🌟Interested in boosting innovation in the #Danube region?

Join the interactive workshop 'Strengthening the Danube Innovation Ecosystem' to co-create a roadmap for SMEs & the #ecosystem .

👉 Register by June 30: buff.ly/4cicH1S

🚨🚀 #FundingAlert 🚀

🌊iMERMAID #OpenCall 1 - €400k for 4 projects in associated regions of the Mediterranean.

👥Who: public local and regional authorities.

📅From June to September 2024

👉Follow & subscribe for details.
💻 imermaid.eu

It’s #WorldOceansDay 🌊!

The ocean needs our support now more than ever 🤝. #MissionOcean projects are working to deal with #climate change, #pollution to restore our waters and protect them for future generations 💙.

Learn more 👉 buff.ly/3KDnqb2

🔔 iMERMAID #OpenCall 1 opening soon!

❓ EU & Associated regions' authorities can join to safeguard water resources.
📅June
💰€400,000
⏰ 9 months

🧪 Topics:
• Upstream Chemical Pollution Detection
• Solutions against upstream water pollution
• Open topic for proposals

🚀In March 2024, iMERMAID 🇪🇺 played a key role in the Skills4Water training at the University of Niš, in Serbia, focusing on soft skills in the #water sector. Read the full article: buff.ly/3V4yaUV

✅The answer to the previous poll was YES.

🍃Through the food chain, CoECs chemicals can become concentrated in higher levels of predators, posing significant risks to wildlife and affecting the health of entire #ecosystems .

#imermaidcampaign #pollutioncontrol

🌟Spotlight on the iMERMAID 🇪🇺 partners!

➡️Meet the research group of the Université d'Angers led by Prof. Maxime Pontie.

🌊Their work aims to remediate the #Mediterranean ecosystem but also explores other innovative processes.

Learn more: buff.ly/3VoR2zu

📢 Exciting News! @iMERMAID #OpenCall 1 is here!

💰This call will allocate €400,000 to support 4 public authorities projects driving @iMERMAID solutions for #water ecosystem restoration in the Mediterranean.

Join us in shaping a sustainable future!

💧Stay tuned for updates

💡Poll Time!

👁‍🗨As part of our ongoing #MermaidCampaign on #CoECs , we are curious to learn more about your perspectives.

⬇️Answer below⬇️

🌍CoECs remain in the #environment through the food chain and tissues of organisms.

Privanova joined the iMERMAID 🇪🇺 consortium meeting in Espoo, Finland, hosted by VTT.🇫🇮 We explored use cases & tackled chemical pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Saloni Chaudhary from Privanova presented on the Ethics Advisory Board & Data Management Plan.

As part of the EJWP - European Junior Water Programme, ECSA visited HSY. We saw how wastewater went through several stages to become safe for disposal. One of the pictures shows all sorts of objects that have ended up at the plant one way or the other.

#WaterQuality #SeaPollution

☕️Welcome to Day 2☕️

⏮Yesterday's dinner fuelled discussions, and today we are ready to dive deep into more partners' updates.

🌍Together, we're making progress in combating #pullution & 🧪contamination in the #MeditteraneanSea .

👏Thanks to VTT & all participants!

☀🇫🇮 Good morning from Finland!

🍃We are thrilled to kick off the iMERMAID 🇪🇺 EU Consortium Meeting at beautiful VTT 's venue.

🌍Today we'll hear updates on the use case scenarios & forge our collaboration through workshops and networking occasions!

#IMERMAID_F24

📢 Yesterday, #EJWP5 & #EJWP6 /@iMermaid completed their first day in Finland! 🇫🇮 They had an inspiring training on Cooperation & Co-creation & Personal Leadership with @FilipGrisar at VTT, combined with El@ine kUoEU Capacity Building. #Leadership #Training #CapacityBuilding

✅ The answer to the previous poll was YES.

💰The presence of #CoECs in the #environment can lead to increased costs for #water treatment to make it safe for human consumption and industrial use.

👏Thanks for supporting the #iMermaidcampaign .

📣 The Digital Ocean Forum is taking place on 12-13 June 2024 🗓️ in Brussels!

Experts, stakeholders, and citizens are invited to participate in the co-design and co-creation of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean 🌊.

Register 👉tinyurl.com/bdexc8wf

#MissionOcean

Climate change is impacting our water and health

💧floods
💧droughts
💧impaired water quality

A new EU EnvironmentAgency report zooms in on examples from across 🇪🇺 while offering practical proposals to protect people, prosperity and planet🌍

Read: eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

💡Poll Time!

👁‍🗨As part of our ongoing #MermaidCampaign on #CoECs , we are curious to learn more about your perspectives.

👇Answer below

🥤Without treatment, #water containing CoEc contaminants is not safe for human consumption.

✅The answer to the previous poll was YES.

👶🤰Exposure to CoECs can impact development in utero and during childhood, leading to long-term health issues.

👏Thanks for supporting the #iMermaidcampaign .

💡Poll Time!

👁‍🗨As part of our ongoing #MermaidCampaign on #CoECs , we are curious to learn more about your perspectives.

👇Answer below

👩‍👦Children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the effects of #pollution .