37 members of universities, sectoral agencies, business support organizations, SMEs, interests groups and national public authorities, gathered yesterday to celebrate the first virtual BLUE DEAL Testing Lab. The BLUE DEAL TESTING LABs are 2 virtual workshops where partners cooperate to develop and test Blue Energy design and planning processes and implement open innovation initiatives for blue energy deployment in the Mediterranean Area. On June 16th the first Lab has been focused on Malta. A first attempt to test the possibility of including Blue Energy in the planning of coastal areas has been discussed among BLUE DEAL partners. For more information on the workshops, please visit: https://blue-deal.interreg-med.eu/news-events/news/detail/actualites/the-first-virtual-blue-deal-testing-lab-of-the-interreg-med-blue-deal-project-involved-37-participan/