Seeking your views on Ireland’s new Strategy for Marine Research, Innovation & Knowledge

The Marine Institute is seeking your views on Ocean Knowledge 2030, Ireland’s new Strategy for Marine Research, Innovation & Knowledge for the period 2025-2030. A draft Strategy has been prepared by the Marine Institute in collaboration with government departments and agencies, including members of the Marine Research Funders’ Forum.

Ocean Knowledge 2030 will guide the coordination at national level of marine research and innovation investments, programming and policy, helping to optimise impact, enable the sustainable use of ocean space, and develop a sustainable climate-neutral blue economy. Ocean Knowledge 2030 will align and integrate with a broader suite of sectoral and Research and Innovation strategies and policies at both national and EU level.

Ocean Knowledge 2030 is also designed to advance the Impact 2030 action to ‘position Ireland as a leader for marine research and technology.’

This consultation is based on the following sections of the strategy:

1. Vision & High-Level Objectives

2. Living with a Changing Ocean

1. The Ocean-Climate Nexus: Ocean physics and chemistry
2. Marine geology, seafloor and coastal change
3. Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
4. Ocean governance and law
5. The ocean’s benefit and service to society

3. Towards a Sustainable Ocean Economy

1. Sustainable Food from the Ocean
2. Energy from the Ocean
3. Greener and Smarter Ports and Shipping
4. Tourism in Coastal and Marine Areas
5. Safe and Secure Seas

4. Enablers for Ocean Knowledge

1. Training, Talent and Expertise
2. Marine Research Infrastructures
3. Data and Digitalisation
4. Partnerships, Networks and Connectivity
5. Funding and Investment

How to participate

Complete the questions in the online survey form. Additional comments are also welcome at the end of the survey. Alternatively, you can email feedback to [email protected].

Please provide feedback by Tuesday, 8 October 2024.

Following the consultation, the submissions received will be analysed and the strategy will be updated and finalised. The Strategy will be launched at the Ocean Knowledge 2030 Conference in Dublin in November.

The Marine Institute processes your personal information in line with Data Protection legislation. Your data will be used for the sole purpose of this consultation. Only the project team will have access to your data, and it will be destroyed within a year following the consultation unless needed for any legal purpose. Please review the Marine Institute’s full Privacy Statement.

Note that all submissions received are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

For further information, please contact [email protected].