📢New EmpowerUs Publication📢

We're excited to share our most recent publication, 'Centering coastal communities’ diverse economic practices in the blue economy' 🌊

📖 Read the full article here: cdn.sanity.io/files/h1zicd...
🖥️ Project results page: empowerus-project.eu/results/

📢 Join us in Brussels this September for the EmpowerUs final event, "Empowering Coastal Voices: Co-creating the Future of Marine Policy" 🌊

Learn more about the event: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

Register now and be part of the conversation: forms.office.com/e/xx4htasxjZ

📢New EmpowerUs Publication📢

We're excited to share our most recent publication led by Aalborg University 👏

Check out the paper "Stepping stones as metaphor for building partnerships and co-producing knowledge in coastal transitions" here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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EmpowerUs is pleased to announce the launch of the EmpowerCoast Digital Twin Platform developed by
ATU Sligo with inputs from the Transition Coastal Lab partners🌍👏

Check it out here: researchproject.educationhost.co.uk/landing
Also accessible on our website: empowerus-project.eu/resources/

As EmpowerUs comes to an end, join us for the project's final event:

🌊Empowering Coastal Voices: Co-Creating the Future of EU Marine Policy🌊

Wednesday 10 September 2025, Brussels, Belgium

Register here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

#HorizonEurope #CoastalCommunities #MarinePolicy

Do you want to learn more about the inspiring individuals who live and work in the EmpowerUs Cap de Creus TCL and how they experience and value this remarkable coastal landscape?

Check out the videos produced as part of the Cap de Creus EmpowerUs pilot initiative: youtu.be/UC1BGD74Ro4?...

The Irish Transition Coastal Lab team recently organised a cross-border learning visit to Scotland, bringing together social economy practitioners to explore innovative approaches to sustainable rural development👏

Read more: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

🌊Women Making Waves - Norway🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates remarkable women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean—or have empowered it in return. This final instalment showcases inspiring coastal women in Norway💙

Read more: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

🌊Women Making Waves - Spain🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates incredible women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean—or have empowered it in return. Today we turn our focus to two Spanish women whose lives were tied to the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

🌊 Women Making Waves - Åland 🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates remarkable women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean—or have empowered it in return. Today, we turn our focus to the Åland Islands, where the sea is a way of life.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

🌊Women Making Waves - Cyprus🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean or have empowered it in return. This week we’re sharing stories of women in Cyprus whose lives are shaped by the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

This week, the EmpowerUs partners came together for the very last Digital General Assembly! With only 6 months to go, the consortium is working hard to wrap up all project activities from now until the end of the project 👏🌊

Stay tuned on our website: empowerus-project.eu

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🌊Women Making Waves - Ireland🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean or have empowered it in return. This week we’re sharing stories of women in Ireland whose lives are shaped by the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

To mark #InternationalWomensDay, EmpowerUs is excited to launch #WomenMakingWaves, a series that celebrates and highlights female ocean trailblazers across Europe.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we share the inspiring stories of these remarkable women!

EmpowerUs attends the Træna Winter Festival 2025🌊

Transition Coastal Lab partners contributed to the unique festival held in Træna. Norway. The theme was Matauk, a Norwegian term meaning sustainable local food harvesting🎣

Read more about the event here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

Ocean Literacy workshops were recently held in the Cyprus Transition Coastal Lab to connect children with the local marine environment🌊

The activity increased awareness about local marine life and the importance of ocean connectedness💙

Read more: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

Partners from the Autonomous University of Barcelona recently organised an Ocean Literacy event focused on food sovereignty, highlighting the connections between the local territory, the sea and local food systems🌱🌍

Read more👉 empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

📢New EmpowerUs Publication📢

We're pleased to share the latest article written by
@asantonova.bsky.social, "Squinting like a state: Narratives of corruption, informal practices, and legacies of societal distrust on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast"🌊

Read here👉https://empowerus-project.eu/results/

📢New EmpowerUs Publication📢

We're excited to share that the latest EmpowerUs article "Empowering Communities to Act for a Change: A Review of the Community Empowerment Programs towards Sustainability and Resilience" has been published👏

Read the article here👉 empowerus-project.eu/results/

EmpowerUs partners from Queen's University Belfast and Údarás na Gaeltachta recently hosted a workshop in Galway, Ireland, to bring together social enterprise and community co-operative leaders to discuss the Irish pilot💡

Read more here 👉 empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

Hey Bluesky! We are happy to be here!

#EmpowerUs is a 3-year #HorizonEurope project aiming to empower coastal communities to act for change and ensure sustainable, inclusive and resilient coastal development across Europe 🌊

Visit our website to learn more about the project: empowerus-project.eu