It consists of three interconnected communities: Partners4Ocean Community bringing together organisations, blue economy actors and civil society to promote ocean literacy across the EU, Youth4Ocean Forum for young people and early-career professionals, aged 16 to 30 and based in the EU, who care about the ocean and Network of European Blue Schools, supporting ocean education in schools and training institutes across the EU.
By joining the Partners4Ocean Community, you become part of a growing European community turning ocean literacy into action. As a member, you will connect with organisations, professionals, educators, scientists, businesses, and changemakers across sectors to build partnerships, increase visibility, and showcase your work at European level. You will gain access to blue skills and talent through links with the Youth4Ocean and the Network of European Blue Schools, creating opportunities for internships, mentoring, collaboration, and the development of the future workforce.
Through thematic networking groups, webinars, and collaborative events, the Partners4Ocean Community helps you expand your network, co-create solutions, and strengthen your impact. Members also stay closely connected to evolving EU priorities and contribute to major initiatives shaping Europe’s ocean future, including the European Ocean Pact.
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Thematic Networking Groups
The Partners4Ocean Community hosts Thematic Networking Groups. Those groups have as aim to connect members of the community and enhance networking across ocean literacy in Europe. Themes are:
- Ocean through Books & Libraries
- Beat Plastic Pollution
- Restore Marine Habitats
- Build Blue Skills
Thematic Networking Groups are open to members of the community. Register your interest when applying to the Partners4Ocean Community!
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Discover more about the Thematic Networking Groups
Why become a member?
1. Connect
Build meaningful relationships across sectors and sea basins. Join member-led Thematic Networking Groups, connect with blue talent for internships, and collaborate on campaigns, events, and funding opportunities.
2. Co-create
Turn ideas into action in a collaborative space that brings together businesses, organisations, professionals, scientists, and change-makers. Engage with the Youth4Ocean Forum for internships and mentoring opportunities, and exchange knowledge and resources with teachers from the European Network of Blue Schools.
3. Grow your impact
Increase your visibility and strengthen your ocean literacy initiatives while contributing to blue skills, education, and public engagement.
4. Access opportunities
Take part in EU4Ocean Coalition events and activities, stay up to date with opportunities such as EU4Ocean Grants and the #MakeEUBlue Awards, and share your work through EU4Ocean channels or on social media using #EU4Ocean, #Partners4Ocean #Youth4Ocean, and #EUBlueSchools.
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Member testimonials:
“It is very useful to be part of the EU4Ocean to be informed about what is happening all over Europe in this area. We benefited from the MakeEUBlue campaign to promote our activity Oh No It's a Myth!”
Ana Moura
B2E Blue Bioeconomy CoLAB
“EU4Ocean offers the possibility to be up to date in on-going activities related to Ocean Literacy, being a valuable source of information, which we in turn distribute among our network. In the future, we also expect to share more experiences and lessons learnt from projects and activities in the education centres linked to Ocean Literacy and gender inclusiveness. It’ll be useful to increase the impact and geographical scope of our activities and access relevant information and contacts to keep promoting Ocean Literacy values.”
Lucia Fraga
Centro Tecnológico del Mar (CETMAR)
“EU4Ocean provided me the opportunity to be part of European projects and events (Erasmus+, EU Researchers Night, Mediterranean Ocean Literacy Festival, etc.). Now I’m often invited as an expert for teachers’ training on Ocean Literacy from the EU Blue Schools Network, and I'm also Chair of the WG Healthy & Clean Ocean.”
Francesca Alvisi
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR)
Articles
Partners4Ocean's Thematic Networking Groups bring together organisations from across science, education, policy, business and civil society to connect, exchange knowledge and build partnerships around the ocean topics that matter most.
- Theme
- EU4Ocean Platform
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- Created on
- 14 July 2026
Join Partners4Ocean, the community bringing together European organisations and companies working to connect ocean knowledge with sustainable growth and innovation, including industry and clusters, the private sector, researchers, individual experts, NGOs and change makers from different backgrounds
- Theme
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- EU4Ocean Platform
- Created on
- 11 June 2026
From connecting academia, industry and innovation ecosystems to bringing ocean-related challenges to the classroom, these projects from EU4Ocean Coalition members are the highlights of the 2026 competition.
- Theme
- Youth for Ocean
- EU4Ocean Platform
- Network of Blue Schools
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- Created on
- 22 May 2026
Events
- Theme
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- Youth for Ocean
- EU4Ocean Platform
- Network of Blue Schools
- Theme
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- Youth for Ocean
- EU4Ocean Platform
- Theme
- Network of Blue Schools
- EU4Ocean Coalition
- EU4Ocean Platform
- Youth for Ocean
About the EU4Ocean Coalition
The Partners4Ocean Community is part of the EU4Ocean Coalition, which connects diverse organisations, projects and people that contribute to ocean literacy and the sustainable management of the ocean. Supported by the European Commission, this bottom-up inclusive initiative aims at uniting the voices of Europeans to make the ocean a concern of everyone. In addition to the Community, the EU4Ocean Coalition includes the Youth4Ocean Forum and the Network of European Blue Schools.
Past Events
Watch our past events and discover how you can get involved in the platform!
| Date | Event | FORMAT | Link to the event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Past webinars | #EU4Ocean Webinar Series “Where Ocean Literacy Meets EU Business” | Online | The recording is available here! For additional recordings of previous episodes, check the EurOcean #EU4Ocean Webinar Series YouTube Playlist. |
| Past webinars | #EU4Ocean Webinar Series "Online Training for Scientists | From Lab to Public: Ocean Literacy in Action" | Online | The recordings of Day 1 and Day 2 are available in the correspondent links: Day 1, Day 2. |
| Past webinars | EU4Ocean Training "Marine Data for Sustainable Development: FAIR, CARE, TRUST" | Online | The recordings of the four-day training are available on the ECOP Programme YouTube playlist FAIR, CARE and TRUST principles Webinar. |