The COASTAL project is funded through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research programme. The kick-off was organized by the project coordinator, VITO.
Attendees included representatives of all COASTAL partners, project- and scientific officers to the project at the European Commission, the representative of DG MARE and the coordinator of the ROBUST project: Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies financed under H2020-RUR-01-2016.
The COASTAL partners are:
- VITO: Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V.(Coordinator, BE)
- HCMR: Hellenic Centre For Marine Research (GR)
- SU: Stockholms Universitet (SE)
- SINTEF: Sintef Ocean AS (NO)
- IRSTEA: Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (FR)
- INCDM: Institutul National De Cercetare-Dezvoltare Marina Grigore Antipa (RO)
- ICEADR: Institutul De Cercetare Pentru Economia Agriculturii Si Dezvoltare Rurala Bucuresti (RO)
- ICRE8: International Center For Research On The Environment And The Economy (GR)
- CSIC: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior Deinvestigaciones Cientificas (ES)
- GEO: Geonardo Environmental Technologies Ltd (HU)
- GRBR: Greenbridge Incubatie-En Innovatiecentrum Gent-Oostende (BE)
- VLM: Vlaamse Landmaatschappij NV (BE)
- POM: Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen (BE)
- SEI: Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute (SE)
- NIRAS: Niras Sweden AB (SE)
- CRAB: Campus Roslagen AB (SE)
- LUKE: Luonnonvarakeskus (FI)
- GAL DD: Asociatia Gal Delta Dunarii (RO)
- GAL DC: Asociatia Grupul De Actiune Locala Dobrogea Centrala (RO)
- TEMES: Touristikes Epichiriseis Messinias Anonimi Etaireia (GR)
- CVF: Idryma Kapetan Vasili Kai Karmen Konstentekopoulou (GR)
- DOAM: Anaptyxiakh Messinias Anaptyxiakh AE (GR)
- CARM: Consejeria De Turismo, Cultura Y Medio Ambiente De La Region De Murcia (ES)
- FECOAM: Federacion De Cooperativas Agrariasde Murcia S Coop (ES)
- CRANA: Chambre Regionale D'agriculture Nouvelle-Aquitaine (FR)
- AGHO: Haven Oostende Autonoom Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf (BE)
- FRAB: Federation Regionale d'aAriculture Biologique Nouvelle Aquitaine (FR)
- VLIZ: Vlaams Instituut Voor De Zee Vzw (BE)
- GLOB: Global Utmaning (SE)
Through active engagement with a wide range of actors and stakeholders in a multi-actor approach COASTAL formulates and evaluates business solutions and policy recommendations aimed at improving the coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment.
The fruitful discussions at the kick-off meeting benefitted from the multidisciplinary nature of the COASTAL team. Partners took this opportunity to share their experience and knowledge of the different themes to be tackled by the project. Several decisions were made by the group on the various phases of the project. In general the kick off meeting successfully provided all partners with general guidance for the undertaking of the project, with a particular focus on the first part of the research undertaking sectoral analysis of coastal and rural development, multi-actor analysis and conceptual analysis of land-sea dynamics (under ‘Work Package 1’). The project is structured around 8 work packages with six complementary case studies in Sweden, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece and Romania.
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