Lessons Learned per Science Education

A

• Add marine biotech in school, programmes to ensure that the general public becomes familiar with marine biotechnologies;
• Assess/quantify the social, economic and environmental risks;
• Attract students into engineering courses;

C

• Carry the project with "Ambassadors" or " figures" at the regional level (navigators, high-level sportsman, divers, swimmer);
• Convince investors to facilitate the creation of a dynamic knowledge-sharing mechanism;
• Create new models for evaluating risks and economic issues;
• Create training programs targeting SMEs and investors by focusing on enablers and barriers;

D

• Develop and implement awareness and educational campaigns;
• Develop case studies on how municipalities work with climate change projects and community-driven innovation;
• Develop educational programs to prepare specialists in the "renewable energy systems" field;
• Develop efficient monitoring systems and assess the environmental impacts of best/worst policy practice;
• Development of an educational platform for changing knowledge between public and private institutions;
• Distinguish between occurrences and resources, in order to know what exists and its potential economic value;

E

• Educate all stakeholders about sustainable tourism sustainability to achieve socially and environmentally acceptable goods and services;
• Educate children on the importance of biodiversity and how to think about the environment responsibly;
• Educate citizens about the value of the sea in their daily lives is necessary to raise ocean awareness and literacy;
• Educate policy-makers to science to reinforce policies and adopt coherent legislative frameworks of economic competitiveness and sustainability of offshore wind energy;
• Education is necessary for marine biotechnology development thus the need for developing university educational programmes on marine biotechnology;
• Education is the most important aspect that can accelerate social change and climate change mitigation;
• Empower European citizens, business representatives, researchers and policy makers to take informed decisions on the high seas through science education;
• Encourage scientists and NGOs to popularize the different aspects of marine biotechnology through science café, forums, open days etc;
• Encourage the production of socially and environmentally acceptable solutions and services with the science education of business and industry professionals;
• Exchange with star chefs on new products from the transformation of marine resources to provide the opportunity to sensibilize a wider audience;
• Explain clearly the MARINA project goals;

F

• Facilitate collaboration between fundamental research and industry/market to create a dynamic knowledge-sharing mechanism;

I

• Identify what are the society perceptions and knowledge gaps to be considered in future planning of Deep Sea Mining research and innovation initiatives;
• Implement training and guidance for careers around marine biotechnologies to reduce marine pollution;
• Improve marine education provided in medium and higher education;
• Improving education/training;
• Include more education aspects of citizenship, sustainability and ecology on schools;
• Including marine/environmental education in school curricula;
• Increase awareness in the use of raw materials and their importance on our society;
• Increase environmental and science education to promote societal understanding and participation;
• Increase the level of awareness of Marine Spatial Planning process and it's implication in coastal communities and for all stakeholders;
• Inform and educate wider society of the impacts, challenges and potential solutions for coastal protection;
• Invest in communication campaign from professionals, work with marketing societies to translate the scientific results into clear messages that can reach in particular young people;
• Involve senior/retired scientific experts to communicate on marine biotech in layman's terms to ensure that the general public becomes familiar with the topic;
• It's difficult to deliver a coastal protection strategy that is fit for purpose by all stakeholders;

L

• Learn from education, rather than experience, is necessary to avoid climate changes impact;

M

• Make lists of actions and players, record skills, know-how and economic potential, identify best practices and make full use of them to put marine biotechnologies on the national agenda;
• Make the high seas more visible to all stakeholders, the benefits for all and the issues at stake;
• Make the MARINA platform a case study platform where collaborative coastal climate solution projects are presented;
• Multidisciplinary research considering the sustainability vector is key;

O

• Open university faculties, strongly connected with wind farms to help the sustainable development of renewable energy;
• Organise Open Days in companies to ensure that the general public becomes familiar with marine biotechnologies;
• Organize of a Marine biotech day at the regional level including different actors to make the general public aware on the marine biotechnology sector and its potential;

P

• Promote and develop responsible and sustainable tourism in a changing environment;
• Promote education, training and more equal incomes for fishermen in the Azores;
• Promote scientific knowledge and professional growth which have a fundamental role in supporting innovative sectors;
• Promote the hot topic and the results (media, partners, stakeholders, etc);
• Promote the meaning of the term "renewable energy systems";
• Provide scientific education in all the scholar cycles: it is crucial;
• Push for cooperation among academic institutions and the industry as it is crucial;

R

• Raise awareness among pupils and students about environmental protection through informational programs as well as promote the specific sector as a means of employability;
• Raise awareness among the general public to make informed choices and have an active social participation;
• Raise awareness and spread information about marine biotechnologies to the different groups of stakeholders;
• Raise awareness on aquaculture in the Azores;
• Raise awareness through education for developing/supporting new technologies for responsible maritime transport;
• Raise citizen and business awareness about environmental protection and sustainability;
• Raise public awareness on the real problems;
• Raise the attractiveness of science studies by illustrating the application of science in societal issues such as responsible shipbuilding and harbours;
• Rising the public awareness regarding the benefits of renewable energy by promoting renewable energy methods;
• Run awareness campaigns so that the issue problem is clearly understood by all stakeholders;

S

• Save enough place for the presentation of science outcomes and sharing knowledge from the research point of view;
• Scale up research and bring responses to the sustainable development of offshore wind farms with Science education;
• Start a regional programme and raise awareness of tourism actors to ensure that the general public becomes familiar with marine biotechnologies;
• Suggested actions were mainly focused on Science Education in sustainable development and marine resources management as a critical part of local culture and coastal tourism;

T

• The education of young people and the use of exchange programs between schools will lead to active citizenship respectful of the environment;
• The immersive climate change symbolizes a new age with new complicated needs and demands;
• The need for a national strategy for coastal management in general, and coastal protection in specific, to overcome current fragmentation;
• Train educators and information relays on marine biotechnologies to develop them in the field of marine pollution;
• Translate in easy-to-understand messages research outputs and results for better dissemination. Consider using science mediators;
• Try to develop a stronger engagement between schools and the local authorities for the maintenances of basic infrastructure;

See also...

RRI Dimension