Lessons Learned from Romania MML workshops

A

• Allocate time for every participant to present his/her idea and to discuss it in plenum;
• Attract different stakeholders in order to have a homogeneity and complementarity of the group, to obtained complex inputs;
• Attract participants by sending invitations via e‐mail, followed by phone calls;

B

• Build a coastal protection system that can harness the wave energy;

C

• Change unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, in order to reduce the amount of waste;
• Choose a method which will produce a large amount of data on a topic in a short time;
• Conduct studies of renewable energy on the Black Sea coastal area;
• Consider a discussion phase that is long enough for all participants to be fully aware of all the implications of the proposed ideas without adding to much overall time to the duration of the workshop;
• Create a common DATABASE – for centralizing all the data and studies regarding biodiversity;
• Create a path to open information on climate changes topic and related data;
• Create links between participants for future partnerships;

D

• Define and update the legislation to prevent climate changes for Black Sea area;
• Develop a network of common interest;
• Develop and implement awareness and educational campaigns;
• Develop campaigns for promoting sustainable fishing methods and techniques through protecting resources and other incentives/compensation;
• Develop educational programs to prepare specialists in the "renewable energy systems" field;
• Develop new capacities for studying and a performant monitoring system of water quality;
• Develop partnership between different stakeholders;
• Development of an educational platform for changing knowledge between public and private institutions;
• Disseminate the results on MARINA platform;

E

• Education is the most important aspect that can accelerate social change and climate change mitigation;
• Encourage all the participants to work on all the solutions during the session;
• Engage participants to apply RRI principles in daily work and daily life;
• Engage stakeholders from different sectors of activity;
• Explain clearly the MARINA project goals;

G

• Give to all of the participants the opportunity to discuss and generate ideas;

I

• Improve port reception facilities and services for processing over waste from ships;
• Improve the legislative framework to encourage the capitalization process of renewable energy;
• Including marine/environmental education in school curricula;
• Increase awareness regarding water quality;
• Invite and encourage different stakeholders to participate at this kind of workshops;
• Involve citizens in public consultations and decision – making for local regulations;

L

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

M

• Mobilize stakeholders for active involvement;

O

• Offer a clear explanation of the methodology used in order to be as clear as possible for the participants;
• Offer a clear explanation of the methodology used to be as clear as possible to the participants;
• Offer free access to the specialized information and share knowledge;

P

• Present and explain of the method used;
• Present the RRI concept with clearly examples and learn about RRI;
• Present the topic approached from the beginning of the workshop;
• Present the topic approached from the beginning of the workshop;
• Promote and develop responsible and sustainable tourism in a changing environment;
• Promote the hot topic and the results (media, partners, stakeholders, etc.);
• Promote the meaning of the term "renewable energy systems;
• Provide as much information as possible to the subject before the workshop;
• Provide the results on MARINA platform;

R

• Raise public awareness on the real problems;
• Restructuring different mechanisms in order to prevent pollution and to apply polluter sanctions, to ensure the transparency of legislative processes;
• Rising the public awareness regarding the benefits of renewable energy by promoting the renewable energy methods;

S

• Send the final results of the workshop to the participants;

T

• Take actions in order to update the actual legislation;
• The need for a good collaboration and interaction between civil society, policy makers, researchers, business sector and citizens, in all the Black Sea coastal countries;
• Try to approach of potential participants and their engagement in convergent discussions with the future topic of the event;
• Try to obtain clear actions from people from different areas of interest, but with a common purpose;

U

• Upgrade the transport infrastructure for renewable energy;
• Use a method that encourages participants to work together in order to have an interactive group;
• Use funding programs dedicated to citizens, aimed at replacing old goods and polluting with new and environmentally friendly ones;
• Use methods for involving the active participation of the public and giving them the opportunity to express their opinions;
• Use public-private partnerships as a new economical instrument;
• Use rational the natural resources, with maximum economy;

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