THE OCEAN STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE IN THE BLUE SOCIETY

There is a clear need for cooperation among States in marine scientific research and sustainable governance to build the new vision of the Blue Society.
We shall create the framework of the Blue Society by working with civil society, youth and other stakeholders in Europe thanks to the Sea for Society project. The consultation and mobilisation fora will be held to link together innovation and marine ecosystem services.

At the international level, we shall join efforts with World Ocean Network and Global Ocean Forum to feed, promote, and implement the concept of Blue Society with more partners worldwide.

An international expert group, the Blue Society Advisory Panel, will steer the development of the concept. International and European experts from the Global Ocean Forum and IUCN will collaborate with key regional stakeholders worldwide to enrich and promote the Blue Society concept.

With the support of Directorate General Research and Innovation of the European Commission, Business Innovation Centers, science centres and aquariums, research organisations (including the Sea for Society consortium) and business representatives, we shall further translate this concept into actual research and business partnerships.

In 2015, we shall convene an international event on the Blue Society: the Blue Society conference.