The INSPIRE consortium comprises 26 partners from countries across Europe (25) and Thailand (1) with complementary expertise, fostering a balance of academia, industry, communication specialists, and other organizations. Together, we are dedicated to achieving successful solutions that can effectively enter the market, placing INSPIRE at the forefront of implementation and use by both industry and civic society, fostering innovation, citizen engagement and blue investment. In the first 18 months of the INSPIRE project, we have progressed towards achieving the project specific objectives with several significant activities. In the first 18 months of the project, we worked on a solid foundation for the best possible implementation of the methodologies for detection, collection and prevention activities, have submitted 14 deliverables and achieved ten milestones.
The INSPIRE project defines six use cases [Rhine, Scheldt, Danube, Domžale, Po, and Douro] where partners are assessing and modelling baseline litter levels, supported by a well-defined data management plan (WP1); and developing, deploying, installing, and testing key technologies and actions (WP2,3). These elements will converge to form a Master Plan, addressing the challenges and contributing to the objectives of Mission Ocean and Clean Waters. The technical feasibility is being supported by a techno-economic analysis, including the development of business cases, and comprehensive mapping and modeling (WP4,5).
