EDITO serves as the public infrastructure of the European Digital Twin Ocean, funded by the European Union. Our mission is to make ocean knowledge available to all, empowering decision-makers, researchers, innovators and citizens to access a wealth of ocean insights and tools, grow our shared knowledge, and act for the future.
Welcome to EDITO Insights, our first issue of 2026! Last year closed with another productive edition of the Digital Ocean Forum, which invited European projects, initiatives and stakeholders involved in the co-creation of the European Digital Twin Ocean to meet, share ideas, and advance their plans. The official report from this event, as well as our video recap, are now available, and we invite you to explore these materials below.
As the EDITO platform continues to upscale and evolve, we look forward to expanding the thriving network of ocean scientists, developers and research projects that are harnessing EDITO to support their work. We are thrilled that the first EDITO Call for Financial Support to Third Parties is now open towards that end, offering grants to selected European, national, regional or local projects to onboard their existing (final or close to final) applications, models, or datasets onto the EDITO platform. We can’t wait to receive your application! Read on for more information and how to apply.
Thank you for reading, and we look forward to continuing our shared mission of Building the European Digital Twin Ocean, Together. Fair winds and following seas!
Julia Vera
Lead Manager Business & Strategy, Seascape Belgium
EDITO Implementing Partner, on behalf of the EMODnet Secretariat
In our shared mission to grow the European Digital Twin Ocean platform and community, EDITO will offer €2 million in cascading grants to third parties. Call #1 focuses on existing (final or close to final) applications, models and datasets that are ready to be integrated into the EDITO platform. Projects developing interoperable applications or models that are relevant to ocean and coastal challenges are encouraged to apply. Deadline: 6 May 2026.
Explore the latest news from the European Digital Twin Ocean community
Last week, President von der Leyen laid out the ambition of OceanEye, “a major initiative to strengthen the EU’s leadership in ocean observation and unlock the full potential of our ocean.” Read more about this exciting initiative and why the European Digital Twin Ocean is a crucial tool for making OceanEye’s vision a reality.
DOF2025 revealed the impressive technology and dedicated community powering the European Digital Twin Ocean. Hear from some EDITO Community members about what’s been achieved so far, and what’s to come.
A full report on the 2025 Digital Ocean Forum is now available, highlighting key points, reflections and takeaways.
EDITO appears on a special episode of the European Commission’s CORDIScovery Podcast, discussing digital tools for ocean insights.
European Ocean Days
Brussels, Belgium, 2-6 March
EDITO hosted an interactive exhibition all week, demonstrating tools to track ocean health, drive EU blue research and innovation, and enhance maritime security.
VLIZ Marine Science Day
Ostend, Belgium, 4 March
VLIZ and Seascape Belgium representatives presented the European Digital Twin Ocean and how it supports students, researchers and Early Career Ocean Professionals in their work.
Ocean Sciences Meeting
Glasgow, Scotland, 22-27 February
Marina Tonani (MOi) gave a keynote talk on EDITO and our mission to build a comprehensive, multi-scale digital representation of the ocean to support research, policy- and decision-making.
European Digital Ocean Systems Evolution 2028–2034 Workshop
Hamburg, Germany, 12 February
Marina Tonani (MOi) presented EDITO at this event aiming to produce a shared functional cartography of Europe’s Digital Ocean Systems, describing the system through its inputs, outputs, interfaces and innovation dynamics.
ESA Digital Twin Earth Components Open Science Meeting
Frascati, Italy, 2-4 February
Victoria Persson (MOi) presented a keynote on EDITO, spotlighting EMODnet and the Copernicus Marine Service as core European marine assets feeding data into EDITO and some exciting platform use cases.
European Space Conference
Brussels, Belgium, 27-28 January
Pierre Bahurel (MOi) spoke at the digital ocean expert roundtable and presented EDITO demonstrations. Alain Arnaud (MOi) joined the discussion on evolving needs and capabilities for Earth Observation, and Fabrice Messal (MOi) spoke about driving global innovation through inclusive practices.
FAIR Data Basics for Decade Actions
Online, 15 January
Conor Delaney (Technical Coordinator of the EMODnet Secretariat, Seascape Belgium) shared EDITO’s contributions to the FAIR data landscape in this webinar providing a guide to Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data.
DITTO Online Meeting
Online, 13-14 January
At this event showcasing and connecting international Digital Twins of the Ocean, Marina Tonani (MOi) shared the latest developments and aims of EDITO: a platform structured “in a way that everyone can use according to their needs.”
First meeting of EDITO Community Expert Group
Online
17 March 2026
The first meeting of our Community Expert Group will bring together representatives of the Copernicus Marine Service and EMODnet to share and discuss EDITO developments
EGU26
Vienna, Austria
2-8 May 2026
EuroGOOS Conference
Larnaca, Cyprus
18-20 May 2026
European Maritime Day
Limassol, Cyprus
21-22 May 2026
EU Space Days
Nicosia, Cyprus
26-27 May 2026
Connecting the DOTs: An exploratory study of global activities and collaboration potential for Digital Ocean Twins
A new report on the global landscape of digital twin ocean development has been published by the European Union. It reflects the growing momentum toward interoperable architectures and cross-border collaboration to address today’s challenges.
“Next year will be full of opportunities for the European Digital Twin Ocean to showcase its value”
Zoi Konstantinou, European Commission DG Mare, DOF2025
This work is funded by the European Union under grant agreement no. 101227771. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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The Ocean Bulletin is an open web platform that helps maritime professionals plan routes at sea factoring meteorological and oceanographic conditions into predicted arrival times, fuel consumption, and CO₂ emissions. This application is meant as an EDITO integration aimed for a global audience, allowing users to simulate voyages anywhere on the global ocean, or between specific ports, and to compare performance across multiple types of vessels.
This application simulates a water column anywhere around the world, allowing users to explore the selected water column’s response to pressures.
This application provides real-time position of the low tide bathymetry line observed from satellites, which is useful for navigability and planning maritime operations.
The Global AI-Ocean Forecasting System (GLONET) provides an on-demand, fast, configurable and interactive framework that can be activated easily and quickly everywhere in Europe and in the world Ocean.
This application provides an accurate, resource-efficient and accessible tool for seasonal prediction of chlorophyll concentration. Chlorophyll concentration is an important indicator linked to marine ecosystem health, productivity and fisheries.
This application offers a web interface with a thematic approach to data, allowing users to create maps and graphs and to apply on-the-fly processing to deliver a comprehensive picture of the ocean on a given topic and/or area.
This application aims to improve the modeling of key tuna species spatial dynamics under the influence of essential ocean variables. It uses model projections from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) to explore the future of tuna populations and their fisheries.
This application aims to support coastal and marine planning by enabling proactive responses to sargassum influxes across the Equatorial Atlantic and surrounding Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).
This application shows the impact of ocean observing systems -including in situ observations and satellites observations- on the ocean forecasts from the models. It provides access to information about observations assimilated to model (GLO12) and features to compare simulations with or without observations.
This application provides local information on people and buildings at risk in coastal areas, offering an assessment based on selected parameters, including “Shared Socioeconomic Pathways” (SSPs) scenarios, time scale and types of extreme events. This interactive experience about coastal risks and adaptation is powered by the Coastal Climate Core Service (CoCliCo) project.
Simulate the hydrodynamic impact of seagrass on coastal erosion to support coastal protection agency, decision makers and scientists to take nature-based decision. Demonstrator based on the What-if Scenario on NBS, developed by HEREON in the frame of the EDITO Model Lab project focused on the Wadden Sea (Germany) and the Songor Lagoon (Ghana).
This application simulates how limiting fisheries during certain months can lower the risk of impacting turtle populations. Harnessing turtle drift simulations developed with Copernicus Marine products, and using EDITO, the application demonstrates how ocean knowledge and modelling can be used to protect biodiversity.
This application provides information on the exposure of local regions to plastics coming from terrestrial origin, including level of exposure, origins and travel time. It provides “what-if” scenario options to examine the effect on the local exposure footprint of potential reductions of plastic emissions at (distant and local) source.
This application presents the EU infrastructures -the in situ and satellite observing systems- underpinning the development of the EU Digital Twin Ocean and the stakeholders involved.