Sea for Society

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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?

Challenge 1 description

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?

How Challenge 1 was addressed

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.