Kick-off of the SHORE project in the framework of the Horizon Europe Programme

On 07-08.09.2023, the kick-off ceremony of the project 'SHORE: EmpOweR Students as the agents of cHangE', which was selected for funding by the European Commission under the prestigious Horizon Europe international research programme (Call: Actions for the implementation of the Mission Restore our ocean and waters by 2030 (HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01).

The WSB University was represented at the event by Dr Alexandre Rui Castanho, Prof. AWSB, Dr Michał Szyszka and Ewelina Widerska.

The project's research and activities concern pollution of rivers, seas and oceans. SHORE will cover the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Danube and Rhine areas.

The WSB University is acting as the coordinator of the Polish 'Blue HUB', a place that from the new academic year will promote knowledge about the importance of and ways to counteract pollution of the seas and oceans. The project will include exhibitions, workshops, training, seminars, the 'Find the Blue' campaign and competitions for schoolchildren. During the 36 months of the project, 100 schools across Europe will be involved in environmental activities.

Project Partners:

YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (Turkey - Project Leader),
WSB Academy (Poland),
Euronovia (France),
Mare Nostrum NGO (Romania),
The University of Padua (Italy),
RKSOFT Bilişim Teknolijileri A.Ş. (Turkey),
The Children's Bureau of the University of Vienna (Austria),
The Turkish Maritime Research Foundation - TURK DENIZ ARASTIRMALARI VAKFI (Turkey),
MUSEO DEI BAMBINI SOCIETA COOPERATIVA SOCIALE ONLUS (Italy),
BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS (Hungary),
Global Skills Network (Estonia),
F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED (Ireland),
CROWDHELIX LIMITED (Ireland),
Eu&Pro centrum vzdelavani a praxe, s.r.o. (Czech Republic).