Connecting Land and Sea for Sustainable Atlantic Territories
Atlantic Bridges is a 30-month European Interreg project designed to strengthen cooperation between Atlantic territories and accelerate the ecological, economic, and social transition by better integrating land–sea dynamics. Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) at 75%, the project brings together five Atlantic partners committed to building more resilient, innovative, and connected coastal regions
Key point
- 30 month project, 5 partners
- Strenght cooperation between Atlantic territories
- Accelerate ecological, economic and social transition
- Commited to build more resilient, innovative and connected coastal regions
What is Atlantic Bridges ?
A four-step project
Atlantic Bridges is a 30-month European project supporting five Atlantic partners in strengthening land-sea connections to accelerate the ecological, economic and social transition, and to build lasting cooperation across the Atlantic.
Analyse
We assess each territory’s challenges, assets and governance models. Through comparative analysis and shared learning, partners build a common understanding of land-sea dynamics and identify priority transition issues.
2.
Co-design
Partners work together with local stakeholders to co-design strategic frameworks and action plans. This collaborative phase ensures that solutions are grounded in real territorial needs and shared ambitions.
3.
Experiment
Concrete pilot actions are implemented in each partner territory. These real-life demonstrations test innovative approaches and generate measurable results linked to the triple transition.
4.
Transfer
Results, tools and lessons learned are capitalised and shared across the Atlantic area. The objective is to ensure replicability, scalability and long-term impact beyond the project lifetime.
METHODOLOGY
A three workpackages phased project
A Work Package is a set of activities grouped around a specific project objective, allowing work to be organized, responsibilities to be distributed and clearly identified deliverables to be produced.
Workpackage 1 – 2026
Analyze & Strategize
- Production of a territorial analysis
- Development of a project monitoring methodology.
- Production of a common transnational strategy.
Workpackage 2 – 2027
Act & Demonstrate
- Development of a local action plan for each pilot site.
- Production of an evaluation report on the pilot actions.
- Organization by each partner of a local seminar to present the results to local stakeholders.
Workpackage 3 – 2028
Capitalize & ransfer
- Completion of the feasibility study for the transfer.
- Creation of the Atlantic Forum and organization of Local Forums in five external territories.
- Organization of the final event and transatlantic dissemination of the results.
COllaborative governance model
Governance & Partnership
The project Partners – 5 members
- Lead the project implementation
- Produce official deliverables
- Coordinate local and thematic groups
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The Local Working Group
- 10–15 key local stakeholders per territory
- Contribute to territorial analysis
- Co-design local action plans
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The Thematic Expert group
- 3 experts per partner (economic, environmental, social)
- Provide technical validation and strategic guidance
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KEY DELIVERABLES
Atlantic Bridges will produce
Territorial
analysis
REPORTS AND METHODOLOGICAL DOCUMENTS
TOOLS and communication materials
PRESS COMMUNICATION MATERIALS
FINANCE
Budget & Funding
Total budget
ERDF funding
Partner co-financing
Inspirations
Atlantic Bridges builds upon successful Atlantic cooperation initiatives such as:
A Bridge Toward a
More Resilient Future
The success of Atlantic Bridges depends on the active engagement of local ecosystems.
The first milestone:
Building the local working group and co-constructing a territorial analysis that will define strategic priorities for the next three years
Together, we are building a bridge toward a more resilient, innovative, and connected Atlantic territory.