Imagine a toolkit that helps people living by the sea protect their coastlines while still making a living. It uses a digital map to show how nature and people interact, helping locals decide where to build or fish without ruining the environment. It's like a community guidebook for surviving climate change together.
Coastal businesses and planners often face local opposition and a lack of data when trying to implement sustainable changes. This leads to project delays and failure to meet EU environmental regulations.
The EmpowerCoast digital twin/GIS platform and 6 tailored empowerment programs for each of the 6 Transition Coastal Labs.
If you are a sustainability consultancy dealing with complex local resistance to coastal projects — this project developed Tailored Empowerment Programmes that help communities accept and co-create sustainable changes.
If you are a GIS software provider dealing with a lack of social data in spatial planning — this project developed the EmpowerCoast digital twin platform that integrates socio-economic and ecological data for coastal action.
If you are an eco-tourism operator dealing with degrading local biodiversity — this project developed Nature-Based Solutions and ocean literacy programs that improve the natural assets your business relies on.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost structures for the tools are provided.
The project uses a network of 6 Transition Coastal Labs across EU regions, suggesting a model designed for regional scaling via the EmpowerCoast digital platform.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms for the EmpowerCoast platform are not mentioned.
The project aligns local transformative actions with EU policies to meet global challenges like biodiversity degradation.
The project period runs from 2022-10-01 to 2025-09-30, indicating the final outputs will be ready by late 2025.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward research and academia, with 5 universities and 5 research organizations. With only 1 industry partner and 1 SME (6% industry ratio), the project is primarily driven by scientific validation rather than immediate commercialization, though it spans 9 countries to ensure broad geographic applicability.
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