Lessons Learned from Romania MML workshops

Milestone 1

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

Milestone 2

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.

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).

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.

Milestone 6

Milestone 7

Milestone 8

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