The Mission Lighthouses | The Mission Lighthouses were created to address various challenges in major European sea and river basins. Four specific basins were chosen based on several criteria: territorial coverage involving all Member States, inclusion of key water system elements, naturally coherent ecosystems, coverage of all three Mission objectives, and existing political commitments and capacities for basin-scale cooperation.
Each basin focuses on at least one of the Mission Ocean and Waters objectives, and these goals will be achieved through the Lighthouses. The main goal of the Atlantic and Arctic Lighthouse is to protect and restore marine ecosystems and biodiversity. BlueMissionAA is working on the implementation of the Lighthouse in this basin to protect and restore marine and freshwaters ecosystems and biodiversity.
Mission Restore Our Ocean & Waters by 2030 | The EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” aims to protect and restore the health of our oceans and waters by 2030 through research, innovation, citizen engagement, and blue investments. This new approach treats oceans and waters as a unified system and is crucial for achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature. The Mission promotes regional cooperation through area-based “lighthouses” in major sea and river basins: Atlantic-Arctic, Mediterranean Sea, Baltic-North Sea, and Danube-Black Sea. These lighthouses will pilot, demonstrate, develop, and implement Mission activities across EU seas and river basins.
The Mission Ocean Charter | The Charter of the EU Mission “Restore Our Ocean and Waters 2030” calls for collective efforts to achieve its objectives by 2030! This EU Mission aims to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems through research, innovation, citizen engagement, and blue investment. By pledging to the Mission Charter, European citizens, researchers, investors, businesses, and public authorities can take the first step in mobilizing resources and taking collective action. Pledges can support research and innovation, offer knowledge or data access, deploy new solutions, provide education, or engage citizens in protecting aquatic ecosystems – all contributions are welcome! To assist with making your pledge, the PREP4BLUE project has created a helpful guide with tips and hints. The guide can be downloaded here.The Charter is non-binding and open to any interested public or private parties. You can contribute by pledging actions to co-design, propose, and implement policies, programs, projects, or initiatives that will help restore our ocean and waters.
The Mission Ocean Social Media Toolkit | This resource includes graphic files, videos and other editable materials to match individual communication styles and priorities, to help all Mission Ocean and Waters project partners grow their digital media skills and capacities and expand the Mission Ocean network off communicators.
WaveLinks | WaveLinks is an application that maps the research and innovation landscape of the Mission Ocean, helps to find citizen science projects, while promoting collaboration between projects and strengthening connections among academia, industry, and society. Its mission is to ensure that valuable insights and discoveries are not isolated but become catalysts for innovation and progress. WaveLinks is developed by PREP4BLUE, Blue Mission AA and Blue Mission BANOS.
