Promoting the Blue Economy in Horizon Europe

We are part of a project that has been granted support from the Research Council of Norway to advocate for a prominent place for research and innovation on oceans and a sustainable blue economy in the upcoming Horizon Europe programme.

The project Norwegian Ocean Alliance to Horizon Europe (NOAH) is a collaboration between NORCE, the University of Bergen, the Seafood Innovation Cluster and GCE Ocean Technology.

Cross-sectoral Collaboration

In the NOAH project, we aim to establish a collaborative ecosystem between academia, the institute sector and industry clusters at a national level, and set up an arena for elaborating common views and statements to promote «blue» topics in the Horizon Europe work programmes.

Highlighting the Potential of the Blue Economy

The NOAH project partners will also work towards establishing a European Alliance of stakeholders to highlight the potential of the blue economy and blue innovation systems. Through their national and international networks, they will engage in dialogue regionally, nationally and at a European level, to secure broad support for ocean research and innovation.

An increased focus on the blue economy and on topics relating to ocean innovation can also contribute to more opportunities for our cluster members to participate in EU projects.