A new €3.5m EU Horizon 2020-funded project, coordinated by The Marine Biological Association, UK, seeks to raise European citizens’ awareness about the links between the ocean and human health.
Sea Change will run for three years and involves 17 partners from nine countries across Europe. In its own words it aims to bring about real actions using behavioural and social change methodologies using the latest social research on citizen and stakeholder attitudes, perceptions and values.
Jon Parr, Sea Change coordinator, from the Marine Biological Association (UK), said: “We have quite an ambitious programme ahead of us and it is encouraging to see that all of the Sea Change partners were ready to rise to the challenges, including linking into the other relevant initiatives around us.”
The inaugural meeting of the project was held in May in Plymouth, UK. On the second day of the meeting, collaborative workshops were held with Sea Change’s sister Horizon 2020 project, ResponSEAble.
The Sea Change International Advisory Group will next meet in Lisbon in June as part of “Blue Week”, where it will participate in a transatlantic Ocean Literacy workshop where a number of European, US and Canadian experts will give their advice on the project and the way ahead.
The Sea Change website will launch soon at www.seachangeproject.eu
