blue! advancing european projects

The invisible work behind visible changes 2025 has been running for a little over one month now-the #projects are in full swing and new ideas are taking shape. When talking about environmental projects, many people think of impressive results: renaturalised river landscapes, green cities, new habitats for endangered species. But what often remains invisible is the work behind these successes. Every environmental project starts with an #idea - but it's a long way from the first sketch to realisation. It takes #people to develop strategies, write funding applications, coordinate complex partnerships and hold countless meetings. It takes patience, expertise and the ability to maintain an overview, even when conditions change. This invisible work is the foundation for visible change. It is quiet, often complex - and yet indispensable when it comes to achieving (Europe's) major environmental goals. At blue! advancing european projects, we are proud to support these processes. Together with our partners, we set ideas in motion, #connect people and create structures so that environmental projects not only get off the ground, but also have a long-term #impact and with that we are looking forward to what this year will bring!

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻 & 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱: 𝗜𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸: 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲! 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗹l 🌟 Last week, the Blue! advancing european projects team gathered in beautiful Inzell for our Blue! Days. It was an opportunity to reconnect, collaborate, and prepare for exciting challenges ahead. Between productive sessions and some fantastic teambuilding moments, we strengthened our cooperation and set the stage for creative and impactful work. Here’s what we tackled together: 💡 Innovation Funding (National & EU): Gaining a better understanding of funding opportunities, including support for AI-driven initiatives. 💡 Our ESG Consulting Services: Sharing updates and exploring ways to grow this vital part of our work. 💡 Workshops & Refresher Ideas: Brainstorming how to make our workshops even more effective and engaging. 💡 Acquisitions & Tender Searches: Strategizing to align our approaches and maximize opportunities. 💡 LinkedIn, Website & Networking: Discussing how our external presence ties together to strengthen our visibility and impact. 💡 Internal Training Webinars: Planning ways to enhance team skills and knowledge-sharing. 💡 Financials & Planning for 2025: Fine-tuning processes for billing, accounting, and capacity planning to prepare for the future. We also took time to bond as a team, reflecting on our shared mission and creating space for innovative ideas to emerge. The result? A stronger team, ready to tackle the challenges of 2025 with creativity, energy, and focus. 👉 What strategies have worked for your teams when it comes to planning and innovation? We’d love to hear your thoughts! If you’d like to learn more about our work or collaborate with us, visit us here: https://lnkd.in/eTdqjGJF #Innovation #TeamBuilding #Funding #ESGConsulting #Workshops #Planning #Networking #Sustainability #CreativeWork #blueAdvancingEuropeanProjects

Today our colleague Marga Molina was in Toulouse with Pascal Chazaud at the launching event of the second call for projects of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Spain, France, Andorra, Interreg POCTEFA It has been a great opportunity to learn in depth the details of the new call. And to meet with the various institutions of the three countries. The call will be open until 22 April. #EuropeanCooperation #EUProjects #POCTEFA

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹? The fast fashion industry has revolutionized the way we consume clothing—but at what cost? Beneath the glitz and glamour lies a hidden toll on our #planet, our people, and our future. Did you know? 💡 #CarbonEmissions: Fast fashion accounts for 10% of global CO₂ emissions, more than aviation and maritime shipping combined. 💡 #WaterWaste: Producing a single cotton shirt uses 2,700 liters of water—the equivalent of what one person drinks in 2.5 years. 💡 #TextileLandfills: 92 million tons of clothing waste end up in landfills annually, contributing to environmental degradation. 💡 #LaborExploitation: Behind the scenes, many workers endure poor conditions and unfair wages to meet the demand for "cheap" clothing. On the flip side, #fairfashion is gaining momentum—prioritizing #sustainability, ethical production, and longer-lasting quality. At blue! advancing european projects, we are proud to support efforts that drive sustainable practices in fashion. Our colleague Marga Molina will attend a seminar next week in Toulouse to dive deeper into these critical issues and explore innovative solutions for the industry. 👉 How can we, as individuals and businesses, push for meaningful change in fashion? Have you come across brands or movements leading the way toward sustainability? Let’s discuss! If you’d like to learn more about our work or collaborate on a project, find out here: https://lnkd.in/eTdqjGJF #FastFashion #FairFashion #Sustainability #Biodiversity #EthicalFashion #ClimateChange #Mitigation #ProjectDevelopment #KnowledgeExchange #blueAdvancingEuropeanProjects

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐭 blue! advancing european projects 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 🎉 2024 has been a year full of opportunities to work with organisations from all over Europe with the common interest in supporting #EuropeanCooperation. And for us, this year closes with the great success and honour of having been beneficiaries and coordinator of the preparation of the transnational Strategic Nature Project under the LIFE Programme, 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑷𝑨𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑳𝑰𝑭𝑬. Together with the Ministerul Mediului, Apelor si Padurilor, the Ministerstvo životního prostředí, the Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska and many other partners and supporters of the #CarpathianConvention of the UN Environment Programme , we are going to work together to achieve concrete and measurable improvements in nature and #biodiversity conservation across the #Carpathian countries. Our consultants Dorothea H. Palenberg and Marga Molina will be involved in this interesting project. We will report on our progress during 2025. Stay tuned!

Happy Approval for #ClimateResilience in #UrbanAreas for the project RESUREXION. Shoutout to Natalie Oonk-Abrahams MBA and Jasmin S. from Rijkswaterstaat and my colleague Marga Molina: We did it again :-)

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨? 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙚? ... it is relevant to be able to imagine land take: In Austria alone, an area of 18 soccer fields is sealed EVERY DAY! Competing interets, dealt with in parallel sectors, prevent an #integrated approach to tackling the problem. We from blue! advancing european projects are happy to say "we did it again": This time, we supported the successful application of an Interreg Alpine Space project called "Brokering Spaces", led by Manuela Brückler and Philipp Vesely from the SIR - Salzburger Institut für Raumordnung und Wohnen GmbH. BrokeringSpaces will strive to find a system that achieves multiple objectives: reconcile different land use interests, create a more resilient planning system, fight land take and increase the performance of ecosystem services. The project starts out from the very foundation of spatial planning and will revitalise traditional tools that are far more sustatinable than current "ways to go". Possible ways to move forward: 🍀 𝙍𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜! as an approach to integrated a multitude of sectors. 🍀 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 that able to integrate differing sectors. A multitude of constructive planning tools or stakeholder integration approaches exists. 🍀 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣! ... not only necessarily scientific literature! For example, the touching book of Bettina Balàka "vom Zähmen, Ausbeuten und Bestauen", that analyses the bashing of "nature conservation" as "sentimental", altough is is a fundamental socioeoconomic need. 🍀 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. Look at the picture: A clear view on strategic priorities in an integrated system. 🍀 𝘿𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧! #EU funding programmes such as #Interreg pave the way to implementing multi-national & multisectoral solutions! Dorothea H. Palenberg will gladly report from the #GetStarted Seminar in #Salzburg that will be hosted as of today. #ClimateResilience #SpatialPlanning #EUFunding

𝗜𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹? 𝗬𝗘𝗦, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻! The importance of nature restoration in the Alpine region cannot be overstated. It is essential for securing biodiversity and enhancing resilience against environmental changes. Recently, we at blue! advancing european projects had the honor of moderating an international workshop on behalf of BfN and the Alpine Convention, bringing together representatives from various countries to discuss this critical topic and exchange knowledge. We are happy to support project development, discussions, and knowledge exchange towards nature restoration and biodiversity strengthening. 💡 Global Collaboration: Experts from multiple countries united to share insights and strategies on restoring nature in the Alpine region. 💡 Enhancing Biodiversity: Focusing on restoration efforts that secure and boost biodiversity for a resilient ecosystem. 💡 Supporting Initiatives: At blue!, we are proud to facilitate projects and dialogues that drive nature restoration and strengthen biodiversity. If you want to learn more about our work or organize a workshop with us, find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eTdqjGJF #naturerestorationlaw #projectdevelopment #biodiversity #resilience #restoration #mitigation #restorenature #Sustainability #AlpineRegion

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝟐-𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 : First day of work with the H2CE Project . Our consultant Marga Molina is in Bologna working with the partners. An intense agenda, including thematic workshops on activities and exchange visits with experts. #H2CE aims at empowering public authorities and administration in #CentralEurope to integrate #hydrogen proactively and sustainably into regional planning and development. The project runs until March 2026  and is funded by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme.