Citizen Engagement with BlueMissionAA

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023

By Joelina Delphin

On October 6, 2023, from 1-3 PM UCT, the BlueMissionAA CSA will promote the launch of its inaugural Citizen Campaign. The campaign intends to mobilise citizens, civil society as well as organizations, associations, NGOs, school programs, companies, universities, research centres, and Mission projects involved in the preservation and restoration of the Atlantic and Arctic marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity. The campaign will demonstrate innovative solutions for marine and coastal restoration in four different environments across the Atlantic and the Arctic, which have a positive impact on the well-being of European citizens. Speakers:

• Claudia Pecorraro (Policy and Communication Officer of Healthy Seas and Ocean unit DG Research and Innovation, European Commission)

• Nicole Biebow (Head of International Cooperation Unit - AWI)

• John Bryden (Head of Improving Rivers of Thames21)

• Susanne Schäfer (Post-Doctoral Fellow and a member of MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre Madeira)

• Vera Hausner (Head of Arctic Sustainability Laboratory, University of Tromsø, Norway)

• Elena Blanco (PhD Civil Engineer in the Construction Technology Applied Research Group (GITECO) at Universidad de Cantabria)

Moderator:

• José Moutinho (Chief Business & Networking Officer The Atlantic International Research Centre)

The Networking Fridays Webinar Series was endorsed as an UN Ocean Decade Activity and this is an UN Ocean Decade Event.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hHdMZdDsQHGC-o9FegPMSQ?utm_source=AIR+Centre&utm_campaign=7d228ee2cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_21_10_26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f6e6916653-7d228ee2cb-465330112#/registration