Provide guidance to shape the future of atlantic area
GRAAL project
A project of strategic importance under the Interreg Atlantic Area programme, GRAAL (Governance and Regional Atlantic Area Lighthouse) runs from 04/04/2025 to 30/06/2029, with a total budget of €4.3 million, including €3.2 million financed by the ERDF.
Our direction is clear: accelerate environmental protection, strengthen prosperity and improve climate-change preparedness. To achieve this, GRAAL identifies what works, analyses it, gives it visibility and creates the conditions for these solutions to be taken up, scaled up and integrated into public policies.
Through a structured approach—strategic dialogue, roadmaps, an action plan and flagship projects—GRAAL strengthens coordination among European initiatives and makes transnational cooperation a lever to shape a sustainable future for Atlantic regions.
GRAAL project action themes
A project aligned with European priorities
Co-financed by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme under Call 2 of the 2021–2027 programming period, GRAAL is fully in line with the European Union’s key strategic orientations: the European Green Deal, the Atlantic Maritime Strategy and its Action Plan, EU policies on climate, biodiversity and water quality, improved governance of European programmes. The project maintains regular dialogue with the European institutions and the relevant Directorates-General in order to share its analyses and recommendations for future policy developments.
GRAAL structures its work around five priority areas and three cross-cutting themes. This approach combines technical expertise with a strategic vision, ensuring comprehensive coverage of the needs and specificities of the Atlantic Area.
5 priority
areas
Marine renewable energy production
Ocean pollution
Climate change adaptation and risk prevention
Nature conservation and protection
Sustainable tourism
3 cross-cutting
strands
Digitalisation and innovation
Circular economy and energy transition
Governance and public policies
Our method:
key stages of the process
GRAAL is based on a four-step approach
1
Inventory projects and check the availability of their results and data
2
Assess their contribution to environmental challenges
3
Develop transnational roadmaps and action plans
4
Formulate recommendations to improve governance and coordination of funding