The European Research Executive Agency (REA) and the European Commission are organising a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions event on the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”.

The event will convene researchers, experts and EU policymakers to explore how research and innovation can help protecting and restoring oceans and waters to achieve the mission’s objectives.

Protecting and restoring marine and freshwater ecosystems

Discussions will focus on topics such as protecting and restoring marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, preventing and eliminating pollution, as well as making the blue economy carbon-neutral and circular.

The event will bring together excellent projects and researchers funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), as well as other research and innovation initiatives, such as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

The event is part of the Commission’s multiple actions aimed at enhancing policy feedback practices and synergies across EU programmes. It will showcase outstanding EU-funded projects that propose solutions to some of the challenges increasingly affecting European rivers, coasts and seas.

The cluster event will also contribute to the implementation and monitoring of EU policy objectives, such as the Zero Pollution Action Plan for Water, Air and Soil or the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Experts from Europe and beyond are invited to join the event and register by 31 May 2022.