BLUE CRESCENT – Promoting the blue economy by establishing a protected area across the maritime border of Poland, Sweden and Lithuania

BLUE CRESCENT – Promoting the blue economy by establishing a protected area across the maritime border of Poland, Sweden and Lithuania

23.04.2025

Lead partner

Name: Administration of Lithuania Minor Protected Aeas
https://mlietuva.lrv.lt/en/
Address: Kuršmarių g. 13, Rusnė, 99349 Šilutės rajonas
Region/Subregion: Klaipėdos apskritis
Country: Lithuania


Project Partners Member States

LT, PL, SE


Name: World Maritime University
https://www.wmu.se/
Address: Fiskehamnsgatan 1, 20124 Malmö
Region/Subregion: Skane län
Country: Sweden

Name: Ecological club Žvejone
Region/Subregion: Klaipėdos apskritis
Country: Lithuania

Name: University of Gdańsk
https://ug.edu.pl/
Address: Bażyńskiego 8, 80-309 Gdańsk
Region/Subregion: Pomorskie
Country: Poland


Category of intervention

064


Acronym: BLUE CRESCENT

The project involves 4 partners from Lithuania (2), Poland (1), and Sweden (1). The partnership is composed of a governmental organisation, an NGO, and 2 universities. There are no associated partners in the project. The project is led by the Administration of Lithuania Minor Protected Areas (LT).
The overall project objective is to promote the blue economy and sustainable use of water resources in the South Baltic Area in a complex way through facilitating the creation of a protected area across the maritime border of Poland, Sweden, and Lithuania.
The project’s activities include the development of thematic reports, guidelines, and a methodology on maritime protected area set-up, networking, public awareness and education campaigns, management activities, and promotional and dissemination actions.
The main target groups are conservationists, environmentalists, thematic NGOs, governmental agencies and policymakers, researchers, and scientists.

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