1.
Working together to improve
the Baltic Sea environment and economies:
Innovative approaches to the sustainable use
of marine resources

2.
The SUBMARINER Network in short
⚓ The SUBMARINER Network promotes sustainable and
innovative uses of marine resources. It offers a cooperation
platform to related actors and initiatives in the Baltic Sea
Region. Using the sea consciously is a way to maintain and
improve the region’s natural capital, provide marine-based
feedstock and energy solutions and improve human well-­
being. We aim to turn the Baltic Sea Region into a model
region for sustainable blue biobased innovations and smart
combinations. The SUBMARINER Network is a flagship project
of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR).

3.
“The network is a hub for projects, initiatives
and activities at all levels.”
© GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, photo: left
© The Maritime Institute in Gdańsk

4.
SUBMARINER Network – What we offer
☸The SUBMARINER Network is a
unique platform that brings actors from
the whole Baltic Sea Region together
to actively promote innova­tive and
sustain­able uses of marine resources.
It operates across the whole knowledge
triangle integrating perspectives from
local to international scale, different
science disciplines as well as policy and
economic stake­holders.
☸While its roots lie in the Baltic Sea
Region, the SUBMARINER Network also
operates and reaches out beyond its
geographical base to engage in partner-
ships with actors that share its thema­tic
vision across Europe.
☸The network is a hub for projects,
initiatives and activities at all levels.
It encompasses trans­­­national and
cross-border regional develop­ment,
innovation and research projects, as well
as the various initiatives at local and
business level.
☸Via meetings, workshops,
conferences and a comprehensive set of
dissemi­­nation tools, network members
are pro­vided with a continuous plat­-
form for communi­cation, exchanges of
experience, joint project development
and implementation.
☸As a flagship project under the priority
area “Innovation” of the EUSBSR, the
SUBMARINER Network also regularly
issues joint position papers.
☸The SUBMARINER Network is registered
as a not-for-profit European Economic
Interest Grouping (EEIG) and is managed
by a professional secretariat.

5.
SUBMARINER Network actions
♆ Based on the SUBMARINER Com-
pendium and Roadmap, the network
engages in a broad range of actions.
The SUBMARINER Network’s vision is
to maintain the natural capital of the
Baltic Sea Region, to make marine
resources an im­­portantpartoftheregion’s
smartenergy and biomass production
and to im­prove human well-being – by
promoting biobased innovation and
integrated uses of blue-green solutions.
♆ SUBMARINER Network actions can
be thematically distributed along eight
SUBMARINER topics that can bring
about environmental, social and
economic benefits. Innovative products
that can be developed from marine
resources include ingredients for human
food and animal feed, pharmaceutical,
cosmetic and health products, biofuels,
bio­energy, fertilisers and applications
in marine technologies. In addition,
SUBMARINER Network activities will
lead to CO2 and nutrient uptake, cleaner
beaches, coastal protection, habitat
conservation for a number of species
and restocking of natural populations.
♆ The SUBMARINER Network is
organised around eleven strategic
action fields that combine thematic
and transversal elements.
♆ Each action field is coordinated
by dedicated network members who
can tap into the diverse expertise
and know-how of the SUBMARINER
Network as well as relevant external
partners.

6.
SUBMARINER Network founders
The following institutions have taken the joint initiative to found the
SUBMARINER Network. They represent research institutions, public
administra­tions, NGOs and business parks from all shores of the
Baltic Sea.
Join us! The SUBMARINER Network is open for
new members. If you want to learn more, go to
www.submariner-network.eu or contact us at
info@submariner-network.eu. Contact details
of all SUBMARINER Network founders can also
be found on our website.

7.
Actors: SUBMARINER Network Secretariat and
Maritime Institute in Gdańsk
Data: Tallinn University of Technology
Environmental Impacts: Latvian Institute
of Aquatic Ecology and Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH)
Pilot sites: Environmental Development
Association and Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH)
Energy: Green Center
Ecosystem Services: Swedish Agency for Marine
and Water Management, Maritime Institute
in Gdańsk and Swedish Board of Agriculture
Technology: Ministry of Economic Affairs,
Employment, Transport and Technology
Schleswig-Holstein and Coastal Research
and Planning Institute (CORPI)
Blue Biotechnology: Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Employment, Transport and Technology
Schleswig-Holstein, Finnish Environment
Institute (SYKE) and BioCon Valley
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V.
Finance: Maritime Institute in Gdańsk and
SUBMARINER Network Secretariat
Regulation: Maritime Institute in Gdańsk and
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Image: SUBMARINER Network Secretariat
and Maritime Institute in Gdańsk
vision 2030
Baltic Sea
actors
and
activities
Data sets
of Baltic Sea
resources
on water
quality and
habitats
for
Empirical
Research
Maintaining
the Baltic Sea
Regions’s
natural capital
A smart Baltic Sea
Region – making use
of blue-green
combined solutions
Macroalgae
Harvesting and
Cultivation
Mussel
Cultivation
Reed
Harvesting
strategic action fields
SUBMARINER topics
strategic action
field coordinators:
Actors Data Pilot Sites
Environmen-
tal Impacts

8.
Marine resources
as part of the
BSR sustainable
energy and
biomass portfolio
Improve human
well-being via new
marine products
The Baltic Sea Region
– a biobased
innovation showcase
Regional
solutions
integrating
marine
resources
Valuation and
compensation
of ecosystem
services
BSR-wide
systematic
approach
to Blue Bio­-
tech­nology
Research
Development
and transfer
of suitable
technology for
the Baltic Sea
Unlock
financing for
innovative
uses of marine
resources
Create better
legal and
reguatory
conditions
Create
positive
image for
products
and services
from marine
resources
Large-Scale
Microalgae
Cultivation
Blue Bio­
technology
Wave Energy Sustainable Fish
Aquaculture
Combinations
with Offshore
Wind Parks
Energy Technology Finance Regulation Image
Ecosystem
Services
Blue Bio­-
technology

9.
SUBMARINER Network – What we offer
SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG
Secretariat:
c/o s.Pro – sustainable projects GmbH
Rheinstraße 34, 12161 Berlin, Germany
Managing Director: Angela Schultz-Zehden
www.submariner-network.eu
info@submariner-network.eu
PRIORITY AREA ‘INNOVATION’