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

Take actions in order to update the actual legislation;
Create a common DATABASE – for centralizing all the data and studies regarding biodiversity;
Develop partnership between different stakeholders;
Disseminate the results on MARINA platform;
Create links among participants for future partnerships and develop a network of common interest;
Use public-private partnerships as a new economical instrument;
Raise public awareness regarding the benefits of renewable energy by promoting the renewable energy methods;
Offer open access to the specialized information and share knowledge;
Send the final results of the workshop to the participants;
Promote and develop responsible and sustainable tourism in a changing environment;
Use rational the natural resources, with maximum economy;
Education is the most important aspect that can accelerate social change and climate change mitigation;
Create a path to open information on climate changes topic and related data;
Change unsustainable patterns of consumption and production, in order to reduce the amount of waste;
Develop campaigns for promoting sustainable fishing methods and techniques through protecting resources and other incentives/compensation;
Development of an educational platform for changing knowledge between public and private institutions;
Engage participants to apply RRI principles in daily work and daily life.

Milestone 7

Build a coastal protection system that can harness the wave energy;
Restructuring different mechanisms in order to prevent pollution and to apply polluter sanctions, to ensure the transparency of legislative processes;
It's necessary a good collaboration and interaction between civil society, policy makers, researchers, business sector and citizens, in all the Black Sea coastal countries.

Milestone 8

Improve the legislative framework to encourage the capitalization process of renewable energy;
Upgrade the transport infrastructure for renewable energy;
Use funding programs dedicated to citizens, aimed at replacing old goods and polluting with new and environmentally friendly ones;
Define and update the legislation to prevent climate changes for Black Sea area;
Involve citizens in public consultations and decision–making processes for local and national/ EU regulations;
Improve port reception facilities and services for processing over waste from ships.

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