The Atlantic Project Awards feature outstanding initiatives, successful collaborations and achievements relevant to the implementation of the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0. These projects have taken place within the European Union Atlantic Area over the past year and showcase success stories, best practices and partnership models that could be scaled up at the regional, national, European and international level, while promoting the key priorities of the Atlantic Strategy. ASTRAL won in the category 'International Cooperation' rewarding projects, initiatives and actions that reflect an international dimension to the Atlantic Action Plan as embodied in the Galway (2013) and Belém (2017) Statements and the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance.