New grant fact sheet! First integrated network of MPAs and OECMs in 🇧🇩 More on this €4.8 million project ➡ ogy.de/3xe9 @wcs.org @worldfish.bsky.social

New €5.7m project in 🇨🇴’s Pacific region. @wcs.org & @fondoaccion.bsky.social authorities & Indigenous communities teaming up to: 🌊 Establish 2 new #MPAs through participatory processes 🌊 Strengthen co-management of 2 existing MPAs 🌊 Advance conservation, sustainable 🎣 & peacebuilding #30x30

New grant fact sheet! 🇮🇩 Lampung Province in Indonesia 🌊 Premiere of MPA/FMA co-management over 4,500 km² 🦀 Supports blue swimming crab fishery & local livelihoods Info about €5.4 million project ➡️ ogy.de/1q8e @envdefensefund.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social

What happens after a grant ends? We asked our grantees. Two years on, early responses show they value working with us, see room to improve our processes, and say we bring more than funding. Most importantly, projects create lasting local impact. ➡️ ogy.de/nvqq #10YearsBlueAction #OceanOptimism

The latest from Madagascar... mihari-network.org/wp-content/u...

Looking forward to welcoming @worldfish.bsky.social to our office next week to exchange on #MPAs &🎣 management, & updates about our Sustho Sagor (Healthy Ocean) project with them & @wcs.org in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 @oceansteinmann.bsky.social @bmz.de

🇩🇪 @adradeutschland.bsky.social spotlights its 🌊 EbA project with PeaceParks in Maputo National Park in its annual report. ogy.de/tqdm @bmz.de @greenclimate.fund @oceancecilia.bsky.social

The latest from Madagascar 🇲🇬 .... @wwfafrica.bsky.social @oceanthayne.bsky.social www.wwf.mg/en/?21154116...

Thinking of applying to our new Call for Proposals on Mangroves 🌱, Blue Carbon & #30×30 in Asia? Join our Q&A on 16 July (08:30–10:00 CEST) to learn more about call, application process, and ask your questions to @oceansteinmann.bsky.social & colleagues. Registration ➡️ ogy.de/QandA

Fact sheet online re our €5.4m🎣 project with @envdefensefund.bsky.social in 🇮🇩 ➡️ ogy.de/1q8e

Packed room at #HSC26 on mangroves opportunities, incl. our call for proposals seeking to invest €17m in 🌱 restoration, blue carbon, #30x30 in Asia. #OceanOptimism @bmz.de @umweltministerium.de @jochenflasbarth.bsky.social @orraanews.bsky.social #IUCN

Nothing new, but essential: Another clean audit report for @blueactionfund.org in 2025. Online report ➡️ ogy.de/3q7o.

“For São Tomé & Príncipe 🇸🇹, the ocean is not merely a natural resource; it is the foundation of our food security, our economy, our culture and our future”. Minister of Fisheries announcement of São Tomé’s first two MPAs at #OurOceanKenya.

Meanwhile in Mozambique 🇲🇿... @idelamer.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social @greenclimate.fund @bmz.de www.biofund.org.mz/en/4th-marin...

We know time was short, but feel invited next time you come to also visit Kisite MPA 20km further sourth to see some work we support 😉. @wcs.org #OceanOptimism

We launched our next call for proposals at #OurOceanKenya, worth €17 million of #OceanOptimism. Excited to support #30x30 financing through Blue Carbon. #OceanGrants 💶🌊

7am at #OurOceanKenya: @blueactionfund.org grantees & partner breakfast in full swing. Thanks for making it so early. #OceanOptimism

Ready for #OurOceanKenya. Team on the ground @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social & @idelamer.bsky.social. Looking forward to the exchanges and launching our next call for proposals.

We commissioned an evaluation for our upcoming #10YearsBlueAction anniversary. 1st step, asking our partners and grantees to check on the survey & evaluation design. Thanks for making time and energy available to make this a collective effort. ogy.de/vwnp

Agenda out for our next @blueactionfund.org board ☎️ end of June. Usually a bit shorter, focussing on audit 2025 & updates. #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇮🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷

Breakfast in 🇩🇪 Parliament as our grantees @rare.org & @adradeutschland.bsky.social showcase importance of local marine conservation. Thanks for hosting & attending @linda-altona.bsky.social, Ina Latendorf & @marcelbauer.eurosky.social

Updated About Us leaflet ▶️ ogy.de/dfb4 🌊 40 Grants 🌊 25 Countries 🌊 255 Sites 🌊 Total >500,000km² supported 🌊 >1,000,000 beneficiaries €93million disbursed so far... #OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇸🇪

We are getting ready to launch our next call for proposals to invest €17 million in #Mangroves, #BlueCarbon and #30x30 in 🇮🇩, 🇵🇭, 🇻🇳 & 🇮🇳. Don't want to miss it? Subscribe to our funding alerts: ogy.de/1ocw #OOC11 #OurOceanKenya

We are getting ready to launch our next call for proposals to invest €17 million in mangroves, blue carbon and #30x30 in 🇮🇩, 🇵🇭, 🇻🇳 & 🇮🇳. Subscribe to funding alerts to ensure you don't miss it ogy.de/1ocw Thanks for spreading the word @carbonbrief.org @joncors.bsky.social @wriclimate.bsky.social

We checked numbers in view of #OurOcean: Our investments in 🌊 #30x30 in Africa totals €105 million (€78.6 from us, plus €26.5 match funding). We look forward to discussing what's next at #OOC11 @oceanweigand.bsky.social @oceancecilia.bsky.social @oceanknigge.bsky.social @idelamer.bsky.social

Invites sent for our Grantees & Partners' breakfast at #OOC11. No presentation, 'just' sharing & connecting. #OceanOptimism #30x30

Upcoming 9 June: Breakfast in 🇩🇪 Parliament to present discuss one of our projects in 🇲🇿. Thanks for hosting & organising @linda-altona.bsky.social @adradeutschland.bsky.social @rare.org. #OceanOptimism

Destination of our team retreat 2026: UNESCO world heritage MPA Waddensea

State of planning for #OurOcean11. See U there. #30x30 #OceanOptimism

Subtle hints about our next Call for Proposals: 🌱🌊🇮🇩 🇵🇭 🇻🇳 🇮🇳 Sign-up for funding alerts ➡️ ogy.de/1ocw