Luca Bolognini
Researcher
Ancona
The ARIEL project is jointly promoted and developed by 9 scientific and institutional partners from 4 Countries (Italy, Croatia, Greece, and Montenegro) and focuses on Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture, which are two key drivers for blue and sustainable growth in the Adriatic and Ionian communities. Despite their relevance, these sectors face the same challenges of maritime spatial planning, environmental and socio-economic sustainability, better conditions for the adoption of innovation and dissemination of scientific knowledge, and more effective cooperation between entrepreneurs, academia and policy makers. In this context, ARIEL’s transnational approach catalyzes joint efforts to address this complex ecological, economic and social challenge by supporting the development of a transnational “critical mass” and providing common skills, tools, and methods that accompany the process of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture innovation and networking in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea basins.
The overall objective of ARIEL is to promote solutions (technological and non-technological) for innovation in Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture in the Adriatic-Ionian basin by serving as a knowledge network and carrying out a range of transferable activities to better understand threats and solutions for more effective and sustainable management of policies and practices. At first, ARIEL will implement innovation audits on Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture enterprises taking into account research, policy and economic aspects that outline the state of innovation and future development scenario. Based on this result, the project will test innovative pilot solutions jointly defined by enterprises and research institutes. Innovation brokering events will facilitate the transfer of R&D into concrete and feasible actions for Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture actors, accompanying their aggregation and cooperation process. The adoption of open innovation in Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture will also be fostered by the creation of the ARIEL platform to help networking and collaboration around innovative ideas and solutions during and beyond the life of the project, fostering ongoing knowledge sharing and transnational dialogue among actors. ARIEL partners will then develop a joint research agenda for Small Scale Fisheries and aquaculture and a Service Charter for Innovation, a strategic and multidisciplinary action plan that defines common priorities and lines of research, areas for improvement, knowledge-based solutions, and actions to successfully address key challenges related to innovation and sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture for the coming years in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea region.
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Web Site: https://ariel.adrioninterreg.eu/
Duration: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Budget: 1.249.234,46 €
Budget IRBIM: 175.335,50 €
Areas of Research:
Researcher
Ancona
Administrative Collaborator
Ancona
Senior Researcher
Ancona
Director of Research
Ancona
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