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BlueGreen Governance

The main goal of BlueGreen Governance (BGG) is to:

  • develop innovative land-sea governance schemes based on scientific evidence and societal choices that link marine policies with the management of the land and inland waters,
  • draw lessons on how to trigger and facilitate institutional change and policy reforms for better marine policies.

Project duration:

January 2024 – December 2027 (36 months)

Budget:

EUR 5.8 million

Funder:

Logo of Horizon Europe
Author: European Union

BlueGreen's key outputs include Implementation and evaluation of innovative governance schemes in seven European regions, thereby promoting integration between institutional levels and across policy areas, involving citizens in decision-making processes, responding proactively to changing conditions, and developing e-governance tools.

The task of the UT team, consisting of researchers from the Marine Institute and a project manager from CASS, is to collaborate with project partners to develop an e-governance tool that enables the integration of science-based strategic planning with societal perspectives and values.

The BBG tool consists of two components: PlanWise4Blue Europe (an environmental data platform) and ePLANETe (a discussion platform), which together provide stakeholders with comprehensive geospatial and societal data, thereby supporting land-sea planning and strategic decision-making.

University of Valencia, Spain

KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium

University of Antwerp, Belgium

Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Italy

Norwegian Institute of Water Research, Norway

University Paris-Saclay, France

Open Universiteit, the Netherlands

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Radboud University, the Netherlands

Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia

Université de La Réunion, France

SASU KOFY, France

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

CASS members with the project

Kaidi Nõmmela

Project Manager

CASS project contact
Kaidi Nõmmela
PhD (Maritime)
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences
Department of Geography
Chair of Human Geography
Research Fellow in Regional Governance, 0.25 p
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Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies
The Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS)
Project Manager-Analyst, 0.5 p
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