Digital Agenda Funding

Project Status: Live Project

Project Leader: Jose Manuel San Emeterio

EU Programme: Atlantic Area Programme (2021 - 2027)

Project Budget: €4,328,675

Start Date: Apr, 2025

Finish Date: Jun, 2029

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The aim of the project is to:

GRAAL aims to strengthen the Atlantic Area programme’s contribution to environmental protection, economic prosperity, and climate change preparedness, while improving the visibility, uptake, and policy integration of results from previously funded projects.

Specific objectives are to:

Brittany, France
Cerema – Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning(Lead Partner)
Cerema is the lead partner of the GRAAL project - Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse 


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Asturias, Spain
FAEN - Fundación Asturiana de la Energía(Partner)
Fundación Asturiana de la Energía is a partner in GRAAL project - Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse


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Basque Country, Spain
AZTI(Partner)
AZTI Fundazioa is a partner in GRAAL project (	
Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse)


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Brittany, France
CPMR/CRPM(Partner)
Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes d'Europe - Atlantic Arc Commission is a partner in GRAAL project


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Brittany, France
Pole Mer Bretagne Atlantique(Partner)
Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique is a partner in the GRAAL project - Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse


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Cantabria, Spain
IHCantabria Foundation(Partner)
Fundación Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de Cantabria is a partner in GRAAL project


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Donegal, Ireland
ERNACT Network(Partner)
ERNACT is a partner in the GRAAL project -Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse


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Kerry, Ireland
RDI Hub(Partner)
RDI Hub is a partner in GRAAL project - 	
Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse


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Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, Portugal
CCDR - Lisboa e Tejo(Partner)
Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo is partner in the GRAAL project


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Norte, Portugal

Forum Oceano (Partner)
Forum Oceano is a partner in the GRAAL project- Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse

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Rennes, France

Atlantic Cities (Partner)
Atlantic Cities is partner in GRAAL project - Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse

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The ERNACT regions focus on adapting and transferring services, approaches or digital knowhow between regions. Please examine the following table to see a list of specific items transferred over the past few years

GRAAL (Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse), is led by Cerema (Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning) in France.

The project will develop and implement strategies to integrate project outcomes into regional and national public policies, promote future collaboration through roadmaps, an action plan, and flagship projects, improve coordination among European programmes supporting environmental priorities in the Atlantic Region, and deliver forward-looking proposals to shape future Atlantic Area strategies.

The project will focus on five thematic areas: energy, ocean pollution, climate and risks, nature, and sustainable tourism, and three cross-cutting themes: digitisation and innovation, circular economy, and governance.