H2020 Marinerg-i Project - Final report on interaction with stakeholders (Deliverable 7.6)

The MARINERG-i concept evolved out of the MaRINET FP7 project, which clearly demonstrated the benefits of uniting Europe's leading marine renewable energy research organisations. MaRINET, now followed by the MaRINET2 H2020 program, functions as a coherent network linking 57 of the leading testing facilities across Europe. These projects have both had measurable success in terms of establishing an advanced community of testing infrastructures and enabling integration whilst supporting research and development in the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sector. The Stakeholder Engagement activity (Task 7.5) provides opportunities to align MARINERG-i business practices with societal and industrial needs and expectations. It helps to ensure that stakeholders are effectively involved in project decisions and execution throughout the project lifecycle, to gain support, anticipate resistance, and conflict, or competing objectives among project stakeholders. High-level stakeholder engagement began right at the outset of the project, implementing the near-term strategy that was reported in Deliverable 7.5 - Initial report on interactions with stakeholders in M16. Deliverable D7.6 is the final report on interactions with stakeholders and it includes the following sections: 1) Update on stakeholders networks 2) Update on stakeholders national engagement activities 3) Transversal (cross-cutting) activities