AlgaeProBANOS brings together 26 expert partners, start-ups and SMEs to accelerate the development of sustainable algae products. 

COmmunity Ocean farms and Local Business cLUstErs: Cultivating community across European seas through community-led regenerative aquaculture enterprises.

LOCALITY works to create socially responsible algae-based products and solutions in food, aquafeed, agriculture, and textile markets, highlighting their economic role.

Mr.Goodfish3.0 will upgrade an app for sustainable seafood consumption based on stakeholder input and it will employ it in an EU-wide awareness campaign.

OLAMUR is working towards a climate neutral and circular economy to demonstrate sustainable multi-use solutions for the North and Baltic sea regions.   

ULTFARMS, a Horizon Europe Ocean Mission initiative led by Deltares and involving 25 members from 9 countries, aims to revolutionize Low-Trophic Aquaculture in harsh offshore and low-salinity environments of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, integrating advanced engineering and ecological processes for sustainable production of species like seaweed and molluscs, from January 2023 to June 2026. 

The sustainability indicator framework to communicate responsible aquafood production and consumption patterns.

C-FAARER (Community-Driven Sustainable Business Models for Regenerative Ocean Farming).

Integrating nutrient recovery and reuse in lake restoration to achieve good ecological status in European lakes and support a circular economy.

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. 

REFEST focuses on scalable technologies with low CAPEX, easy to deploy and suitable to be installed in a broad range of traditional fishing ships to provide hydrodynamics, electrical power management, alternativepropellers, solar electricity generation and propulsion (batteries), sensoring and digitalisation, hull appendages and air lubrication.

SEAGLOW demonstrates the impact and potential of different innovative technologies to reduce fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions on four small-scale fishing boats operating in the North and Baltic Sea basins through collaboration between researchers, industrial partners, fisheries associations and local fishermen. 

SpongeWorks implements effective Nature-based Solutions to enhance soil water retention capacity and climate resilience at regional scale in Europe.

FLOW consists of experiential futures workshops with young adults, in which their expectations, hopes, and fears about human-water relations are studied. 

Addressing the sediment mismanagement in the DRB, the iNNO SED project aims to establish the Danube Sediment ‘Lighthouse’ Knowledge Centre.

Societal transformation for water stewardship via scaling up citizen science by accelerating adoption of standards & piloting spring-to-sea campaigns.

BlueMissionAA is the coordination hub that supports the implementation of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters in the Atlantic and Arctic basins.

BlueMissionBANOS inspires, engages and supports stakeholders across the Baltic and North Sea to reach a carbon-neutral & circular blue economy by connecting national, regional, and transnational actors from policy, industry, science and the public, creating a conducive governance model to innovation.
 

BlueMissionMed will inspire, inform, assess, mobilise, connect and empower all the actors to prevent and eliminate pollution in the Mediterranean basin. 

EcoDaLLi centralises governance structures and innovative solutions for the ecological restoration, protection and preservation of the Danube. 

PREP4BLUE will set the foundations for co-creating and co-implementing the research and innovation required to achieve Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030. 

DIGI4ECO is a pioneering initiative using digital technology to tackle climate change, enhance environmental conservation, and drive socio-economic development.

DTO BioFlow facilitates the integration of biodiversity monitoring data into the Digital Twin Ocean, as a basis for its biodiversity component.

ECOTWIN delivers innovative graph theoretic solutions, developed using a multi-actor approach with policy makers, local communities, marine and coastal industries and communities, to address the challenges of modelling marine socio-ecological systems and integrating these models into the emerging DTO framework. 

EDITO-Model lab is developing the next generation of ocean models and AI-enriched simulation techniques to be integrated into the European Digital Twin Ocean. 

The EDITO-Infra project is building the public infrastructure backbone for the European Digital Twin of the Ocean. 

eDNAqua-Plan aims to collect information on existing projects, initiatives and infrastructures for aquatic monitoring in the EU and associated countries while providing an overview of all national and international activities of standardization and interoperationalization of methods and data workflows. 

IDEATION will prepare the development of the Digital Twin of the inland waters providing a roadmap for its development and integration in the DTO.

Description: SEADITO will develop social-ecological analytical methods and tools for the EU DTO to support the goal of achieving healthy oceans and waters by 2030.

SEADOTs advances sustainable ocean management by integrating socio-ecological data into Digital Ocean Twins for informed marine policy and planning.

SURIMI aims to develop social-ecological models and user-friendly solutions that will be integrated in an interoperable and standardized manner within the DTO to generate policy analysis rooted in management strategy evaluation (MSE) principles.

Blue4ALL will develop science-based tools for achieving Marine Protected Areas that meet conservation and restoration objectives while addressing the needs and concerns of all stakeholders. 

BLUE CONNECT co-develops a science-based, systematic approach to marine conservation, focusing on strict protection, restoration, and connectivity.

The EFFECTIVE main objective is to develop a comprehensive scientific knowledge base and practical guidance, combining science, technological nature-based solution, digitalization, and social implication for the application of the Ecosystem-Based management to the protection and restoration management of the EU’s Mediterranean Blue Natural Capital.

A multidisciplinary approach integrating science and society in marine forest regeneration for ocean management and protection.

PROTECT BALTIC enables comprehensive, effective, and efficient protection and restoration measures for a resilient Baltic Sea ecosystem. 

Piloting blue education in Europe by supporting blue challenge projects in schools, setting up a blue education Community of Practice and experimenting adaptions in education systems to raise the attention given to rivers and seas.

PartArt4OW focuses on participatory art and creative processes on the belief that participation can bring about a deeper engagement of people with the problem of ocean and water health by performing arts and creative processes.

ProBleu supports the Network of European Blue Schools, connecting schools with key scientific disciplines and boosting Ocean and Water Literacy. 

SHORE provides tools and grants to increase ocean literacy and engage students and teachers in five regions through collaborative projects in schools.

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.

The iMERMAID project will bring together smart solutions to prevent and monitor the pollution of CoEC in the Mediterranean Sea basin. 

We aim to reduce plastic pollution in European rivers. Twenty technologies and actions are being tested in 6 use cases. We prepare a master plan for scaling up the solutions.

NETTAG+ - Preventing, avoiding and mitigating environmental impacts of fishing gears and associated marine litter.

A citizen science project for young people investigating plastic pollution at European waterways. Uploading data on waste, participants contribute to scientific studies on pollution. 

A new path to improve soil health and eliminate water and soil pollution through advanced agricultural management and novel monitoring technologies.

Co-creating strong uptake of REMEDIES for the future of our oceans through deploying plastic litter valorisation and prevention pathways. 

RHE-MEDiation is a EC lighthouse project aiming to establish a responsive hub to destress the Mediterranean Sea hot spots from chemical pollution. 

Autonomous, intelligent robots for seafloor and surface marine litter monitoring and collection, and citizen activation for marine litter prevention. 

SEACURE will demonstrate, upscale and replicate innovative solutions to address nutrient pollution along the land-river-sea continuum in sensitive regions.

SEARCULAR aims at reducing marine litter and microplastics from fisheries by applying a circular design of fishing gears and circular economy.

Address the pollution in European rivers by deploying 15 solutions for monitoring, prevention, elimination, and valorisation of collected plastics.

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.

Co-develop & demonstrate innovative and scalable ecosystem-based solutions to protect & restore ecosystem biodiversity in the Atlantic & Arctic Oceans.

CLIMAREST aims to present a generalizable framework to enable more efficient and effective restoration of degraded coastal habitats. 

Developing innovative freshwater solutions, in the Danube Lighthouse, to improve water ecosystems and facilitate decision-making on water management issues. 

DANUBE4all strives to restore freshwater ecosystems in the Danube River Basin via a scientific, practically-focused Restoration Action Plan. 

DaWetRest develops and demonstrates concrete solutions applied on the Danube basin to address challenges faced by its inland and coastal wetlands. 
 

EUROLakes project aims to protect and restore European natural lakes and their ecosystems. It is based on the 4 Returns Framework for Landscape Restoration, seeking sustainable, long-term solutions at the landscape level.

Demonstrating innovations in nature-based and circular economy solutions, and enhanced public engagement, to transform lake restoration.

NiD4OCEAN advances the emerging field of nature-inclusive designs, NiDs, (and nature-based solutions) for offshore renewables by providing effective, novel, context-dependent solutions to industry, managers, and policymakers. 

PHAROS provides nature-based solutions for restoring ecosystems, biodiversity, tackling climate change in the Atlantic and Arctic basins.

ProCleanLakes aims to develop an European Natural Lakes (ENL) protection and restoration Action Plan with involvement of stakeholders and citizens.

Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin. 

Protecting marine biodiversity while expanding offshore renewable energy capacity, by developing innovative monitoring technologies to reduce infrastructure impact. 

The SUNDANSE project will create a comprehensive, accessible handbook on sediment management, focusing on the Danube River and Black Sea system.