🌊Join OTTERS Project Spring School, co-organised by NUCLIO, and become a Citizen Science Educator! From May 22–25, you'll dive into hands-on learning, connect with leading organisations and explore innovative ways to bring science and civic engagement into the classroom!💡

🌊From clean lakes to polluted rivers, and rising sea levels to eroding dunes, your expertise can inspire collective action to drive change through community engagement & citizen science!👉Download our design & printable postcards: otters-eu.aua.am/citizen-scienc… #OTTERS #CitizenScience

🚀Empowering communities to protect our waters!🌊 The OTTERS Toolkit is here to guide you in developing citizen science campaigns that drive real change in water stewardship.👉Download our toolkit for Armenia - River & Lake Pollution and make a difference! otters-eu.aua.am/toolkits/

🌊✨Introducing our Mentors for the Blue Citizen Hackathon!✨🌊 Organized by the Ocean Literacy Task Team from the ECOP Programme, and partners around the world, we’ve put together an incredible team of mentors to guide our groups through a week of creativity and advocacy.

Happy #Natura2000Day🏞️ Today, we celebrate the 27,000 nature sites protected by 🇪🇺 legislation - hosting a rich variety of wildlife and habitats, and covering almost 1/5 of land & 1/10 of surrounding seas! Find nature near you with Flora 👉 europa.eu/!ryq83m #Natura2000

At our #MissionArena4 participants had the opportunity to co-write and vote on the actions that need to be undertaken in the #SouthBaltic to make the regional #blueeconomy more #carbonneutral and #circular. Check out our roadmap to see the top actions👇 bluemissionbanos.eu/wp-content/upl…

📣The #EMD2025 has kicked off! Join us this Friday (May 23) in Cork for our Mission Ocean – Unlocking Phase 2 Scalable Governance Workshop, w/ PREP4BLUE, @BlueMissionBANOS & @BlueMissionMed, to develop cross-basin frameworks for EU Mission's next phase. 🔗tinyurl.com/32jf5a4w

🌊The EU Mission Ocean OTTERS Project will hold its final conference in Oeiras, Portugal. The conference aims to build bridges between #citizenscience, #education and civic engagement and bring together relevant stakeholders in these fields.👉otters-eu.aua.am/news/press-rel… #MissionOcean

🌍Call to Marine Universities! Join the 1st International Forum of Marine Universities ahead of #UNOC3 |📅 Nice, June 7, 2025 Panels on: 🔹 Interdisciplinary Ocean Studies 🔹 Blue Economy & Universities 🔹 Ocean Science Education Info & registration: shorturl.at/8Vs9c

Today is the international #BiodiversityDay! 🌎 #MissionOcean & Waters projects work to protect and restore biodiversity across European waters, aiming to protect at least 30% and strictly protect at least 10% of the EU's sea area by 2030. Learn more 👉 tinyurl.com/mtv43cad

Don't miss the #MissionOcean & Waters session at the #EUMissions Info Days! ⏰ Join the event today from 13:00 - 15:00 (CET) 👉 …rch-innovation-community.ec.europa.eu/events/2ZvkNXy…

🌊OTTERS Spring School 2025 kicked off today with active creativity! Educators from a dozen countries are in #Oeiras, #Portugal to co-design water citizen science projects for their curricula and communities.👉 nuclio.org/en/otters-spri… #citizenscience #freshwater #stewardship

#citizenscience Spotlight OTTERS Project isn’t just about collecting data—it’s about caring. Changing how we relate to our rivers, lakes, and seas. Building agency. Restoring ecosystems and wellbeing. Learn more: otters-eu.aua.am #OTTERS #Freshwater #MarineLife

🌊Come join us at the Digital Ocean Pavilion. Dr. Garabet Kazanjian will share insights in his presentation: How Citizen Science Empowers Water Stewardship: Stories from the EU Mission Ocean OTTERS Project, on June 3 in Nice, France.👉 digitaloceanpavilion.eu/session/37cdc5… #OTTERS #OOSC #UNOC3

Water-related citizen science is on the rise, however, it still faces major challenges. 💡 #MissionOcean & Waters project @otters_eu is addressing the problem by developing accessible toolkits and webinars, and by bringing citizen science to classrooms across Europe!👏 Learn

As part of the #OTTERS project pilots, schools in #Armenia have launched water quality monitoring activities to promote environmental stewardship and hands-on learning. 🌍🌍👉otters-eu.aua.am/schools-in-arm… #Water #Stewardship #BlueEconomy #Education

Horizon Europe Mission Ocean project #OTTERS drives forward citizen science efforts in the water domain – from standardising data methods to supporting grassroots action. 🌊👉 ….research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/funding/fun… #freshwater #marine #ecosystems #protection #citizenscience Mission Ocean Waters

🔬 Scientists! Join "From Lab to Public: Ocean Literacy in Action" on 22–24 Sept 2025 🌊 An online EU4Ocean training to boost your science communication & impact. 🕙 10:00–12:00 CEST tinyurl.com/225kjsxf #EU4Ocean

Check this kit from one of our sister projects ☺️