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EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters

What this mission is, how it will work, how it was chosen, meetings, news, events.

What is the Mission?

With a 2030 target, the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters" aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The Mission’s new approach will address the ocean and waters as one and play a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature.

Cross-cutting enabling actions will support this objective, in particular broad public mobilisation and engagement and a digital ocean and water knowledge system, known as Digital Twin Ocean.

The Mission supports regional engagement and cooperation through area-based “lighthouses” in major sea/river basins: Atlantic-Arctic, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic-North Sea, and Danube-Black Sea. Mission lighthouses are sites to pilot, demonstrate, develop  and deploy the Mission activities across EU seas and river basins

Mission Charter

We are calling on Member States, regions and a wide range of stakeholders to endorse the Charter and pledge actions that will contribute to the successful implementation of the Mission and its lighthouses.

Please click below to endorse the Charter and pledge actions

Endorse the Charter

Action pledges submitted so far: interactive map

Funding opportunities

New funding opportunities are now open to contribute to the Mission implementation. 

The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 was adopted on 6 December 2022. New calls have opened and they are published on the funding and tenders portal. You can access the calls for this Mission below. Applications are open until 20 September 2023.

Open calls

Calls for tenders

Mission Ocean offers new support to communities of actors (ports, islands, fisheries …) to achieve the Mission’s objectives: a new call for tenders is open with the aim to select a contractor who will provide support to communities of ports, islands, fisheries communities, local Action Groups described by the Community Led Local Development strategies. Target groups include research and fishing vessels and aquaculture producers.

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Portfolio Analysis

The European Commission has published a new Portfolio Analysis Report identifying over 800 EU-funded projects, from 16 EU funding programmes, contributing to the objectives of the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”. The analysis has been performed with the assistance of 12 independent experts and the projects analysed belong to 16 EU funding programmes. The analysis has produced a Report and a Dashboard. The Dashboard allows users to interact with the data by visualising and filtering from general to more detailed information, according to specific interests.

For an easier use of the Dashboard, check the Quick Guide.

What are EU Missions?

EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. They have ambitious goals and will deliver tangible results by 2030. 

They will deliver impact by putting research and innovation into a new role, combined with new forms of governance and collaboration, as well as by engaging citizens. 

EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme for the years 2021-2027.

 

More information

 

Contact

EU-MISSION-OCEAN-AND-WATERS@ec.europa.eu

Documents

Official documents

Tiedonanto19. heinäkuuta 2023
EU Missions two years on: assessment of progress and way forward

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

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Yksiköiden valmisteluasiakirja19. heinäkuuta 2023
EU Missions two years on: An assessment of progress in shaping the future we want and reporting on the review of Mission Areas and areas for institutionalised partnerships based on Articles 185 and 187 TFEU

Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions:
EU Missions two years on: assessment of progress and way forward.

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29. SYYSKUUTA 2021
EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters Implementation Plan
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29. SYYSKUUTA 2021
Communication from the Commission on European Missions
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Reports and studies

Oikeustapauskokoelma8. kesäkuuta 2023
Portfolio analysis, EU mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”

Analysis of a portfolio of projects financed by sixteen EU programmes contributing to the objectives and enablers of the mission ocean and waters. This report presents the results of the analysis of a portfolio of 841 EU projects - completed or ongoing - relevant to the EU Mission “Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030”. 

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27. HEINÄKUUTA 2023
Research and innovation solutions to tackle marine litter
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6. MAALISKUUTA 2023
Marine biodiversity modelling study
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6. MAALISKUUTA 2023
MarBioME
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6. HELMIKUUTA 2023
Baseline study for the Atlantic/Arctic, Danube and Mediterranean lighthouses
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6. HELMIKUUTA 2023
Baltic and North Sea Baseline study
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24. MAALISKUUTA 2021
Emotional disconnect with Europe’s aquatic environments
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21. LOKAKUUTA 2021
Foresight report for Mission Area Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters
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Communication material

16. MAALISKUUTA 2022
Restore our ocean and waters: What's in it for me?
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14. HELMIKUUTA 2022
Restore our ocean and waters: A synergy info pack by CORDIS
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27. SYYSKUUTA 2021
EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters factsheet
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Mission Board reports

22. SYYSKUUTA 2020
Proposed Mission: Mission Starfish 2030, restore our ocean and waters
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7. SYYSKUUTA 2020
Mission area summary - Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters
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25. KESÄKUUTA 2020
Interim report: Regenerating our ocean and waters
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