Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project Cool Waters
| Project Acronym | Cool Waters |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Underwater Heritage and Ecology in the North East Atlantic |
Summary
The aim of the Cool Waters project is to advance the protection and promotion of submerged marine sites of high natural and cultural heritage importance across the Northern Periphery and Arctic Region. While the region boasts a wealth of such features, ongoing deterioration, lack of integrated management and climate change threats remain considerable challenges. Poor accessibility and lack of unified promotion have resulted in unrealised economic potential for local communities.
The project will employ knowledge transfer, intensive monitoring efforts, innovative technologies, economic valuations, public outreach, education and entrepreneurship in order to preserve and promote these valuable marine resources, to strengthen relationships across the region via integrated management and promotional measures, and to create a sustainable economic resource for local communities. The project takes a novel innovative approach via merging of cultural and natural heritage interests and development of integrated management and promotional programmes.
Objectives
The project aims to work with stakeholders to gather improved knowledge and to illustrate and raise awareness of the association of the natural and cultural resources across the region.
Lead Partner
- Heriot Watt University
Scotland
Partners
- NAFC Marine Centre, University of the Highlands and Islands
Scotland - SALT Lofoten AS
Norway - Ulster University, Coleraine
Northern Ireland
Project Info
| Theme Tourism, recreation, cultural heritage, languages |
| Priority 4 Natural and Cultural Heritage |
| Objective 4 Increased capacity for sustainable environmental management |
| Project duration 11-08-16 to 29-11-16 |
| Total budget 29 253 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 17 993 EUR |
| Target groups local public authority interest groups including NGOs sectoral agency higher education and research enterprise, including SME |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Christopher Parker |