BlueNIGHTs

Programme: HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01 action

Project title: A touch of Blue in the EU Researchers’ Night for a more Sustainable Use of the Ocean

Acronym: BlueNIGHTs

Role in the project: Lead Partner

Duration: 01/03/2022- 29/02/2024

Total budget: € 622.835,00

ISMAR budget: € 109.850,00

Web site:. https://bluenights.eu/

Key words: EU Researchers Nights, ocean science, ocean literacy, science communication

Summary:

The main objective of the proposal is to bring the many facets and faces of people working in ocean science & research to the general public of Europe by organising a series of interconnected EU Blue Researchers Nights (BlueNIGHTs) to demonstrate that the ocean can be a source of inspiration, an object of interest/study, and a field of investigation for people with very different backgrounds, hobbies and passions, including science, history, technology, sociology, pedagogy, economics, art, design, etc. By doing so, this collective project will:

• Bring people to key objectives, principles and priorities of the European Green Deal that relate to the ocean: delivering a healthy and resilient ocean that can support sustainable Blue Growth and respond to Societal Priorities of Europe.
• Contribute to make European citizens Ocean Literate in line with the objectives and priorities of EU4Ocean Coalition, an initiative supported by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE).

Contact person in ISMAR: francesca.alvisi@bo.ismar.cnr.it

Partnership:

1. Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (Italy)

2. Acteon Sarl (France)

3. Suomen Ymparistokeskus (Finland)

4. Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Delta Dunarii (Romania)

5. Associacao Portuguesa Educacao Ambiental (Portugal)

6. Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal)

7. Universita ta Malta (Malta)

8. HOLO3 (France)

9. Societe D’exploitation Du Centre National De La Mer (France)

10. Distretto veneziano della ricerca e dell’innovazione (Italy)