{"id":5476,"date":"2021-07-15T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2023-01-17T11:58:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T11:58:01","slug":"horizon2020-funded-bridge-bs-kick-off-meeting-took-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/15\/horizon2020-funded-bridge-bs-kick-off-meeting-took-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Horizon2020-funded BRIDGE-BS kick-off meeting took place!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Horizon2020-funded BRIDGE-BS kick-off meeting took place!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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BRIDGE-BS\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(Advancing Black Sea Research and Innovation to Co-Develop Blue Growth within Resilient Ecosystems)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0has been launched to develop predictive tools and capabilities necessary to understand and predict the impacts of climate-driven and anthropogenic multi-stressors on the ecosystem services of the Black Sea.<\/span><\/b><\/p>

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The kick-off meeting of BRIDGE-BS,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0funded by the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and coordinated by\u00a0METU-IMS<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0of Turkey, took place online on 12-13 July 2021. In the plenary opening, the sister Horizon 2020 project DOORS ( Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea) and the synergies between the two projects toward the Black Sea Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda were also featured.

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Over 200 distinct participants from academia, policy, blue economy sectors, and civil society came together to learn about the ambitious and future-looking research program of BRIDGE-BS. The Kick-Off meeting started with a welcome speech of\u00a0BRIDGE-BS coordinator Baris Salihoglu<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and opening remarks of\u00a0METU Rector Mustafa Versan Kok<\/span><\/strong>. This two-hour public section continued with a policy plenary with the participation of\u00a0Jocelyn Guitton from the European External Action Service<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Patrizia Busolini from DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0moderated by\u00a0Wendy BONNE from the DG Research and Innovation<\/span><\/strong>. Following the policy plenary,\u00a0Sigi Gruber, a senior advisory from DG Research and Innovation gave a keynote address on the Black Sea and the new projects. Ms. Gruber said,\u00a0\u201cWhat strikes me is the already high-level integration of BRIDGE Black Sea and DOORS; these twin projects are connected with many key stakeholders but also citizens around the Black Sea.\u201d Sigi Gruber also added:\u00a0\u201cScience and policy are often seen as totally different worlds. But we have learned that if we can\u2019t bridge these two worlds, it might prevent us to solve complex problems.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>

After a 2-hour public session, internal Work Package meetings to discuss the plan and next steps for a healthy and better valued and understood the Black Sea took place for one and a half days.<\/span><\/p>

The overall objective of BRIDGE-BS is to advance the Black Sea\u2019s marine research and innovation to co-develop Blue Growth pathways under multi stressors for the sustainable utilization of the ecosystem services.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0To do so it will develop an ecosystem-based management framework to enable policy uptake and foster citizen engagement. Clustering around three main nodes including Service Dynamics, Blue Growth Incubators, and Empowered Citizens; BRIDGE-BS strives to achieve \u201ca healthy, resilient and productive Black Sea by 2030<\/span><\/strong>\u201d with awareness of the seriousness of the threat posed by the increasing human-induced pressures on the Black Sea. Although the Black Sea is still rich in terms of biodiversity, natural resources, and heritage, these ecosystem services are under threat by human-induced factors such as overfishing, hypoxia, and eutrophication as well as the effects of alien species and climate change. Hence, BRIDGE-BS puts to the forefront the overarching aim of assessing the current state of Black Sea ecosystems, their services, and resilience to the multi-stressors and creating the necessary means to manage these ecosystems sustainably.

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BRIDGE-BS brings\u00a033 partner<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0organizations from\u00a07 Black Sea coastal countries<\/span><\/strong>,\u00a08 European Union member states<\/span><\/strong>, and international entities together. Experts from leading marine research and European institutions will contribute to maximizing impact as well as developing cutting-edge scientific outputs in the next 4.5 years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Horizon2020-funded BRIDGE-BS kick-off meeting took place! BRIDGE-BS (Advancing Black Sea Research and Innovation to Co-Develop Blue Growth within Resilient Ecosystems) has been launched to develop predictive tools and capabilities necessary to understand … <\/p>\n

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