Frontiers of Europe, Frontiers of Knowledge, The Outermost Regions in the Ocean Pact & Eye: A Manifesto by the REMORA consortium

Frontiers of Europe, Frontiers of Knowledge is a policy manifesto published by the Horizon Europe REMORA consortium (Azores, Madeira, La Réunion) in November 2026. It argues that the EU’s Outermost Regions, with their 2.5 million km² of EEZ across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Caribbean, are essential to delivering the European Ocean Pact and OceanEye targets. Drawing on concrete examples from OKEANOS, OOM and CITEB, it presents these regions as strategic ocean sentinels, natural laboratories for deep-sea and biodiversity research, and hubs for blue economy and sea-basin governance. It then sets out four recommendations: shift the narrative from “periphery” to “frontier”, fund OR research infrastructures through multiannual programmes, attract and retain marine research talent, and add geographic diversity criteria to Horizon Europe and FP10. The aim is to make Outermost Region institutions as full R&I partners and leaders, alongside their counterparts in continental Europe.