Objective
The goal of the COASTAL project is to formulate and evaluate business solutions and policy recommendations aimed at improving the coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment. Rural development in the EU is increasingly affected by changing market developments, decreasing population densities, urban sprawl, lack of employment, desertification and other environmental, economic and social pressures. On the other hand, coastal areas provide interesting business opportunities but are also influenced by economic activities in the hinterland. Multi-Actor Approaches will be combined with System Dynamics to analyse the environmental, economic, and social interactions of rural and coastal areas in a holistic manner. The underlying feedback structures governing the dynamics, vulnerabilities, limitations, and business opportunities of the land-sea system will be identified and analysed, taking into consideration the regulatory frameworks, stakeholder priorities and social-economic conditions at the local, regional and macro-regional scale levels. Multi-Actor Labs using qualitative and quantitative tools will be set up to support the co-creation exchanges between scientific experts, stakeholders, business entrepreneurs, sector- and administrative representatives. The project will be structured around six closely interacting work packages with six complementary case studies in Sweden, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece and Romania.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.1.3. - Empowerment of rural areas, support to policies and rural innovation
- H2020-EU.3.2.5. - Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
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Belgium
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Participants (28)
19013 Attikia Anavissos
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10691 Stockholm
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7052 Trondheim
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75007 Paris
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900581 Constanta
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011464 Bucuresti
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117 43 ATHENS
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28006 Madrid
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1031 Budapest
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
8400 Oostende
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1210 Bruxelles / Brussel
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8200 Brugge
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104 51 Stockholm
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601 17 Norrkoping
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761 46 Norrtalje
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00790 Helsinki
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827172 Malcoci
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605600 Medgidia
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175 64 Athina
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24001 Mytikas
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24132 Kalamata
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30007 Murcia
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30002 Murcia
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
87060 Limoges
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8400 Oostende
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33100 Bordeaux
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8400 OOSTENDE
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
111 45 Stockholm
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