The Atlantic Strategy Committee, supported by the Atlantic Assistance Mechanism, invite all stakeholders of the Atlantic Community to apply or nominate a project for the Atlantic Project Awards 2024. The Atlantic Project Awards feature outstanding initiatives, successful collaborations and achievements relevant to the implementation of the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0.
Deadline: 20 September 2024

These projects must have taken place within the EU Atlantic Action Plan member states over the past years and showcase success stories, best practices and partnership models that could be scaled up at the regional, national, European or international level while promoting the key priorities of the Atlantic Strategy.
This year, 5 awards will be granted as recognition of projects’ outstanding performance, in the following award categories:

• Atlantic Ports: Projects, initiatives and actions that feature ports as gateways and hubs for the blue economy and/or catalysts for business in the Atlantic;
• Blue Skills and Ocean Literacy: Projects, initiatives and actions that boost blue skills and blue jobs, featuring quality education, training and lifelong learning, and that promote ocean literacy;
• Marine Renewable Energy: Projects, initiatives and actions that promote carbon neutrality through marine renewable energy;
• Healthy Oceans and Resilient Coasts: Projects, initiatives and actions for stronger coastal resilience which reinforce the fight against marine pollution;
• International Cooperation: Projects, initiatives and actions that reflect an international dimension to the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0 as embodied in the Galway (2013) and Belém (2017) Statements and the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance.

The award winners will:

• Receive a trophy and certificate
• Have the opportunity to present their awarded project during the ASPC 2024
• Be promoted through the Atlantic Community’s web-based communication channels (Atlantic Strategy website, electronic publications and social media), by CINEA/DG MARE’s communication channels and by general media coverage
• Receive an Atlantic Project Award Seal

Eligibility Criteria
Project applications may be submitted by any individual, organisation, business, group, network, consortium or institution that:

• Is headquartered, domiciled or present in an EU Atlantic Member State (France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain);
• Has a funded project or initiative that is in progress or completed. Any type of funded project that has been delivered or is being delivered inside the Atlantic Strategy geographical area is eligible to apply;
• The project applied for must be initiated within 36 months before the announcement of this call (eligible projects are considered the ones with a start date later than 01-05-2021)

Consult additional information here.