Networking Fridays presents From Demo to Impact: Matchmaking with Cascade Funding for Public Authorities | RESTORATION

As part of the EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters, restoring marine and coastal ecosystems is essential to strengthening climate resilience, supporting biodiversity recovery, and promoting sustainable development. Yet many public entities continue to face challenges in moving from successful pilot demonstrations to deployment and impact on the ground. This webinar is part of the From Demo to Impact series, that offers a platform for public entities, demonstration sites, solution providers, and regional actors involved in ecosystem restoration to share their experiences. Participants will explore how cascade funding from Horizon Europe projects has helped address specific restoration challenges. The session will showcase real collaboration examples from European sea basins, illustrating how cascade funding has enabled and supported partnerships between public entities and stakeholders, fostered community engagement, and scaled up restoration efforts. Open calls for funding will also be announced.

Program (PM/UTC):

01:00 -01:05 - Welcome remarks and introduction by Valerie de Liedekerke & Representative from the European Commission 01:05-01:35 - Partnership Experience Presentations 01:35-01:45 - Q&A 01:45-01:55 - Funding Opportunity Open Calls 01:55-02:00 - Closing remarks by Valerie de Liedekerke & Representative from the European Commission