The project
SEALabHaus is introducing an innovative and integrated approach, inspired by the New European Bauhaus (NEB), through the collaborative design of a transnational laboratory for the Atlantic Area. This project aims to create advanced structures, tools, and services that will enhance the connections and specialized capabilities of the region. It supports unique, innovative, sustainable, and inclusive projects based on NEB values.
Our project is co-funded by the European Union Interreg Atlantic Area Programme, made up of organizations from the public and private sectors in the Atlantic regions of four countries Portugal, Spain, France and Ireland, in the support of innovative initiatives that contribute to the growth of this area, solving common challenges across border through the implementation of joint actions, exchange of good practices and contribution to new or current policies.
With 113 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the programme supports transnational cooperation in the Atlantic regions.
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat of the Interreg Atlantic Area Programme. Neither the European Union nor the Interreg Atlantic Area bodies can be held responsible for them.
Why SEALabHaus
Blue tourism is a significant force driving the development of coastal regions in the Atlantic Area. It holds great potential for generating wealth and plays a crucial role in the European Union's blue economy. However, the growth in this sector affects the social and environmental aspects of the coast, bringing about challenges for the local population and authorities. Responding to these challenges requires the development of new forms of blue tourism that can be shared across borders.
SEALabHaus is conceived as a community for innovation, research, dissemination and peer learning, in which the 7 university partners are referents in terms of applied research on the different themes to be worked on: blue tourism, art&culture, architecture, sustainability, training&professionalization.
Objectives | Expected results
Transnational co-design of the New BauHaus Laboratory of the Atlantic Area.
Capitalisation and transfer for the creation of blue tourism and CCI projects based on NEB. Project activity:
- Design of the Methodological Guide for the co- design of the New Bauhaus Laboratory of the Atlantic Area
- Creation of the Atlantic Community and development of the transnational forums
- Compilation of good practices of innovative blue tourism and CCI projects based on the New Bauhaus
- Catalogue and study of the Atlantic maritime heritage and landscape from a holistic dimension
- Study on digital tools and existing guidelines and methodologies for a more sustainable and innovative blue tourism
- Common marketing strategies to promote and preserve the heritage linked to the culture of the sea
Creation of the Virtual New Bauhaus Laboratory of the Atlantic Area Transnational intercooperation for scientific knowledge on maritime culture and sustainable tourism.
Project Activity:
- Creation of a Laboratory Landing Page and its services
- Launching the Laboratory and preparing the pilots projects
- Selection of 5 Pilot projects for sustainable and innovative solutions and business models Transnational Training and Capacity Building for Social Innovation and Sustainable Tourism in the Atlantic Area with a training program for Agent for the transition towards the values of the New Bauhaus Strategic Plan for the maritime culture and blue tourism of the Atlantic Area.
Improvement measures integration in the designed laboratory and pilot final results dissemination. Strategy for the capitalization, transfer and sustainability of results.
Project Activity:
- Report on the improvement measures for the designed laboratory
- Actions and dissemination materials of the Laboratory with Infographics on the results of the pilot projects
- Joint Roadmap for the transfer and sustainability of the New Bauhaus Laboratory of the Atlantic Area
- Strategic Plan for the transfer and capitalization of results
- Establish volunteers’ network and design Volunteering Plan
- Capitalisation Events and Transnational Exibition
- Transfer and sustainability plan
Coordinator & Partners
The partnership of the SEALabHaus project brings together a wide range of partners and stakeholders from five regions. The cooperation of the four countries that make up the partnership is necessary to take up the challenge of creating a transnational community and tools to innovate the value chain of tourism and blue culture in the Atlantic Area regions and to transform, revitalise and enhance the coastal tourism ecosystem in balance with the sea, its architecture and its culture, as a key factor of resilience, well-being and sustainability.
