In May of this year, PREP4BLUE announced funding for piloting activities aimed at increasing citizen engagement with Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’. An incredible 33 innovative proposals were received from applicants across Europe. The proposals were shortlisted by evaluators before being presented to a final selection committee.
In total 6 mini-projects were selected and awarded funding to pilot their approach. The projects selected cover a broad range of topics and will increase citizen participation in Mission Ocean in a variety of innovative ways. Activities include music, hackathons, an oyster restoration project, an interactive workshop series, a training course on blue citizenship, a giant eco-friendly jigsaw puzzle, collages designed to educate citizens on the production of ecological hydrogen and a VR experience on marine noise pollution!
To support the projects with the development of their pilot activities, PREP4BLUE partners are running a series of webinars to introduce PREP4BLUE and the Mission objectives, explore strategies for designing and implementing effective citizen engagement actions and, explain how they can evaluate the impact of their citizen engagement actions to ensure effectiveness and sustainability. The pilots will run until November.
Updates on these exciting initiatives will be shared on the PREP4BLUE website so stay tuned for more!
