Abstract
Within the context of work package 7, SafeWAVE will be working with coastal communities in France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, to develop and demonstrate a framework for education and public engagement (EPE), specifically aimed at ocean literacy. Task 7.3 is one of the foundational tasks that prepare the way for this framework. Entitled ‘Identification and characterisation of societal stakeholders’, the aim of this task is to develop a better understanding of societal stakeholder associated with the communities that are host to the marine renewable energy installations and test site in the focal countries. Five locations have been selected for this task, namely:
- Aguacadoura test site located near Aguçadoura a Portuguese civil parish located in Póvoa de Varzimin, Northern Portugal.
- BiMEP test site located near the municipality of Lemoiz is situated on the coast of the province of Bizkaia, in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
- Galway Bay test site located near the village of Spiddal (An Spidéal), Co. Galway on the west coast of Ireland c.19 km from Galway City.
- Mutriku test site located near the municipality of Mutriku on the west coast of Gipuzkoa Province in the Basque Country, northern Spain.
- SEMREV test site located near Le Croisic on the west coast of France in the Pays de la Loire region, between the estuaries of Loire and Vilaine.