Upcoming events in relation to Mission Ocean

demonstrate, develop and deploy the Mission activities. By having a local, inclusive, and transformative objective, the Mission seeks to challenge fragmented and sectoral governance structures. is is done by mobilising actors, activities, tools and systems needed to collectively work towards reaching the Mission objectives and targets. In the lighthouse of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, the focus is on 1) making the sustainable blue economy carbonneutral and circular, to 2) eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from maritime economic activities in the EU and sequester those emissions that cannot be avoided (net zero maritime emissions), and 3) to develop zero-carbon and lowimpact aquaculture, and promote circular, low-carbon multi-purpose use of marine and water space.

Danish hub will be a source for networking

In order to support the EU Mission Ocean and Waters locally, the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science has initiated a Danish hub, that collects all stakeholders working within the marine, maritime and freshwater themes. e hub will function as a network of stakeholders. A network that promotes the achievement of the Mission Ocean objectives across Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and other relevant countries. Working together across sectors and organisations on the importance of protecting our ocean and waters, and how to do it together.

e Danish Mission Ocean hub will provide information on the purpose of the mission in a Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, and general Nordic context. e hub will o er updates on the status and the Mission, information on upcoming calls and progress of the work programmes under Horizon Europe, learning from others’ experiences and inspiration from present projects. rough the hub, match-making opportunities that will support future partnerships of Mission Ocean projects will also be available. Furthermore, the hub will arrange workshops on subjects related to Mission Ocean, such as stakeholder and citizen engagement. By doing so the hub seeks to empower citizens and the young to take action and to share knowledge of the aquatic realm.

e Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science invites all stakeholders with activities within the objectives of the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, to join the Mission network in Denmark. e next meeting of the Danish Mission Ocean hub will be in September 2023.

If you have any questions or are interested in joining the Mission Ocean and Waters hub, feel free to contact Niels Gøtke, Head of Division, EuroCenter, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, nigoe@ufm.dk or Cecilie Petersen, Ocean Mission Manager, University of Southern Denmark, cep@sdu.dk enshrined in the Sustainable Blue Economy Strategy.

Lighthouses illuminate a solution

e Mission seeks to bundle existing e orts at EU, national, regional, and local levels, together with regional engagement and cooperation through an areabased approach, implementing “lighthouses” in major sea and river basins. e Mission lighthouses are sites to pilot, demonstrate, develop and deploy the Mission activities across EU seas and river basins. ese lighthouses act as pilots to