Lessons Learned per Smart, green and integrated transport

B

Be aware of the participants' motivations to attend a workshop such as to learn from others participants;
Business stakeholders are mostly interested in the policy agendas;

C

Continue to engage the stakeholders for knowledge exchange after the workshop;
Create procedures for an open access to data and data exchange, to allow for multiple feedbacks from end-users and the policy-makers;

D

Develop information-based decision support tools, with automated intervention systems;
Disseminate widely local and regional regulations and type approvals since the businesses often have significant knowledge gaps;

E

Engage government and lawmakers in order to make sustainable change in ports and ship;
Ethical issues are highly important in maintaining the sustainable operation of the vessels while safeguarding the environment;

F

Facilitate fruitful discussions and widely disseminate conclusions to third parties;

G

Governance should strive for active engagement of the key public and private stakeholder bodies for the development and impact of maritime transportation;

I

Improve legislation;
Improving education/training;
Involve a multitude of stakeholders and implement actions as widely as possible, even globally, in order for adopted policies and solutions to be as relevant as possible, resulting in more support to implement the changes by all sides;

M

Make marine issues visible and understandable to the public;
Make ports hubs of sustainability;
Make scientific information reliable and easily accessible to citizens and stakeholders;
Make the workshops highly participatory and interactive;

N

National and international organizations must balance economic profit and a competitive market with the goal of preserving the natural environment of our seas cannot;

P

Promote scientific knowledge and professional growth which have a fundamental role in supporting innovative sectors;
Provide tax reductions or other benefits to businesses for massively applying marine protection legislature and procedures and for making use of innovative marine technologies;
Push for multi-stakeholders' representation and input from all relevant actors.
Push participants to move beyond exchanging ideas and to start co-creating a vision;

R

Raise awareness and embed RRI into educational curricula;
Raise awareness through education for developing/supporting new technologies for responsible maritime transport;
Raise the attractiveness of science studies by illustrating the application of science in societal issues such as responsible shipbuilding and harbours;

S

Start measuring and collecting marine scientific data on board different non-scientific vessels;
Start specific economic changes (investment, taxation) to support the goal of efficient and sustainable ports and ships;

W

While interpreting the results consider that participants can have different information and data about the topic: the "real" situation can be difficult to identify;
While interpreting the results consider the location of the workshop: statistically most of the participants will come from the area where the WS is held;

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