Read all about the latest DOORS project news and stories from the Black Sea!
͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
| Our 1st Stakeholder Conference takes place in Bucharest!
|
|
The event offered a unique forum to exchange views on the challenges and opportunities in the sustainable blue economy sectors, the development of the Digital Twin Ocean, training and capacity enhancement in the Black Sea, Ocean Literacy, and science-policy interface. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| DOORS Annual Newsletter 2023-2024 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| The DOORS System of Systems (SoS) platform is now accessible as an online live demonstrator via the Brockmann Consult xcube viewer, providing a one stop shop for standardised data and model outputs to drive evidence-based knowledge development for the Black Sea.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| In September 2023, we conducted our 2nd research cruise on board the Research Vessel Mare Nigrum with the first leg focussing on assessing sediment nutrients cycling capacity in Romanian territorial waters and the second leg examining natural gas hydrates in the Bulgarian economic zone.
|
|
The Black Sea’s main litter source are the riverine outputs that drain into the marine environment (The Danube, Dniester and Dnipro are the largest). The impact of tourism is also a key factor as part of a global environmental problem. Our work is helping to identify accumulation zones to inform cleanup efforts.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| In spite of the war in their country, our partners in Ukraine continue to be one of the most active contributors to our project. We are honoured to share this update from our friends at National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine which covers their involvement in our research cruises and some critical cultural heritage work.
|
|
New published article from the team at OSENU examines Salinity Gradient Power (SGP) as a new potential renewable energy source. After decades of work and experiments, scientists have developed a way to use the energy of the salinity gradient to generate electricity, for the benefit of the Black Sea 'Blue Economy'.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Eleni Manousiadi of Kantor Management Consultants talks about the Black Sea Accelerator and delivering the first workshops focussing on business models, business plans and pitching skills! A training platform has also been created with @LifeWatchERIC to support business development! |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Download for more detailed information about the #BlueEconomy opportunities in specific sectors of the Black Sea region.
|
|
The first underwater wine cellar and museum has been created on the Georgian Black Sea coast at Kvariati near Batumi.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Further rounds of Multi-Actor Forum workshops have been organised and realised in Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkiye. |
|
Angelica Paiu, from Mare Nostrum talks about how our MML workshops are enhancing capacity in the Black Sea Region, equipping stakeholders with new skills.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| See some of our results from our 'Love the Ocean' interactive workshop with the young people of #Constanta exploring their relationship to Black Sea Science and Ocean Literacy.
|
|
A key element of our work is to bring the science of the Black Sea closer to society and our photography contest has been developed into a thought provoking ocean literacy tool.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Over the course of 1 year we travelled all around the region making a 25 minute documentary film exploring many of the pressures past and present on the Black Sea environment and ecosystem. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| We kickstarted a new Citizen Science programme for Monitoring Aquatic Species in the Black Sea with young people in Constanta. The campaign is called #BlackSeaMAS and with Mare Nostrum and GeoEcoMar, we have produced teaching materials to aid the study and reporting of invasive and non-invasive species in the region.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Please share this newsletter in your networks! |
|
|
| |
|
|
| DOORS is an EU Horizon 2020 project, funded under Framework Programme
for Research and Innovation under grant agreement No 101000518 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| You are receiving this newsletter because you have either subscribed via our website or are a partner in the DOORS consortium. We will only send you our newsletter through this email subscription and no other promotions. We hope you find it useful and interesting. |
|
|
| |
|
|
 |
