TASC-RestoreMed Open Call: Town Hall Meeting

Strengthen your proposal, receive expert feedback, and ensure strategic alignment

We invite all potential applicants for the TASC-RestoreMed Open Call to an interactive Town Hall Meeting specifically designed to help you turn your project ideas into a winning proposal. This is your opportunity to gain a competitive edge before the Open Call submission deadline.

The TASC-RestoreMed Town Hall Meeting is designed to help potential applicants structure, refine, and validate their project ideas during the Open Call application period. Participants will gain clarity on call requirements, receive guidance on how to align their ideas with Mission Ocean priorities, and have the opportunity to ask targeted questions directly to experts before submitting their proposals.

Are you planning to apply for the TASC-RestoreMed Open Call? Don't miss the chance to strengthen your proposal, receive expert feedback, and ensure strategic alignment at the TASC-RestoreMed Town Hall Meeting! 

How to Register

The Town Hall will be held online on 11 February at 12:00 CET and will be hosted by IHA (Impact Hub Athens). The meeting is planned to last one hour. If needed, and depending on the discussion and questions raised, the session may be extended by up to an additional 30 minutes.

Registration is required, here.

To complete your registration, you are asked to submit any questions you may have in advance in the zoom registration link above. Register by 4 February to have your questions addressed live during the session. Questions submitted after this date will be answered by email. 

We kindly ask participants to review the relevant FAQs on our website before submitting their questions: FAQ for Community-Led Actions and FAQ for Transition Agendas.

What to expect

The session will function as an open, interactive forum, enabling participants to present early-stage ideas, clarify doubts, and understand how to strengthen their applications. Experts will be available to respond to technical and procedural questions related to the Open Call, including representatives of the project coordinator HCMR (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research) and F6S.

In addition, dedicated thematic experts will support applicants across the three Mission Ocean pillars, ensuring alignment with the programme’s objectives:

• Pillar #1 – Protecting and Restoring Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity

  
  

  Led by CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of University of Porto), with expert guidance on biodiversity protection methodologies, monitoring approaches, impact indicators, assessment methods, stakeholder engagement, and open data practices.

• Pillar #2 – Preventing and Eliminating Pollution of Ocean, Seas, and Water

  
  

  Led by SEL - NTUA (Sanitary Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens), offering technical support on pollution source identification, baseline assessments, monitoring and mitigation planning, use of digital and analytical tools, KPI definition, and alignment with EU water policy frameworks.

• Pillar #3 – Ensuring a Sustainable, Carbon-Neutral, and Circular Blue Economy

  
  

  Led by UM (University of Maribor), providing expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), sustainability modelling, GHG impact quantification, system boundary definition, and methodological consistency with Mission Ocean sustainability objectives.