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OTTERS

Short description of the action

Social Transformation for Water Stewardship through Scaling Up Citizen Science

The OTTERS Project aims to promote societal transformation for marine and freshwater stewardship through scaling up citizen science.
OTTERS will support the coordination of EU citizen science initiatives focused on marine and freshwater, aiming to:
- Accelerate the creation and adoption of technical, legal, and ethical standards for citizen science protocols and methods.
- Examine the effectiveness of citizen science in societal transformation towards sustainable aquatic ecosystem stewardship.
- Pilot cross-community, watershed-based Spring-to-Sea Stewardship Campaigns.

Name of organisation
OTTERS consortium
Type of organisation
Other
Other type of organisation
Horizon Europe Project
Type of action proposed
Citizen engagement, citizens-science, youth-led initiatives, communities of practice, ocean and water literacy, outreach, awareness raising and participatory approaches
The action contributes to the following objective or enabler
Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity
Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters
Ocean and waters knowledge system
Public mobilisation and engagement
List of Partners

American University of Armenia (AUA)
European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)
Agora Partners (AP)
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH)
21c Consultancy (21c)
Ellinogermaniki Agogi (EA)
Nucleo Interativo de Astronomia (NUCLIO)
EcoOcean (Eco)
RAMANI
University of Haifa (UH)
The Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University (ONU)
CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science)

Start date of the action
End date of the action
Budget allocated for the action
925625
Basin coverage
Cross-basin
Website link
Email
haykanush.martirosyan@aua.am
Country
Armenia
Germany
Greece
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Other country
European Union