Building a Comprehensive Mechanism for Preserving Marine Ecosystems and Life from the negative consequences of Climate Change and the disposal of Plastic Debris Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building a Comprehensive Mechanism for Preserving Marine Ecosystems and Life from the negative consequences of Climate Change and the disposal of Plastic Debris

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

MARINE project involves the development of a comprehensive mechanism combining capacity building and institutional development for marine ecosystem monitoring, capitalizing on the relevant expertise and know-how from EU higher education institutions and organizations. The institutional development component includes mainly the creation of equipped labs and infrastructure in each partner country that will allow the monitoring of marine ecosystems to be initiated according to recognized protocols and to be continued after the end of the project at the participating HEIs in all Partner Countries, while the capacity building component consists of the combination of:- Theoretical training via distance learning and face-to-face teaching in each partner country – Practical training in marine ecosystem monitoring in each partner country and in EU countries

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 891296 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS & Country: CY

Project Partners

• SYMPLEXIS
• BK CONSULT GBR
• UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA
• UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO
• UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU
• ARCHIPELAGOS INSTITOUTO THALASSIAS PROSTASIAS
• ADARSH FOUNDATION