Lessons Learned from Romania MML workshops

RRI Roadmap Milestone 1

• Attract different stakeholders in order to have a diversity and complementarity to obtain inputs as complete as possible.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 2

• Present the RRI concept with clear examples;
• Present the topic approached from the beginning of the workshop;
• Explain clearly the MARINA project goals.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 3

• Attract participants by sending invitations via e‐mail, followed by phone calls;
• Present the topic approached from the beginning of the workshop;
• Offer a clear explanation of the methodology used to be as clear as possible to the participants;
• Use methods for involving the active participation of the public by giving them the opportunity to express their opinions;
• Offer a clear explanation of the methodology used in order to be as clear as possible for the participants;
• Present and explain the method used;
• Encouraged all the participants to work on all the solutions during the session;
• Mobilize stakeholders for active involvement;
• Provide as much information as possible to the subject before the workshop;
• Engage stakeholders from different sectors of activity;
• Choose a method which will produce a large amount of data on a topic in a short time;
• Invite and encourage different stakeholders to participate at this kind of workshops.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 4

• Give all participants the opportunity to discuss and generate ideas;
• Allocate time for every participant to present his/her idea and to discuss it in plenum;
• Use a method that encourages participants to work together in order to have an interactive group;
• Try to approach of potential participants and their engagement in convergent discussions with the future topic of the event;
• Promote the societal challenge as a hot topic and the workshop's results (media, partners, stakeholders, etc).

RRI Roadmap Milestone 5

• Have a discussion phase that is long enough for all participants to be fully aware of all the implications of the proposed ideas without extending the duration of the workshop;
• Develop new capacities for studying and a performing monitoring;
• Increase awareness regarding water quality;
• Develop a network of common interest;
• Conduct studies of renewable energy on the Black Sea coastal area;
• Promote the meaning of the term "renewable energy systems";
• Develop educational programs to prepare specialists in the "renewable energy systems" field;
• Raise public awareness on the real problems;
• Develop and implement awareness and educational campaigns and engage local communities;
• Provide the results on MARINA platform;
• Learn from education, rather than experience, is necessary to avoid climate changes impact;
• Include marine/environmental education in school curricula;
• Try to obtain clear actions from people from different areas of interest, but targeting the common vision.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 6

• Take actions in order to update the actual legislation;
• Create a common DATABASE – for centralizing all the data and studies regarding biodiversity;
• Develop partnership between different stakeholders;
• Disseminate the results on MARINA platform;
• Create links among participants for future partnerships and develop a network of common interest;
• Use public-private partnerships as a new economical instrument;
• Raise public awareness regarding the benefits of renewable energy by promoting the renewable energy methods;
• Offer open access to the specialized information and share knowledge;
• Send the final results of the workshop to the participants;
• Promote and develop responsible and sustainable tourism in a changing environment;
• Use rational the natural resources, with maximum economy;
• Education is the most important aspect that can accelerate social change and climate change mitigation;
• Create a path to open information on climate changes topic and related data;
• Change unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, in order to reduce the amount of waste;
• Develop campaigns for promoting sustainable fishing methods and techniques through protecting resources and other incentives/compensation;
• Development of an educational platform for changing knowledge between public and private institutions;
• Engage participants to apply RRI principles in daily work and daily life.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 7

• Build a coastal protection system that can harness the wave energy;
• Restructuring different mechanisms in order to prevent pollution and to apply polluter sanctions, to ensure the transparency of legislative processes;
• It's necessary a good collaboration and interaction between civil society, policy makers, researchers, business sector and citizens, in all the Black Sea coastal countries.

RRI Roadmap Milestone 8

• Improve the legislative framework to encourage the capitalization process of renewable energy;
• Upgrade the transport infrastructure for renewable energy;
• Use funding programs dedicated to citizens, aimed at replacing old goods and polluting with new and environmentally friendly ones;
• Define and update the legislation to prevent climate changes for Black Sea area;
• Involve citizens in public consultations and decision–making processes for local and national/ EU regulations;
• Improve port reception facilities and services for processing over waste from ships.

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