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==GENERAL DESCRIPTION==
<p style="font-size:95%">Sea for Society (SFS) engaged stakeholders, citizens and young people in an open and participatory dialogue to share knowledge, forge partnerships and empower society on issues related to the Ocean...
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The project used this dialogue as a launchpad for strategic cooperation, while developing and enriching the concept of the "Blue Society", a vision for how Ocean issues can be integrated within economic, environmental and cultural challenges facing society in years to comeSFS was a European Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plan (MMLAP) funded by the European Commission’s DG Research & Innovation under the theme Science in Society. The multidisciplinary partnership brought together 28 partners from 12 countries representing marine research institutes, funding agencies, science museums and aquaria, CSOs, higher education institutes and business networks.
This dialogue began with thorough multi-stakeholder and citizen consultation on ocean issues in Europe. Following initial research, the Sea for Society team developed a cutting-edge methodology and implemented a full-scale consultation process across 9 countries. The data was compiled and analysed in a series of reports feeding into the mobilisation process, drawing up action plans using the insight gained in the consultation.SFS then went on to mobilise marine researchers, socio-economic stakeholders, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and individual citizens and youth in a mutual learning, open dialogue to debate key societal questions related to the Ocean, extract cross-cutting issues and propose challenge-driven solutions fostering a sustainable management of marine eco-system services by European citizens.
From 2012 to 2015, SFS shaped the new concept of "Blue Society" and worked to improve the governance of research related to the oceans and seas, overseen by a Blue Society Expert Group which was launched and managed throughout the project. Communication was a key element, building up to a final event launching the Blue Society concept at the European Parliament.
Sea for Society represented a crucial first step for a cross-sectoral dialogue in Europe on the relation between the Ocean and citizens’ daily lives, with a wide-reaching impact far beyond the 42 months of the project. It laid foundations for future co-creation processes in support of responsible research and innovation for societal and marine challenges, for Blue Growth, and for making the Blue Society a reality.
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==RRI FOCUS==
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===In terms of RRI, what were the main challenges addressed, and to what extent were those challenges met by the project?===
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<h4>Challenge 1 description</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">How can the public and stakeholders be engaged on a complex, multidisciplinary and wide-ranging topic such as Ocean ecosystem services, in a way which consults them on their views and mobilises them to take action at national and European level?</div>
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<h4>How Challenge 1 was addressed</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">Sea for Society conducted the biggest ever consultation of citizens, young people and stakeholders on humans' relationship with the Ocean across 9 regions of Europe, and mobilised the general public and stakeholders en masse in order to work towards the concept of a Blue Society. </div>
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<h4>What is the Best Practice for this Challenge?</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">Sea for Society developed a unique consultation methodology using ‘Collective Intelligence’ – a collaborative process to help groups in dealing effectively with complex issues such as the barriers and opportunities associated with sustainable marine ecosystems. Document: Consultation Methodology </div>
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<h4>Name at least one Lesson Learned from this Challenge?</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">One of the main outcomes of the consultation was that attitudes and awareness are the main barriers to achieving a Blue Society, and in order to change these attitudes and increase awareness, citizens and stakeholders must come together in mobilisation actions. Document: Consultation Outcomes </div>
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*Gender Equality {{#rating:0|6}}
*Science Education {{#rating:5|6}}
*Open Access {{#rating:0|6}}
*Ethics {{#rating:0|6}}
*Governance {{#rating:4|6}}
*Sustainability {{#rating:3|6}}
*Member State RRI Focus {{#rating:0|6}}
*Social Justice / Inclusion {{#rating:0|6}}
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==PROJECT OUTCOMES RELATED TO RRI==
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===Which are the most relevant project outcomes (roadmaps, guidelines, documents, reports, articles, videos etc) in terms of RRI?===
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'''Outcome 1:''' Sea for Society Consultation Outcomes
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'''URL:''' [http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/13/ Sea for Society Outcome 1]
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'''Description:''' The Sea for Society Consultation showed that the Barrier Theme ‘Attitudes and Awareness’ (defined as ‘unfounded attitudes and lack of awareness of marine issues’) is perceived as the single biggest obstacle to a sustainable marine ecosystem, both for the EU as a whole and across different EU regions...
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">The second most influential Barrier Themes identified by stakeholders are ‘Governance and Strategy’ (defined as ‘responsible institutional framework strategies, policy and research for marine ecosystems’) and ‘Knowledge’ (defined as ‘inadequate scientific and general public knowledge’). The overall result is a ‘hierarchy of Barrier Themes’ which allowed the project to identify the ‘Cross Cutting Challenge’ – that is, the effort required to overcome the most influential Barrier Theme in the most effective way and, in turn, help to overcome all the Barriers below it in the hierarchy. Therefore the most important ‘Blue Society Challenge’ for the Sea for Society Project was to ‘Change Attitudes’ and ‘Improve Awareness’ around the issue of marine ecosystem services. Other key outcomes include specific stakeholder recommendations and issue reports by country.</div>
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'''Exploitable by researchers:''' These outcomes provide direct recommendations for lines of research to be taken, and indicate the ways in which researchers can address barriers to a Blue Society directly.
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'''Exploitable by policymakers:''' These outcomes provide direct recommendations for research and governance, and indicate the ways in which policymakers can address barriers to a Blue Society directly.
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'''Exploitable by other stakeholders:''' The outcomes can be used by all stakeholders involved in Ocean issues as a guideline of how to work better together in order to address barriers to a Blue Society.
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<h3>Outcome 2 Title</h3>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> Sea for Society Consultation Methodology</div>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">[http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/13/ Sea for Society Outcome 2]</div>
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<h4>Description</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">A Consultation Process was designed and undertaken to engage stakeholders (those directly and indirectly dependent upon the sea for their livelihoods) and Citizen-Youth (private citizens between the ages of 18 – 25 whose livelihoods did not depend on the Sea). This consultation employed the methodology of ‘Collective Intelligence’ – a collaborative process to help groups in dealing effectively with complex issues such as the barriers and opportunities associated with sustainable marine ecosystems. The scale of the Sea for Society consultation process was ground-breaking, engaging 537 individuals face-to-face in lengthy consultations in 9 countries in Europe – never before had stakeholders and citizens been engaged in dialogue on Ocean topics across Europe in this way. The outcomes of the consultations were unique and innovative because they presented, for the first time, a comprehensive and complex picture of the challenges for a Blue Society.</div>
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<h4>Exploitable by researchers</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">Researchers can use the consultation methodology for engaging and informing the public and policy makers about the effects of their science on marine environments.</div>
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<h4>Exploitable by policymakers</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify">The consultation methodology defines a way that multi-stakeholder dialogue can inform policy at national and European level, from research policy to marine governance.</div>
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<h4>Exploitable by general public</h4>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify"> This methodology enables the general public to have their say alongside stakeholders in issues related to Ocean topics.</div>
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:justify"> Social scientists and institutions for informal education in particular can benefit from the methodology as a way to open up the dialogue for RRI to take place.</div>
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==LESSONS LEARNED==
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* '''What unexpected RRI-related difficulties did this project encounter, and how were these overcome?'''
2012-2015
<p align="justify">The major unexpected challenge of Sea for Society was the wealth of data that the Consultation produced. By entering into dialogue with citizens and stakeholders, we produced extremely valuable content well beyond what we anticipated. The data not only provided solutions to barriers but also gave insight into policy recommendations and many interesting conclusions were drawn by comparing outcomes across geographical areas. As such, the project timeline had to be adapted to make time for additional analysis.</p>
* '''Link to more info on the unexpected difficulties'''
<p align="justify">SFS Final Report (to be uploaded)</p>
* '''How can the outcomes of this project support work towards improved marine status?'''
<p align="justify">This project defined the Blue Society concept in a collaborative, multi-stakeholder way, building on the work done at European level by other projects and sparking partnerships and working relationships which continue to be exploited.</p>
* '''Link to more info on the outcomes'''
<p align="justify">[http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/20/ Sea for Society Outcomes]</p>
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==POLICY RELATED LESSONS LEARNED==
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* '''Were policy makers involved in the project and to what extent?'''
Manuel Cira, Nausicaa, manuel.cira@nausicaa.fr
<p align="justify">Sea for Society has obtained buy-in from stakeholders and decision-makers at local, national and European level. This has been evidenced through the scale of the attendance at the Blue Society Launch event, the project presence at COP21 and the IUCN World Congress and the synergies achieved with subsequent Horizon 2020 projects such as Sea Change, Columbus and Marina. In terms of European decision- makers, the Maritime Resources and Bioeconomy units of the European Commission’s DG Research have both engaged with the project, as has the DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and DG MARE’s unit for Maritime policy Atlantic, outermost regions and Arctic. </p>
*''' Did any barrier for their engagement emerge? '''
<p align="justify">The main barriers to engaging policymakers were to link national and EU level. Partners have good contacts at national level, and the project worked hard to mobilise the EU level, but linking the two was a challenge. The project addressed this by inviting national policymakers to EU-level events such as the Blue Society Launch. </p>
*''' Which was (if any) the project message to policy makers and did project outcomes allow mobilizing actions from policy makers? '''
[http://www.ecsite.eu/sites/default/files/report_-_sea_for_society.pdf Sea for Society Summary Report]
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<td>Policy brief 1</td><td>[http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/21/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=14&fileName=Blue_Society_Policy_Brief1.pdf Blue Society Policy Brief]</td>
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<td>Policy brief 2</td><td>[http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/21/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=14&fileName=Blue_Society_Summary_Document1.pdf Blue Society Summary Document]</td>
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<td>Policy brief 3</td><td>[http://ebcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/European-Youth-Parliament-Declaration.pdf European Youth Parliament Declaration]</td>
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<td>Policy brief 4</td><td>[http://www.blue-society.net/business-communities-and-organization-commitment/?lang=en Blue Society Stakeholders Commitment]</td>
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<td>Policy brief 5</td><td>[http://seaforsociety.eu/np4/21/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=14&fileName=BlueSocietyA4CitizenPromise1.pdf Blue Society Citizen's Promise]</td>
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==fundings_framework==
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FP7 SIS – Science in Society
{{Best Practices 
 
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http://www.seaforsociety.eu
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      |duration=2012-2015
==eu_member_state==
      |project_coordinator=Manuel Cira, Nausicaa, manuel.cira@nausicaa.fr
Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK
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      |website=http://www.seaforsociety.eu
==non_eu_states==
      |eu_member_state=Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK
Norway
      |non_eu_states=Norway
 
      |marine_region_focus=Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, Celtic Sea, Greater North Sea including Kattegat and English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, North-East Atlantic Sea, Norwegian Sea
==marine_region_focus==
      |marine_related_issues=Sea Transportation, Marine Change caused by Climate, Blue energy [Renewable Energy (wave, wind, tidal)], Maritime, coastal and cruise tourism, Coastal Urbanisation, Fishing and Aquaculture, Pollution caused by human, land and sea pressures, Blue Growth
Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, Celtic Sea, Greater North Sea including Kattegat and English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, North-East Atlantic Sea, Norwegian Sea
      |sectors=Fisheries, Tourism, Transport, Energy, Ports, Oil and Gas, Waste Management, Urban and industrial uses, Education and Research
 
      |themes=Climate Change, Biodiversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience, Hazard and the protection of coastal areas, Marine litter, Cities, Technology and Innovation, Trade and Supply Chains, Jobs and Investments
==marine_related_issues==
      |stakeholders_involved=• Citizens and Civil Societies<br/>
Sea Transportation, Marine Change caused by Climate, Blue energy [Renewable Energy (wave, wind, tidal)], Maritime, coastal and cruise tourism, Coastal Urbanisation, Fishing and Aquaculture, Pollution caused by human, land and sea pressures, Blue Growth
 
==sectors==
Fisheries, Tourism, Transport, Energy, Ports, Oil and Gas, Waste Management, Urban and industrial uses, Education and Research
 
==themes==
Climate Change, Biodiversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience, Hazard and the protection of coastal areas, Marine litter, Cities, Technology and Innovation, Trade and Supply Chains, Jobs and Investments
 
==stakeholders_involved==
• Citizens and Civil Societies<br/>
• Policy Makers and Implementers<br/>
• Policy Makers and Implementers<br/>
• Scientists and Research Organisations<br/>
• Scientists and Research Organisations<br/>
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• Local Administrations and Municipalities<br/>
• Local Administrations and Municipalities<br/>
• Media  
• Media  
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Consultation; mobilisation; ocean; ecosystem services; barriers; governance
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Revision as of 03:16, 19 September 2017

name

Sea for Society

SEAFORSOCIETY.jpg

general_description

duration

2012-2015

project_coordinator

Manuel Cira, Nausicaa, manuel.cira@nausicaa.fr

fundings_framework

FP7 SIS – Science in Society

website

http://www.seaforsociety.eu

eu_member_state

Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK

non_eu_states

Norway

marine_region_focus

Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, Celtic Sea, Greater North Sea including Kattegat and English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, North-East Atlantic Sea, Norwegian Sea

marine_related_issues

Sea Transportation, Marine Change caused by Climate, Blue energy [Renewable Energy (wave, wind, tidal)], Maritime, coastal and cruise tourism, Coastal Urbanisation, Fishing and Aquaculture, Pollution caused by human, land and sea pressures, Blue Growth

sectors

Fisheries, Tourism, Transport, Energy, Ports, Oil and Gas, Waste Management, Urban and industrial uses, Education and Research

themes

Climate Change, Biodiversity, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience, Hazard and the protection of coastal areas, Marine litter, Cities, Technology and Innovation, Trade and Supply Chains, Jobs and Investments

stakeholders_involved

• Citizens and Civil Societies
• Policy Makers and Implementers
• Scientists and Research Organisations
• Educational Organisations and Students
• Industry and SMEs
• Local Administrations and Municipalities
• Media

keywords

Consultation; mobilisation; ocean; ecosystem services; barriers; governance

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