Join the Med is a knowledge hub dedicated to addressing sustainable tourism issues in the Mediterranean. Its primary goal is to identify practical tools, methods and solutions that promote and advance sustainability in the tourism sector. By highlighting sustainable tourism (...) Read more.

Last week, the European Commission published its 2025 EU Blue Economy Report. The report presents the economic performance of the EU blue economy sectors and provides estimations of their economic performance.  It shows that the EU blue economy is on an upward (...) Read more.

On April 29, 2025, at Our Ocean Conference in Busan, in the Republic of Korea, the European Union announced €301,485,000 in EU funding to support actions in the fields of the sustainable blue economy, marine pollution, marine protected areas, digital oceans, sustainable (...) Read more.

On April 24, 2025, the Commission presented a proposal to integrate the landmark international Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction' (BBNJ) Agreement, which aims to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and curb biodiversity loss, into EU law. This will also help (...) Read more.

A sustainable Blue Economy requires support to promote and uptake innovation, knowledge, skills as well as access to finance, which is effective and locally-grounded. This is possible through joint actions promoted by socio-economic and institutional actors at local, national and (...) Read more.