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Description of the project

Acronym
Circular Ocean
Title
Circular Ocean
Summary
The Circular Ocean project seeks to inspire enterprises and entrepreneurs to realise the hidden opportunities of discarded fishing nets and ropes in the Northern Periphery & Arctic (NPA) region. As increasing levels of marine litter is particularly pertinent to the NPA region, the project acts as a catalyst to motivate and empower remote communities to develop sustainable and green business opportunities that enhance income generation and retention within local regions. Through transnational collaboration and eco-innovation, Circular Ocean develops, shares and testes new sustainable solutions to incentivise the collection and reprocessing of discarded fishing nets and assist the movement towards a more circular economy.
Start year
2015
End year
2018
Funding programme
Interreg V
Programme Scope
European
Coordinator institution
Environmental Research institute. North Highland College UHI (Scotland)
Coordinator email
neil.james@uhi.ac.uk
Coordinator country
United Kingdom
Other institutions involved
Macroom E (Ireland); The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts (UK); Arctic Technology Centre (Greenland); Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
Other countries involved
Ireland
Greenland
Norway
Project Budget (in euros)
1,472,185
Website
http://www.circularocean.eu/
Other relevant information
Funding programme: Interreg VB Northern Periphery and Artic Programme  Priority Axis 2; Promoting Entrepeneurship to Realise the Potential of the Programme Area's Competitive Advantage
Number of Resources
31

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