on the Danube River and Black Sea system.