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Deliverables

The Deliverables produced in CrossGov will be uploaded to this page as they become available:

Work Package 1: Scope and methods for CrossGov research

D1.1 Green Deal objectives and scenarios

The report presents the initial findings of T1.1 of the CrossGov project on improving coherence in marine policies within the framework of the European Green Deal (EDG). It includes a mapping exercise of the EGD’s ocean-related objectives and targets, and the results from stakeholder interviews.

D1.2 Policy Brief on Coherent and Cross-compliant Ocean Governance for Delivering the Green Deal for European Seas

This policy brief introduces the concepts of policy coherence and cross-compliance and explains how they are interrelated. While policy coherence is particularly important for policy design and implementation, cross-compliance is a concept that specifically concerns the outcomes and impacts of policies.

D1.3 CrossGov Policy Coherence Evaluation Framework

This deliverable provides a comprehensive methodological approach to the assessment of policy coherence to better understand where in the policy cycle or at which governance level problems or challenges of coherence emerge and where such challenges can be resolved.

After the first learning loop in the project, the Policy Coherence Evaluation Framework has now been revised and improved! Please find version 2.0 of the methodology here. We welcome feedback and comments on the report for further enhancements.

D1.4 SPS assessment

Deliverable 1.4 represents the guidance document on the procedure for a step-by-step SPSI analysis in CrossGov research, to be used in WP2 (Coherence in policy landscapes and design) and WP3 (Case studies of cross-compliance) as a component of the coherence and cross-compliance analysis (Deliverable 1.3).

D1.5 SPS methodological approach

The document presents the infographic on the Science-Policy-Society methodological approach adopted in CrossGov research and applied in WP2 and WP3 as a component of the coherence and cross-compliance analysis on EU Green Deal policies.

Work Package 2: Coherence in Policy Landscapes and Design

D2.1 EU and international policy landscape

The report aims to provide a mapping of the European Green Deal (EGD) policy landscape relevant to the marine domain and the CrossGov project and provide reflections on policy coherence of (selected) EU marine policies.

D2.2 Horizontal coherence in EU law and policy

The document focuses on analyzing and improving the horizontal coherence of EU policies related to ocean governance, specifically within the framework of the European Green Deal, with an emphasis on biodiversity, pollution, and renewable energy in marine environments.

D2.3 Vertical coherence EU and national policies and laws

This document examines how national transpositions of EU policies, specifically those related to the Marine Strategy, Water Framework, Habitats and Birds, Renewable Energy, and Nitrates Directives in Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland, affect vertical coherence between EU and national laws and impact the delivery of the European Green Deal.

D2.4 Recommendations for improved coherence

The document gives policy recommendations on how to increase policy coherence between central environmental policies and between environmental and sectoral policies.

Work Package 3: Case Studies of Cross-compliance

D3.1 A framework for implementing case studies in CrossGov (31 March 2023) – Internal use only

D3.2 Interim – Cross-compliance in integrative planning (30 June 2024)

D3.3 Interim – Cross-compliance in policy integration (30 June 2024)

D3.4 Co-evaluation of WP3 (31 August 2024)

D3.5 Policy briefs on cross-compliance (31 August 2025)

D3.6 Cross-compliance in integrative planning

This report shares findings from Task 3.2 of the CrossGov project, examining how the Water Framework, Marine Strategy, and Marine Spatial Planning Directives align in practice. Based on four case studies, it highlights gaps and good practices, offering lessons to improve policy coherence and better support European Green Deal goals on zero pollution and marine biodiversity.

D3.7 Cross-compliance in policy integration

This report examines how key European Green Deal goals, zero pollution, marine biodiversity protection, and climate resilience,are reflected in agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, and offshore renewable energy policies. Based on eight case studies, it highlights gaps, best practices, and ways to better align sectoral policies with healthy marine ecosystems.

Work Package 4: Roadmaps towards Enhanced Coherence and Cross-compliance

D4.1 Policy Coherence Roadmaps

This deliverable presents three sectoral roadmaps – Offshore Wind Energy, Agriculture Pollution and Fisheries – for improved marine policy coherence in the European Union. Each roadmap highlights the challenges of aligning sector-specific policies with overarching EU environmental objectives, particularly those outlined in the European Green Deal and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.

D4.2 Handbook on Policy Coherence

The purpose of this handbook is to provide an easy guide to researchers, policy makers and consultants on how to carry out policy coherence assessments. The handbook provides light and in-depth alternatives for assessing the level of coherence within and between policies, adaptable to the users’ needs.

D4.3 Blueprint for SPS

This deliverable presents a Blueprint with recommendations to strengthen Science-Policy-Society Interfaces (SPSI) in the marine domain. It builds on the findings from CrossGov (WP2 and WP3). developed as part of the coherence and cross-compliance analysis of EU Green Deal policies.

D4.4 Policy brief on Coherence and Cross- compliance challenges and opportunities (31 August 2025)

D4.5 Policy brief on challenges and opportunities to strengthen SPS interfaces (31 August 2025)

Work Package 5: Co-creation, Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation

D5.1 Website and Visual Identity Package

This deliverable presents the Website and the Visual Identity Pack, which is the first building block of the CrossGov project communication strategy, including key products such as the logo and related visual identity, the website, social media channels, as well as templates for official project communications.

D5.2 Stakeholder List

This deliverable presents the approach and the process for building a tool for stakeholder engagement in CrossGov project. The deliverable describes the process of how this database will be progressively built and used by different WPs and researchers for mapping, tracking and evaluating the stakeholder engagement.

D5.3 Stakeholder Mobilisation Charter and Co-creation (short version)

This deliverable presents a one-page Stakeholder mobilisation and co-creation Charter (Annex 1), outlining key principles and rules to be followed throughout the project by CrossGov researchers/partners.

D5.4 Stakeholder Mobilisation Charter and Co-creation

This deliverable presents a brief overview of the CrossGov’s approach to co-creation and engagement of stakeholders, implementations steps, outputs, and tools. It also focuses on the Stakeholder Mobilization and Co-building Charter to be signed by CrossGov partners and external stakeholders.

D5.5 Plan for Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication

The Deliverable 5.5 PCDE presents the initial communication, dissemination and exploitation pathways and tools available to inform the multiple communities and establish dialogues with them. It introduces the resources that will be available and the activities to be set up as the project produces and gathers results.

D5.6 Dissemination materials (31 August 2023)

D5.7 Training modules

This deliverable presents in detail the concepts, procedures, and final outcomes of the realised CrossGov capacity building products, specifically: the webinars, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), and the Summer School, where these products have been tested.

Work Package 6: Project Management and Coordination

D6.1 Data Management Plan

This document presents an Initial data management plan, as defined in the Grant Agreement. The DMP includes a summary of data that is to be collected, under different Work Packages and how the CrossGov project will adopt FAIR data policy.

D6.2 Strategy for Addressing Ethics and IP

This deliverable identifies the key ethical and legal requirements of the CrossGov project in relation to the involvement of research contributors for workshops, surveys and interviews, and particularly the identification and recruitment thereof. It also identifies the main Intellectual Property Rights issues to consider in CrossGov to ensure compliance with the Grant Agreement and Consortium Agreement.