Global Vision

While the Compass emerged from a European project, its vision reaches far beyond borders. It is inclusive by principle and open to Blue Citizens worldwide. Building on regional structures, the Compass seeks to foster meaningful change in (young) Blue Citizenship participation and to lay the foundation for a hopeful narrative of a shared European ocean identity.

In this sense, the European Union can be understood as a pragmatic starting point with pioneering potential. Since there is only one ocean—our shared responsibility and a common stake for all humanity—the Blue Citizenship endeavor is inherently cosmopolitan in spirit.

Download the Blue Citizen Compass (PDF)

Compass' Publishers (Young Citizens' Council for the Ocean)

• Roko Šarić, Croatia, 18
• Ula Fajon, Slovenia, 17
• Valentina Kramer, Italy, 16
• David Critan, Spain, 17
• Naomi Eijkenaar, Netherlands, 17
• Anna Theissen, Germany, 16
• Antonia Spielvogel, Germany, 17
• Paul Nilca, Iceland/Romania, 19
• Veronika Honak, Ukraine/Cyprus, 17
• Lauritz Gut, Germany, 17
• Janna Meinshausen, Switzerland, 19
• Mia Bulat, Serbia, 18
• Julischka MacNeil, Germany, 18
• Daria Moti, Romania, 16
• Giorgos Kalogeropoulos, Greece, 17
• Ona Santisteban, Spain, 19

You will be reading the First Draft of the Blue Citizen Compass, created by the Young Citizens' Council for the Ocean, June, 2025