Regarding best practice of Horizon Europe CSAs, it is emphasised that these do not fund R&I itself.

The 'impacts' of the project are policy impacts, including who is uptaking this impact (such as PAs and stakeholders) and how. Dissemination and exploitation are also criticial:

Deputy Coordinator of the UN Ocean Decade Alison Clausen provides the perspective of the Decade Coordination Unit.

The Unit's priorities include achieving global coordination; long-term sustainability to deliver the Decade's ambitions beyond 2030; and filling the gaps of existing initiatives:

Nicolas Segebarth explains how the call links to the EU Mission Ocean and Waters and feeds into the European Ocean Open Pact and the Ocean Observation Initiative.

The main objective is to deliver structural and long-lasting changes regarding how ocean science is supported and performed globally.