Partnership meeting
Cross-sectoral platform for marine conservation
To enable a real commitment to ocean responsibility, a marine strategic agreement between industries and conservation was set up, including a shared platform to facilitate discussion and build awareness about ocean issues while highlighting solutions achievable through collective effort. The establishment of this platform was made possible through multiple events during to facilitate dialogues between different stakeholders from conservation, industries and political institution. The main issue that was highlighted during these events was the fact that bold and transformative steps are urgently needed to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path and these steps are only achievable through meaningful collaboration to make informed and coordinated decisions for the future of the ocean and consequently for our own future. Moreover, the increased global awareness about climate change and environmental issues represents a great opportunity for the industry to be proactive in embracing sustainable practices, rather than be enforced to adopt them in the near future, while directly reinvesting in marine conservation.
- Development of a specific cross-sectoral communication platform to allow for understanding of the model from parties with different backgrounds and interest
- Adoption of a collaborative approach
- Increased awareness of climate change and environmental issues, globally and on the part of the yachting industry
To actively engage and collectively act, towards societally, environmentally, political and economically sustainable approaches and solutions to tackle ocean challenges, Waterevolution has developed a specific cross-sectoral communication platform that laid the foundations of a strategic alliance. The key lesson learned in implementing this component is related to the difficulty to build partnerships and promote interaction between two completely different sectors. To overcome this challenge, a great investment of time and efforts was made to create interactions opportunities and a clear commitment from both parties to work together to achieve sustainable ocean management. To actively engage and collectively act, towards societally, environmentally, political and economically sustainable approaches and solutions to tackle ocean challenges, Waterevolution has also developed a specific cross-sectoral communication to target information according to the specific audience.