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Mission Ocean and Waters

With a 2030 target, the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters" aims to protect and restore the health of our ocean and waters through research and innovation, citizen engagement and blue investments. The Mission’s new, systemic approach will address the ocean and waters as one and play a key role in achieving climate neutrality and restoring nature.

The Mission supports regional engagement and cooperation through so-called area-based “lighthouses”. Mission lighthouses will be research and innovation project portfolios, hubs for the development, demonstration and deployment of new solutions in major sea/river basins. In the first phase, there will be four Mission lighthouses at basin scale in the Atlantic-Arctic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic and North Sea, and the Danube river basin.

EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. They are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. You will find more information in the Mission Ocean and Waters service portal: mission-ocean-and-waters-service-portal.

Join the Mission Charter

The Charter of the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters 2030" calls for joining efforts to achieve the three objectives of the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 to:

  1. Protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030
  2. Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas and waters, in line with the EU Action Plan Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil
  3. Make the sustainable blue economy carbon-neutral and circular, in line with the proposed European Climate Law and the holistic vision enshrined in the Sustainable Blue Economy Strategy.

To reach these objectives the Mission is also putting in place two enablers:

  1. Digital Ocean and Water Knowledge System
  2. Public mobilisation and engagement.

This Charter is non-binding and open to any public or private interested parties You can contribute by pledging actions to co-design, propose and implement policies, programmes, projects or initiatives that will contribute to the restoration of our ocean and waters.

By adhering to the Charter, you will be able to access services and tools the Mission Ocean and Waters will deploy, best practices from previous projects as well as tools to empower citizens to take action. You will become part of the Mission community and be involved in major Mission fora and events, allowing you to network with other participating communities.

Click here to endorse the Mission Charter.

Mission Ocean and Waters Actions

696 actions
 

Name of organisationEnd date of the actionTitle of the actionList of PartnersType of action proposedBasin coverageBudget allocated for the actionWebsite link
Bremen Society for Natural Sciences13/09/25ICYMARE 2025 BREMERHAVENHochschule BremerhavenEducation and trainingCross-basin30000Link
FLAG Tramuntana01/05/27Collection and removal of sea wastePort Authority and utility companiesResearch and innovationMediterranean Sea50000Link
Komunalno Basiliija d.o.o.03/06/25The battle for the Adriatic marine lifecroatian diving clubs
Croatian ministrx of defence...
Citizen engagement, citizens-science...Mediterranean Sea30000Link
Damian Xuereb01/04/26Coastal Dynamics. Citizen engagement, citizens-science...Mediterranean Sea160000 
LEGA NAVALE SEZ CASTELLAMMARE DEL GOLFO30/09/25CREAZIONE CAMPO BOE A TUTELA DELLA POSIDONIA OCEANICA/ EN: CREATION OF A FIELD OF BUOYS TO PROTECT THE POSIDONIA OCEANICACOMUNE DI CASTELLAMMARE DEL GOLFOUpscaling, deployment and replication of solutionsMediterranean Sea2000000 


See More Mission Ocean Actions

Mission Charter dashboard

The Mission Charter dashboard below is a visualisation tool on existing Mission Charter actions.
It serves the following purposes:

  • Provide publicly accessible data on the scope of Mission Charter actions
  • Produce visualisation on Mission Charter actions
  • Enable interactive access for users to identify relevant actions

For more information on the methodology used to produce this data, please access the document here
To download all the information on the Mission Charter actions, please access the Excel here.