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Poster Short Abstract

COSEA App running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform is the recent outcome of Ocean health related projects. Being an open-platform for marine citizen science observations across the Ocean and nearby coasts, COSEA provides the space for new & diverse collaborations.

Poster Abstract

The interactive and community-driven COSEA App, running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform, is the outcome of two Horizon Europe programmes: EFFECTIVE and TRANSEATION. COSEA covers a wide range of aspects of marine and coastal observations, from human-driven impacts like infrastructure and pollution to the natural world like biodiversity, habitat development, and marine protected areas. Data from the collaborative COSEA App is fed into digital twins and open data repositories for long-term data interoperability.

The core goal of the COSEA project is to create an open platform for marine observations and community engagement. COSEA holds an open call for independent initiatives, projects, and regional groups that do not have the funding for building and running their own interactive & privacy-safe citizen science apps. With the COSEA mobile App, everyone can be part of a growing community that works together to create a positive impact on what matters for marine protection.

Both centre and periphery hold a special value for the COSEA App and its Co-Use open call. The platform holds multi-language capabilities as well as data submission opportunities even from remote places, thus the platform becomes a bridge across the seas. Regional groups and local stakeholders can use the observations and reports to define better solutions and to have data in hand that underlines an existing problem, while policy-makers can build on data provided by the public. Following this year's conference theme, we are excited to share the reflections and potentials of the COSEA journey with the wider citizen science community.