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SEAQUEST:
SEAQUEST is a transnational cooperation project funded under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme that seeks to strengthen the sustainability, innovation potential, and economic resilience of the blue economy in the Black Sea Basin. The initiative brings together partners from across the region to jointly address environmental degradation, fragmented collaboration, and gaps in research and technological uptake that constrain the development of sustainable maritime industries. By engaging youth, research institutions, public authorities, and industry stakeholders in transnational cooperation, SEAQUEST promotes evidence-based strategies and innovative solutions that enhance competitiveness, foster cross-sectoral collaboration, and support balanced blue growth. The project’s integrated framework combines analytical work, stakeholder mapping, pilot actions, knowledge exchange, and strategic guidance to unlock long-term opportunities for innovation-driven and sustainable development in the marine economy.
SEAQUEST drives social innovation and social entrepreneurship by co-creating and piloting citizen-centred, climate-neutral urban development solutions that empower local innovators, organisations, and social enterprises to design sustainable neighbourhood transformations and new forms of collaborative governance.
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OUTPUTS:
• Transnational baseline assessments and analytical reports detailing the current state, challenges and opportunities of the blue economy in partner regions.
• Stakeholder mapping reports identifying key actors, roles and collaboration opportunities across public, private and civil society sectors.
• Strategic policy recommendations and governance frameworks to support regional blue economy development and innovation uptake.
• Pilot activities, frameworks and tools to enhance youth engagement, research and innovation capacities within the blue economy sector.
• Knowledge products, thematic reports and cross‑border cooperation tools aimed at facilitating replication, scaling and evidence‑based decision‑making.
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