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Understanding water quality is essential for designing solutions that truly benefit people and nature. The #MeetTheProCleanLakesTeam campaign aims to spotlight the people behind the ProCleanLakes project—researchers, innovators, and collaborators working across Europe to restore and protect our freshwater ecosystems. Through short interviews, we’re sharing personal insights, motivations, and the unique roles each team member plays in driving forward sustainable water management solutions. Today, we are pleased to launch the #MeetTheProCleanLakesTeam campaign with an interview featuring the BOKU Coordination Team. Representing the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Anca-Iulia Stoica, Project Coordinator of ProCleanLakes, and Erika Cuida Lopez,[...]

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming workshop “Innovative Approaches to European Lake Management: Monitoring, Pollution Mitigation, and Stakeholder Engagement,” taking place on August 26–27, 2025, at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. The event will be held in hybrid format, allowing both in-person and online participation. This two-day workshop brings together leading researchers, innovation experts, and practitioners from across Europe to address the pressing challenges and promising solutions in lake management. Participants will gain insight into the latest scientific approaches, technologies, and stakeholder-driven strategies for monitoring and improving the ecological status of lakes. Our Speakers Dr. Anca Iulia Stoica – BOKU University (Austria)[...]

The ProCleanLakes project is pleased to announce the results of its Open Call for Associated Regions, which invited applications from across Europe to support innovative, region-specific solutions for the protection and restoration of natural lakes. The Open Call ran from 1 January to 8 April 2025, offering a total budget of €300,000 to fund three selected regional projects, each receiving between up €100,000. The funded projects will officially launch between October 2025 and January 2026, with implementation period by September 2027. Next Steps: The selected projects will now proceed to the Grant Agreement Preparation phase. All applicants have been notified of the results announcement. Full announcement [...]

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal for the ProCleanLakes Open Call for Associated Regions. The submission period is now officially closed, and we are thrilled by the interest and engagement shown across regions.

New Deadline: 8th April 2025

ProCleanLakes´s ambition is to develop tailored nature-based solutions for the project´s demonstration lakes (Trichonis, Brates, Langvatnet) which, however, will be transferable and scalable for other European natural lakes. As the first step of this activity, we have created a report that maps the existing solutions which can be used for remediation and protection of polluted lakes. This report will facilitate the development of the new solutions in demonstration lakes of ProCleanLake’s project and will become a part of the final Action Plan for restoration and remediation of European natural lakes. The document is primarily focused on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS). By[...]

Are you a local or regional authority managing, regulating, or overseeing water resources, including lakes or an expert in the field of lake remediation and restoration? ProCleanLakes project offers up to €100,000 financial support for each single entity or partnership to take up the solutions developed in the ProCleanLakes in the demonstration sites and propose solutions for upscale, replicate and further exploit project’s solutions. The Open Call is coming soon. Do not miss the opportunity! Subscribe now to stay updated!