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Celebrating the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea - Welcome to our Ocean Literacy Festival !

On the occasion of the European Maritime Day, the EU4Ocean coalition is organising the first Ocean Literacy online festival as part of the Atlantic and North Sea basin event and is pleased to offer you the possibility to learn fascinating things...

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Discover the Atlantic and the North Sea, meet passionate people, learn about the ocean and it threats, explore new solutions!

Workshops, webinars, science shows and lessons, dance performances, virtual tours, Young Ocean Advocates stories, youth outreach events, a beach clean-up, documentary films, exhibitions and much more!

HOW TO ATTEND

The festival is free of charge.

Online activities will be held from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. CET.

The following programme assembles the activities scheduled for the festival. Click on the activity to get more details and participate.

Rendez-vous on this webpage on May 22nd to meet all our partners and access the videos, online resources and meetings.

LIVE EVENTS

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Fisheries: Solutions and Innovations.

Learning activity/Training session/MOOC
General public, teachers, researchers.
19:00 CET for live session on 20th May, anytime for recording. CET
English
Organised by The Marine Diaries.

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Ocean Literacy for Sail Trainers - Continuous Professional Development Event - Plankton

Learning activity/Training session/MOOC
Sail trainers
10:00 CET
English
Organised by The Island Trust

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Celebrating Ocean Literacy in Ireland including Community Collaboration

Virtual exhibition
General public Teachers
11:00 AM CET
English
Organised by Irish Ocean Literacy Network

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Explore Your Ocean with the European Atlas of the Seas and Find the Treasure!

Science café/workshop/conference/seminar
General public
14:00 CET
English
Organised by EMODnet Secretariat

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Marine Explorers

Learning activity/Training session/MOOC
Families
14:00 CET
English
Organised by Calshot Activities Centre

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SCIENZ @ SCHOOL / Elements of Innovation in Environmental Science Education: «the Hydrosphere»

Virtual exhibition
Young people Teachers
14:30 CET
Italian, English
Organised by STEM DIDAINNOVABIOLAB

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The Beauty - A Plastic Journey. Interactive session and animation screening

Interactive session and animation screening
General public
15:00 CET
English
Organised by Geonardo Environmental Technologies & Surfrider Europe

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Young explorers of the Atlantic

Science café-Conservation action-Game and quiz.
Young people
15:00 CET
English. Subtitled in French, Spanish, Arabic & Portuguese
Organised by All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance (All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors)

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The Birds of Ria Formosa - Live from CCVALg!

Guided tour
General public
16:00 CET
Portuguese
Organised by Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve (CCVAlg)

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The SUMARiS project : learn with us !

Educational activity/training/MOOC about the ocean
Public: Families & Fishermen
16:00 - 16:15 CET
English
Organised by the Sumaris Project

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ALIMAR: Participatory meeting: Solutions within Reach of All

Science café/workshop/conference/seminar
General Public
18:00 CET
Portuguese
Organised by Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve (CCVAlg)

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Ocean Literary Café

Science café/Workshop/Conference/Webinar
Young people, Teachers
18:00 CET
English
Organised by I'm With Lorac

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Aquarium live virtual tour

Guided tour
Young people and science educators
TBD from 9:30am to 4pm, CET
English
Organised by The Ocean Conservation Trust

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Viana é Mar(e) - Festival de Literacia dos Oceanos

Science meeting; Dance performance and a virtual exhibition.
General public, teachers, marine science educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and other professionals
Science meeting - 12:00h; Dance performance - 16:00h; Virtual exhibition - 19:00h CET
Portuguese/with some English subtitles
Organised by Mare Vitae

Ocean Literacy Activities

More activities to be announced soon.