EU and neighbourhood countries agree 1st shared EU-Albania fisheries restricted area and other measures to protect Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and biodiversity

During the 47th annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), which took place on 4-8 November in Rome, the EU and neighbourhood countries agreed on important measures in favour of sustainability of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.  The EU and (...) Read more.

Commission supports maritime spatial planning globally

Since 2017, the Commission, in partnership with IOC-UNESCO, is supporting/funding the Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) Global initiative to promote better use of maritime space at a global scale. It aims to meet the ambitious goal of covering at least 1/3 of the (...) Read more.

The Day of the Mediterranean is coming up!

Join our online campaign What’s the issue closest to your heart? How should it be addressed? Share it on social media and use #MediterraneanDay. Organise or frame an event  We encourage you to share your activities on the dedicated website, (...) Read more.

WestMED Hackathon '24

We are pleased to inform that the WestMED Hackathon 2024 will take place on 3 October 2024, in the region of Algarve, Portugal. This event marks the 3rd edition of the interactive stakeholder Hackathon that takes place every 2 years, with (...) Read more.

15th Regional Platform on SBE

Background - Summary Following the adoption of the 2nd UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) in February 2021, the UfM EU and Jordan Co-Presidency, UfM countries, and the UfM Secretariat agreed to elaborate the Roadmap for the implementation (...) Read more.

New Mission Ocean and Waters projects

Exciting news! 26 new projects from 37 countries have been added to the Mission Ocean and Waters.   The European Commission has recently announced 26 new projects funded under the Mission Ocean and Waters call, across its major EU seas and (...) Read more.

Nature Restoration Regulation is officially published

The Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is now officially published and will enter into force on 18 August, 2024. This law establishes rules aimed at supporting the long-term recovery of biodiverse and resilient ecosystems across EU Member States' land and sea areas through the restoration of degraded (...) Read more.

A Decade of European MSP – Stakeholder Conference

Palais du Pharo - Marseille, France - 22nd October 2024, 09:00-17:45 CET Join us for exciting and dynamic conference exploring the evolving landscape of MSP. This event brings together experts, policymakers, and industry leaders from across the European Union and (...) Read more.

The EU is ready to ratify the High Seas Treaty

The European Commission welcomed on June 2024 the adoption by the Council of a decision to conclude the United Nations agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), also known as the ‘High Seas Treaty’. With this decision, the EU is now ready (...) Read more.

The European MSP Platform

Discover the European Maritime Spatial Planning Platform - Find out how this information and communication gateway offers support to all EU Member States in their efforts to implement MSP, as a key enabler and tool to ensure the most sustainable and (...) Read more.

EU Nature Restoration Law: Formally adopted

The Nature Restoration Law is the first continent-wide, comprehensive law of its kind. It is a key element of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, which sets binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems, in particular those with the most potential to capture and store carbon and to prevent and (...) Read more.

Open Call: Black Sea Accelerator

Jointly promoted and managed by the BRIDGE-BS and DOORS projects, the Black Sea Accelerator (BSA) is a comprehensive initiative designed to foster the development of innovative blue economy projects aimed at sustainable growth in the Black Sea region. The BSA offers a range of targeted activities, including training sessions, (...) Read more.

Open Call for Offshore Marine Protected Areas

As part of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON), there is an open call for projects that are focused on restoration, protection and establishment of new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), to apply for funding opportunities and support the Mission Ocean objective 1 – Protect and restore marine (...) Read more.

Interreg Euro-MED project “BLUE ECOSYSTEM”

The 1st Steering Committee of the project took place online last 28th of March with the presentation of the partners and the sharing of the first activities, which are already underway.  The overall objective of BLUE ECOSYSTEM is to enhance the (...) Read more.

WeMed Award 2024: applications are now open!

The applications for the WeMed Award 2024 are now open. This current fourth edition, funded by the SwitchMed Programme, is addressed to entrepreneurs or companies in the Blue Economy sector that have integrated environmental and social values into their business models, in addition to having developed an economically (...) Read more.

Kick off ARTEMIS Project

Plan Bleu are pleased to announce the launch of ARTEMIS, an ambitious project co-funded by the Interreg Euro-MED Program , dedicated to the restoration of Posidonia seagrass meadows in the Mediterranean Sea. This project brings together 10 partners and 3 associated partners, (...) Read more.

Your voice matters: take part in the BlueMissionMed Survey and contribute to the Operational Implementation Roadmap for the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters in the Mediterranean!

The aim of the BlueMissionMed survey is to collect the voices of all actors in the Mediterranean basin, concerning the needs, gaps and priorities for the prevention, minimization and elimination-remediation of pollution from chemicals, plastics and microplastics. Through this participatory process, (...) Read more.

What’s next on Maritime Spatial Planning?

Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) requires strategic vision to coordinate the use of the sea for marine protection et human activities. It needs reliable and comparable data and good cooperation between EU Member States, and with their neighbouring countries. CINEA and (...) Read more.

Blue Cluster Manager Training (Erasmus+)

This free pilot course aims at bridging the gap between the existing needs and the current skillset of Maritime Clusters Managers, ensuring upskilling, for the outline of an innovative professional profile for an increased competitiveness of Maritime Clusters in the (...) Read more.

“Blue Ports and Destinations” Award

The EU Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 is pleased to announce that the BlueMissionMed CSA proclaims the “Blue Ports and Destinations” Award, to be awarded to 3 ports and destinations. The “Blue Ports and Destinations” Award aims at recognising, promoting, and supporting the (...) Read more.

WestMED national event on Green Shipping in Algeria

On February 12, 2024, the Algerian National Hub of the WestMED Initiative, in coordination with the Ministry of Fisheries and Fisheries Production, organized their national event focused on on ‘Green Shipping in Algeria.’ This took place in Oran, Algeria. The (...) Read more.

Setting the scene for the Fishers of the Future

Who are today’s fishers? Over the last three months, a team of national researchers led by Tetra Tech and partners, a consortium contracted by the European Commission, have consulted fishers in all 22 coastal EU Member States to define who they are, how (...) Read more.

MPA Award under EU Mission

In the framework of the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, BlueMissionAA and MPA Europe projects are pleased to announce the MPA Awards. The aim of the MPA Awards is to acknowledge, promote, and provide support to outstanding Marine Protected Areas that (...) Read more.

Open call for expression of interest for new S3 partnerships

The European Commission has announced an open call for expression of interest for new partnerships under the Smart Specialisation (S3) Platform on Sustainable Blue Economy. EU Regions and stakeholders interested in exploring new interregional value chains in fisheries, aquaculture, coastal and maritime tourism, blue (...) Read more.

Launch of the S3 CoP Observatory

Last week at the Smart Specialisation (S3) Forum 2023, the launch of the brand new S3 CoP Observatory was announced as an important service that provides an important overview, serving as a central repository of information for S3s across the EU. The (...) Read more.

Day of the Mediterranean 2023

Whether you are an organisation, a public administration, a private entity or a citizen, you can take part. You can:1.      FRAME YOUR EVENT UNDER THE DAY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN You can organize new or frame planned events or initiatives in September-December under the Day of (...) Read more.

European Blue Forum, 2nd Deep-Dive Workshop Summary

The European Blue Forum’s 2nd Deep-Dive Workshop titled "What does a fossil-fuel-free blue economy look like? How can we as a community support this transition?" took place on October 16th, 2023. It served as a platform for stakeholders from different (...) Read more.

UfM takes part in 2023 Forum Mondial de la Mer

Taking place since 2018, the Forum Mondial de la Mer brings together key maritime players and stakeholders from the Southern shores of the Mediterranean to discuss key challenges and solutions. Including thematic sessions on climate change and the central importance (...) Read more.

The EU Blue Economy report 2023 is out

The European Blue Economy report is a compass to help decision-makers and stakeholders navigate the waters of the European blue economy. The 2023 edition of the report highlights the evolution of the blue economy sectors since 2010. It shows that (...) Read more.

Release of EU Copernicus Ocean State Report 7

The ocean, covering over two-thirds of the Earth's surface, is a dynamic entity that supports life both in and out of the water. Its interconnected currents and systems influence the climate, while its rich biodiversity not only supports marine life, (...) Read more.

Interreg Euro-MED Consultation Day

The upcoming Consultation Day of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme that will be held online on October 17th. The objective of this meeting is to present the state of the art of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme by leveraging the insights and recommendations from third-party (...) Read more.

DOORS - Launch of Black Sea Accelerator

What is the Black Sea Accelerator? The BSA is a set of activities tailored to support business creation, marine and maritime innovation, and development of new marine-based technologies for sustainable growth. Application of the BSA is a ground-breaking approach for (...) Read more.

Co-Evolve4BG Dissemination at MED Region

The 2-day online event took place on 17 & 18th July and presented the dissemination of project results and the development of a transferability strategy for the Mediterranean region, as part of the Co-Evolve4BG project. The first day of the (...) Read more.

EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters': €106 million for 18 new projects for protection, conservation, depollution and innovation

The Commission announced today 18 new projects which will receive over €106 million  to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters'. The projects gather over 370 beneficiaries from 36 countries, including SMEs, research institutions, local authorities, schools and businesses. They will play a (...) Read more.

WestMED Stakeholder Conference 2023

After the successful 2021 WestMED Stakeholder Conference in Rome and the 2022 Hackathons on project development in Malta, we invite you to the 2023 edition of the WestMED Stakeholder Conference. The Conference will be held on Thursday, 22 June 2023 in Malta. The event (...) Read more.

The European Blue Forum - What's Next?

When reflecting back on the launch of the European Blue Forum, it is hard to believe that it is already one month since we met in Brest, France. Although the initiative is in its infancy, having only been launched in (...) Read more.

European Maritime Day – bienvenue à Brest!

The atmosphere in Brest is electric. The Brest Expo, lightened up in blue and white for the occasion, is immersed in a non-stop buzz of voices in the background. The European Maritime community has gathered for two days in this (...) Read more.

Call for expression of interest for new partnerships

Interested in joining together with other regions and quadruple helix actors to explore new interregional value chains? Find that your smart specialisation priorities are not covered in an existing partnership? We welcome you to apply to the Call for Expression (...) Read more.

EU Fishing Authorisations website launched

The European Commission launched a new website on EU Fishing Authorisations. Users can now search for data on fishing authorisations that have been granted during the last 10 years for EU vessels fishing outside EU waters and for non-EU vessels (...) Read more.

MedBAN Call for Proposals: Open Calls for Blue Economy SMEs

MedBAN is deploying two simultaneous but separate open calls for EU Blue Economy SMEs, awarding financial support that will fund two different sets of services: one for innovation, training and twin transformation of businesses and one for internationalisation actions.  The services will be provided by a bank of (...) Read more.

Apply for the 2023 edition of the WestMED Project Awards!

We invite all stakeholders in the Western Mediterranean Blue Economy to apply for the WestMED Project Awards 2023.This international project competition aims to showcase and honour outstanding success stories, which provide innovative and replicable solutions embodying the WestMED initiative’s vision (...) Read more.

Launch of the European Blue Forum website

What is the European Blue Forum? The European Blue Forum is intended to be a pan-European Stakeholder group, able to come together to discuss shared challenges and priorities over the medium term with the aim of finding consensus, synergies and (...) Read more.

The EU Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism

The EU Aquaculture Assistance Mechanism (AAM) aims to support the Member States, the aquaculture industry, and other relevant stakeholders, in the implementation of the 2021-2030 Strategic Guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture, through the provision of logistic, (...) Read more.

Barcelona to host 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference

Three years after the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), a global conference will bring together the Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate achievements and set joint priorities for the future of the Decade. (...) Read more.

Newest endorsed Ocean Decade Actions are out

A dozen new Decade Actions have been officially endorsed by the Ocean Decade to strengthen the impact of co-designed and transformative science for ocean health and resilience. Seven of the newly endorsed Decade Actions are innovative postdoctoral research projects with (...) Read more.

Reports & Leaflets:

Check out the leaflets and full reports "Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Mediterranean region" prepared by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Leaflets in English, French and Arabic.Full Reports in English, French and Arabic.

Launch of the portal EMODnet

On January 25, the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), supported by the European Commission, launched its fully unified marine data service, integrating all the data into one single portal. Rapid access to reliable and accurate data and information is (...) Read more.

Launch of the portal EMODnet

On January 25, the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet), supported by the European Commission, launched its fully unified marine data service, integrating all the data into one single portal. Rapid access to reliable and accurate data and information is (...) Read more.

EcoScope Project Newsletter

Dear Mediterranean Blue Economy Stakeholder Platform Community,We are delighted to bring you our February newsletter (https://ecoscopium.eu/files/Ecoscope_Newsletter_Issue_February_2023_V1.0.pdf). We hope you will enjoy reading it and forward on to your colleagues.In this issue:EditorialParadigm shift from anthropocentric to ecocentric fisheries managementAthanassios C. TsiklirasThe EcoScope (...) Read more.

Join the Day of the Mediterranean

The 2nd Edition of the Day of the Mediterranean will be celebrated on November 28th 2022. The Day of the Mediterranean aims to create an annual unique momentum to provide visibility to the positive cooperation stories in the region. This (...) Read more.

50th CPMR General Assembly

The General Assembly meeting of the CPMR took place on 28-29 October in Agios Nikolaos, hosted by the Region of Crete (Greece). As a warm up, the CPMR organised on 25 of October, together with the Region of Crete and (...) Read more.

New Frontiers Research on Ocean Observation

The 4th edition of the MCAST Research and Innovation Expo will take place on the 15th and 16th of December 2022 at the MCAST Resource Centre Auditorium. The Expo aims to showcase research endeavours that are currently being carried out (...) Read more.

Papers for the Blue Economy Journal

You are invited to submit a paper for possible inclusion in the next journal issue that will be released on March 2023. Blue Economy is a journal that encourages interdisciplinary research in form of Original Studies, Reviews, Rapid Communications, and (...) Read more.

Blue UP Barcelona

Blue-up Barcelona is a support program for innovative startups in the framework of the blue economy, the sustainable maritme economy. The program aims to help startups validate their business model and provide the necessary resources through training, networking, mentoring, tailor-made (...) Read more.

UfM at COP 27 Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – 6 to 18 November 2022 – For the first time in COP’s history, the 27th edition will host a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative is conceived to highlight both the urgent challenges the region is currently facing, and the innovative (...) Read more.

Info session – How to be part of Interreg Euro-MED?

The Interreg Euro-MED Programme in collaboration with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and WestMed Initiative is organising a joint information session “How to be part of Interreg Euro-MED? “. The meeting will be the occasion for WestMed and UfM stakeholders to discover how they can participate in (...) Read more.

NEW WEBSITE FOR EU MISSIONS

The European Commission has released a new interactive website to explore the five EU Missions including the EU Mission Restore our Oceans & Waters (Mission Ocean). The new website includes different tools like videos and notices about the projects related (...) Read more.

Side Event in the framework of the UNECE Environment Conference on Circular economy, Sustainable Tourism and Education for Sustainable Development on ‘Social and economic regeneration of the Mediterranean after the pandemic: shared methods and tools for relaunching a sustainable post-COVID-19 tourism model’ (October 6)

In the framework of the UNECE Environment Conference on 'Circular economy, Sustainable Tourism and Education for Sustainable Development’(Cyprus, 1-5 October), the UfM together with CPMR-IMC and with the participation of the World Tourism Organization, is organizing a Side Event on (...) Read more.

Framework Document for Marine Observations in the Mediterranean

At its flagship internationalisation workshop in Malta on 13/14th September 2022, the MED programme SHAREMED strategic project presented the framework guidelines and proposed actions to organize and synergize the cross-sectoral and cross-border articulation of a marine observation system of systems (...) Read more.

COP 27 to host a first-ever Mediterranean Pavilion

  Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – 6 to 18 November 2022 – For the first time in COP’s history, the 27th edition will host a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative is conceived to highlight both the urgent challenges the region is currently facing, and (...) Read more.

EU4Algae: New stakeholder collaboration platform

DG MARE is seeking algae’s industry stakeholders to support the algae sector in the next three years. You will have the opportunity to join the EU4Algae platform several working groups. The different working groups are: Macroalgae Production Microalgae Production Algae (...) Read more.

MSPMED Project Final Conference: 13-14 October

Save the Date for the final conference of the MSPMED Project, which will take place on the 13th and 14th of October 2022 and will be held at National Research Council CNR in Rome. The conference will present the outcomes and results (...) Read more.

EMFAF 2022 Info Day

SAVE THE DATE for the Info Day on Blue careers and Regional flagships calls for proposals! An Info Day about two new calls for proposals under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) takes place on 24 November 2022. (...) Read more.

Fisheries: MEDSEA4FISH programme formally launched

On June 21st, the MedSea4Fish programme was officially launched with the endorsement of the guiding document by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM). An important deliverable of the GFCM 2030 (...) Read more.

Call For Innovation - Lo sport nella blue economy

Applications are officially open for the "Call For Innovation - Lo sport nella blue economy", the new initiative dedicated to start-ups and SMEs developing innovative solutions in the field of marine sustainability and water sports. The call is promoted by (...) Read more.

Global Blue Finance Summit coming soon

BlueFIN 22 is the annual Global Blue Finance Summit hosted by World Ocean Council. The Summit, hosted by World Ocean Council, will take place October 19 in Barcelona, Spain — the new headquarters for WOC. BlueFIN 22 will convene a broad (...) Read more.

Blue Invest Africa 2022

Blue Invest Africa 2022 The event results from a partnership between the European Union and this African country that has put the blue economy at the core of its development. This event will be in line with the principles of EU-Africa cooperation, as (...) Read more.

WestMED in my Country: Hackathons

The new edition of the WestMED Hackathons on project development will take place on 30 June 2022 under the Maltese and Libyan Co-Presidency of the WestMED Initiative. Please mark this date on your calendars! This event will also mark the (...) Read more.

Virtual Blue Career Centre is available

Virtual Blue Career Center (VBCC) is a digital platform designed to attract young people but also experienced workers to fill existing skill gaps by supporting activities that will increase awareness of the workforce and employability in key Blue Growth services. (...) Read more.

BRIDGE-BS Summer School is open for applications

BRIDGE-BS will conduct a range of educational and capacity-building activities in order to upskill and ensure the understanding of the challenges and opportunities to be addressed for a sustainable Blue Economy across the Black Sea, . With this aim, a (...) Read more.

The Blue Growth Community launched the online program

The Learning Program “Fostering and Managing Blue Growth Potential in the Mediterranean” is offering the opportunity to gain fundamental theoretical knowledge on the main thematic areas of blue economy and to explore best practices, tools and achievements through the valuable (...) Read more.

Become a Bioeconomy Youth Ambassador!

Are you between 18 and 35 years old and have experience or strong interest in bioeconomy and/or bioeconomy related fields (food systems, forestry, climate change…)?  Would you like to contribute to the sustainable and circular transition of Europe? Apply by 13 June (...) Read more.

Ocean Literacy EU4Ocean Summit

The EU4ocean booth and exhibition space will have many interactive activities organised by the coalition’s members. During the European Maritime Day (EMD), the hybrid Ocean Literacy EU4Ocean Summit  will showcase and award the most successful initiatives, collaborations and actions of the EU4Ocean Platform, (...) Read more.

Sustainable EU food system –new initiative

In the context of the ‘‘European Green Deal”, the European Commission adopted a comprehensive Farm to Fork Strategy, which recognises the strong links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet and aims to address comprehensively the challenges of (...) Read more.

YOUTH IMAGINE THE FUTURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

In partnership with Plan Bleu and as part of its MED2050 prospective study, the CIHEAM is mobilizing its students and ALUMNI to imagine the future of the Mediterranean! Since Wednesday 10 march, the CIHEAM has been questioning its students about (...) Read more.

WestMED in my country

JOIN THE 2022 CAMPAIGN TRAIL Visit the WestMED Initiative event in your country. The ‘WestMED in my country’ campaign is a series of events to bring the initiative close to (your) home. It consists of 9 in-person events in all (...) Read more.

Updated Guide on EU funding for tourism

This online guide highlights the wide range of funding programmes financed by the new budget, multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, and Next Generation EU. With these resources and this guide, we're supporting the move towards a more digital, sustainable and inclusive (...) Read more.

MedWet: Wetlands for a sustainable Mediterranean region

The Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) is a regional intergovernmental network operating within the framework of the Ramsar Convention and involving also other key actors, dedicated to promoting and supporting multi-stakeholder’ policies and actions on the ground for the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of Mediterranean (...) Read more.

World Wetlands Day 2022 - 2 February 2022

When: 2 February 2022 Where: Worldwide events. Add event. World Wetlands Day, celebrated annually on 2 February, aims to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and planet. This day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention (...) Read more.

EU Blue Book traineeships programme is open

Trainees work all over the European Commission, its services and agencies, mostly in Brussels, but also in Luxembourg and elsewhere across the European Union. The nature of the work will depend on the service you are assigned to, for example, the field (...) Read more.

BLUE DEAL - Ask your citizen on Blue Energy

On December 7, took place the hybrid event “BLUE DEAL - Ask your citizen on Blue Energy”, where the results of a survey on citizen's perception of blue energy were presented. BLUEDEAL listened to the opinions of more than 2.000 (...) Read more.

BlueInvest Africa: Call for pitchers is now open

  ORGANISED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF H.E. WAVEL RAMKALAWAN, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES Dates 15th - 16th March 2022 – BlueInvest Africa event 14th March 2022 – “Behind the Doors” event (for (...) Read more.

Blue Bioeconomy Innovation Forum of the BLUE BIO MED project

The BLUE BIO MED Interreg MED project is organising its firts Blue Bioeconomy Innovation Forum on 18 & 19 November 2021 at Sealogy Blue Economy Exhibition in Ferrara (Italy). This event is organised in collaboration with the following Interreg MED projects: PANORAMED, B-BLUE and the Blue (...) Read more.

3 Postdoc positions for marine ecosystem modellers at OGS (Italy)

OGS has just opened three postdoc positions for marine ecosystem modellers at the Ecological Modelling Group (ECHO).  The formal call is available at the website https://www.inogs.it/en/node/1799. The deadline for application is 12/12/2021.  A brief description of the three positions with summary of the (...) Read more.

Publication of "EC Ocean Observation 18 June 2021 Event Report"

On 18 June, the EC Ocean Observation event took place. This event was organised by the EC DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment, and co-organised by the EMODnet Secretariat, European Marine Board Secretariat, EuroGOOS and Copernicus Marine Service, in collaboration with the wider community. It (...) Read more.

MSPglobal: international guide on marine/maritime spatial planning

The MSPglobal International Guide on Maritime Spatial Planning was officially launched during the final conference of the joint IOC-UNESCO/DG MARE MSPglobal Initiative, which took place on Tuesday 5 October 2021. Jointly produced by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the European (...) Read more.

Discover newly endorsed Decade Actions

The Ocean Decade has endorsed ninety-four new Decade Actions across all ocean basins, building global momentum for ocean knowledge-based solutions ahead of major upcoming global summits on climate and biodiversity. To find out more, follow this link. The information is available (...) Read more.

Missions in Horizon Europe

The European Commission launched today five new EU missions, a new and innovative way to work together and improve the lives of people in Europe and beyond. EU missions aim to tackle big challenges in health, climate and the environment, (...) Read more.

SwitchMed Connect 2021

SwitchMed Connect is a gathering of Mediterranean stakeholders to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social innovations. It hosts leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, initiatives, change agents, policy and financial institutions working on applications of productive, (...) Read more.

Women in blue economy in the Mediterranean” Webinar

The Union for the Mediterranean is organizing the webinar on “Women in blue economy in the Mediterranean”, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 22nd of September 2021, 9.30-12.30 CET.This webinar will be dedicated to highlighting women contribution and engagement as a fundamental (...) Read more.

Ocean Innovation Prize

The Blue Climate Initiative (BCI) is welcoming applications from innovators and entrepreneurs for the global $1 Million Ocean Innovation Prize. The Prize is designed to inspire, fund and support innovations that mitigate climate change through ocean-related strategies. You can apply (...) Read more.

New WG on offshore renewable energy

The EU Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy, published in November 2020, underpins the importance of creating a robust value chain for scaling up the deployment of offshore renewable energies and meeting the ambitious 2030 and 2050 targets. The European Commission (...) Read more.

AquaDocs: New Document Repository Launched

AquaDocs is the joint open access repository of the UNESCO/IOC InternationaI Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) with support from the FAO Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries (...) Read more.

WestMED Project Awards 2021

We invite all stakeholders in the Western Mediterranean Blue Economy to apply for the 1st WestMED Project Awards 2021. This international project competition aims to showcase and honour outstanding success stories, which provide innovative and replicable solutions embodying the WestMED (...) Read more.

Blue Economy Open call

DigiCirc is looking for European SMEs/Start-ups that can use digital tools and apply cutting-edge solutions in the circular economy by addressing specific challenges in the domain of Blue Economy. With the second open call, DigiCirc will select a minimum of (...) Read more.

Ocean InSight Podcast

The MeerWissen Initiative has just launched Ocean InSight – a new podcast series on marine conservation and ocean science for sustainable development, with unique perspectives from those on the frontlines of research, policy and action. Join the initiative on a (...) Read more.

“Women in blue economy in the Mediterranean” Webinar

The Union for the Mediterranean is organizing the webinar on “Women in blue economy in the Mediterranean”, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 22nd of September 2021, 9.30-12.30 CET. This webinar will be dedicated to highlighting women contribution and engagement (...) Read more.

Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Ocean Science Journalism (OSJ) Fellowship offers professional science writers, producers, and editors working for print, broadcast, radio, and digital media the residential experience at a leading ocean research institution. Created in 2000, the program is (...) Read more.

Call for Young Ocean Advocates Medieterranean Sea

The Youth4Ocean Forum is launching a new call for project proposals, designed to promote the ideas of young change-makers in the Mediterranean Sea Region! All across the Mediterranean, we are looking for young people that either are or would like (...) Read more.

ECORD Research Grants

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is sponsoring merit-based awards for outstanding young scientists to conduct innovative research related to the International Ocean Discovery Program. The research may be directed toward the objectives of upcoming or past DSDP/ODP/IODP (...) Read more.

EMB Third Thursday Science Webinar

On Thursday 15 July 2021, EMB hosted its eleventh Science Lunch Webinar on the topic of 'Biological time series for science and marine status assessment'. The webinar was one hour long and took place from 13:00 - 14:00 CEST. The (...) Read more.

BRIDGE-BS Project Kicks Off

On Monday 13 and Tuesday 13 July 2021, the new Horizon 2020 project BRIDGE-BS kicked off online. EMB is participating in the project, which aims to enhance the science-based policy in the Black Sea region to develop blue growth while (...) Read more.

BlueBio Cofund Second Additional Call Announcement

The Bluebio Cofund second additional call has been launched. The second additional call is targeted on Advancing Resource Management, Market and Socioeconomic aspects in the Blue Bioeconomy Value Chains The scope of the call is to fund projects that aim (...) Read more.

COP26 Programme released

The COP26 Presidency Programme has been released. The presidency programme for COP26 will showcase momentum from the whole of society, and focus on key issues to drive ambition and action. Progressing the negotiations will be at the heart of the (...) Read more.

Call for Nominations to the Ocean Decade Advisory Board

The call for expert nominations for the Ocean Decade advisory board has been launched. The Decade Advisory Board will be a multi-stakeholder advisory body that will assist the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in performing its (...) Read more.

Plastic Busters MPAs capitalization event

The Plastic Busters MPAs capitalization event: a stepping stone in consolidating marine litter management efforts in Mediterranean MPAs Plastic Busters MPAs brought together more than 90 Mediterranean MPA managers and marine litter experts at its 1st capitalization event held online (...) Read more.

Pilot project Western Mediterranean

The pilot project in the Western Mediterranean is being implemented in Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia, while other member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean in the Western Mediterranean can also participate in training activities. Building (...) Read more.

MPA Engage capitalization conference

Lively discussions on tackling climate change in Mediterranean MPAs held at the MPA Engage capitalization conference On the 18th of June 2021, MIO-ECSDE organized the 1st MPA Engage capitalization event providing an opportunity for stakeholders to connect and share experiences (...) Read more.

Blue Carbon Call 2021

The Marine Institute is launching a Blue Carbon call under its Marine Research Programme. The Institute is seeking applications for a substantial programme of research to investigate further the potential of Ireland’s blue carbon resource to mitigate climate change; the (...) Read more.

Blue Climate Initiative Ocean Innovation Prize

Our world is in crisis. Climate change is accelerating, with monumental implications for nature and human societies. Addressing this global challenge will take unprecedented global collaboration. It will also take audacious creativity and entrepreneurship to think outside the box and (...) Read more.

Make Europe Blue campaign

Fact of the week! Did you know that barnacles hitchike on whales? You may already know that “about 97% of Earth's water is in the ocean”. But did you know that “a protein found in a jellyfish has contributed to (...) Read more.

DigiCirc - Blue Economy open call

DigiCirc Blue Economy Open Call is now open to applications and will run from 2 June to 3 August 2021! In case you want to know more about the DigiCirc Blue Economy open call join the 1st live blue economy Q&A (...) Read more.

DigiCirc: Blue Economy - Upcoming Call

Who are we looking for? DigiCirc is looking for European SMEs/Start-ups that can use digital tools and apply cutting-edge solutions in the circular economy by addressing specific challenges in the domain of Blue Economy. How does it work? With the (...) Read more.

UfM - 5th Task Force on Environment

The 5th Task Force on Environment will be held online on 27 May 2021. The meeting aims at: Discussing with countries the priorities for action under the 2030 Greener Med Agenda, also in the light of the Covid developments and (...) Read more.

ERASMUS+ KA1 Call for Mobility Actions is open

MEdIES runs week-long training courses on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for formal and non-formal educators from European countries and beyond. The courses are eligible to be 100% funded by Erasmus plus Key Action 1 (KA1 learning mobility of individuals).The (...) Read more.

BlueMed Hackathon

In the frame of the Pilot Action on marine litter, BlueMed launches an Hackathon team challenge to develop ideas and solutions for a Healthy Plastic Free Mediterranean Sea, to promote sustainable blue growth and circular bioeconomy in the Mediterranean. The (...) Read more.

EU Taxonomy regulation: Platform on sustainable finance

The EU taxonomy is a classification system, establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. The EU taxonomy is an important enabler to scale up sustainable investment and to implement the European Green Deal. A first delegated act on sustainable (...) Read more.

The UfM supports the platform “TheSwitcher.org”

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) suports the SwitchMed initiative to speed up the shift to sustainable consumption and production patterns in the Southern Mediterranean, notably through the promotion of circular economy approaches. This initiative also supports the implementation of (...) Read more.

FARNET Guide - Nurturing Quality Projects

FARNET has published its latest guide: "Nurturing Quality Projects".As FLAGs work on their local development strategies for the 2021-2027 period, many will focus on the ‘next step’ of CLLD implementation in their area, ensuring that good strategies transfer into meaningful (...) Read more.

Call for Submissions: Mediterranean Youth Solutions Report

Since 2017, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth (SDSN Youth) has been annually producing the “Youth Solutions Report”, a flagship initiative managed by the Youth Solutions Program team. The Report features 50 game-changing projects led by young people, allowing (...) Read more.

JERICO-S3: 2nd Call for Transnational Access Now Open

The JERICO-S3 Research Infrastructure announceS the 2nd call of 3 Transnational Access funding calls to support a wide range of marine researchers by giving free of charge access to high-quality infrastructures and support services at unique multi-disciplinary sites consisting of (...) Read more.

ICOE 2021 - Energizing a powerful blue economy

This April, ICOE 2021 is bringing more than 80 speakers from 14 countries to present their expertise and lessons learned from around the world in the marine energy field. These 22 sessions are organized into 3 tracks: Keynote/Plenary, Industry/Markets and (...) Read more.

Ocean Sun inks Mediterranean floating solar deal

Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has signed an agreement with MP Quantum Group (MP) to develop floating solar projects in Greece and the Republic of Cyprus.The license agreement allows MP to develop floating solar projects in the region using (...) Read more.

Interreg Call for Transfer and Mainstreaming Projects

The 5th Call for Modular Projects call, targeted to the transfer or mainstreaming of shortlisted outputs of finalised Interreg MED projects, is currently open! The indicative financial allocation for this call is about 4.6M€ (ERDF + IPA + national co-financing). (...) Read more.

Greenpreneurs 2021: Applications Now Open!

Organized by GGGI, Youth Climate Lab, and Student Energy, Greenpreneurs is a 12-week virtual incubator supporting young people to develop social enterprise solutions to address sustainability and climate change issues in their communities!Teams of young people between the ages of (...) Read more.

SUMMIT4OCEANS Sevilla Blue Economy Virtual Event

The SUMMIT4OCEANS Sevilla Blue Economy Virtual Event aims to involve and sensitize Companies, Governments, Administrations and Citizens in the Blue Economy, in short, the whole of society, and Seville and its area of influence.The initiative, co-organized by Fibes Sevilla, is (...) Read more.

Updated EMB survey report on impacts of COVID-19

In summer 2020, EMB launched a survey to its member organizations to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns had affected their research and teaching activities. To find out how the situation had changed, an updated survey was launched (...) Read more.

Call for Scientists of Opportunity

For the cruise TAlPro2022 (funded by the Eurofleets+ project and the Mediterranean Science Commission CIESM) a call to accommodate 1-2 scientists that are interested in taking complementary measurements has been issued. Those data can then benefit from the fact that (...) Read more.

EMFF/EMFAF is moving to CINEA on 1 April!

With the implementation of the new long-term EU budget, some EASME managed programme are moving to the new European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).  From 1 April, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), the Life Programme, Horizon (...) Read more.

EIB Blue Sustainable Ocean Strategy

The EIB Blue Sustainable Ocean Strategy (“Blue SOS”) aims to improve the health of oceans, build stronger coastal environments and boost blue sustainable economic activity.To achieve this, we commit to double our lending to sustainable ocean projects to €2.5 billion (...) Read more.

Euronews OCEAN Season 3 Episode 2 – Mediterranean

With the European Union stepping up efforts to address overfishing in the Mediterranean, the latest episode of Ocean visits the Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA) of Jabuka/Pomo Pit, a success story in the Adriatic established to protect essential fish habitats.Euronews joins (...) Read more.

EFCA Call for expressions of interest for experts

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) ensures uniform and effective application of the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy by organizing operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States and to assist them to cooperate. EFCA (...) Read more.

Help to define the DigiCirc Blue Economy call

DigiCirc (@DigiCirc) is an #H2020 #I INNOSUP project that aims to boost the #circulareconomy using digital tools by supporting innovative #SMEs in the development and marketing of solutions based on circular value chains through 3 acceleration programs on the following (...) Read more.

Santander for the seas - Call for proposals

Santander for the Seas is the first call for proposals developed by Fundación Banco Santander with the aim of supporting projects aimed at the conservation and recovery of habitats and unique species in the seas and oceans. A maximum of (...) Read more.

Marine Institute’s Bursary Scholarship Programme

The Marine Institute continues to invest in the next generation of ocean professionals, through the 2021 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme, which provides third level students with work experience across a number of marine areas. Their Bursary Scholarship Programme has been (...) Read more.

Video:

Watch short videos on "Achieving a Blue Economy for the Mediterranean" here and here.And a full version here.

UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy

The UfM Second Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy will take place on 2 February 2021. It aims  at improving maritime governance and at  intensifying join efforts, activities and projects in various blue economy sectors (including blue jobs; marine litter; (...) Read more.

How to engage clusters in Blue Energy

Renewable energy is essential for economic and sustainable development. In this regard, the seas and oceans are an abundant source of renewable energy (Blue Energy or Blue Energy -BE-).This energy can contribute to greater penetration of renewable energy into the (...) Read more.

CFD Course for Sustainable Ocean Solutions

WavEC Offshore Renewables is organizing an online course on CFD: CFD FOR SUSTAINABLE OCEAN SOLUTIONS: COURSE I. The course will take place on Februrary 8-11, 2021, sponsored by the University of Tokyo and the University of São Paulo. The CFD (...) Read more.

2021-2027: Second draft of the Cooperation Programme

Interrreg Europe programme is  intensively preparing its next edition and  the second draft version of the Cooperation Programme Interreg Europe (2021-2027) is now available.  It includes sections dedicated to the overall strategy of the programme, features of the operations, target (...) Read more.

The 2nd edition of the "Blue bioeconomy report" is now online

EUMOFA has recently published the second edition of the study “Blue bioeconomy report”. The study aims to provide an updated overview of the European Union’s blue bioeconomy sector, focusing on cutting-edge applications of aquatic biomass by examining three topics.  Integrated Multi-Trophic (...) Read more.

EU strategy on offshore renewable energy

To ensure that offshore renewable energy can help reach the EU's ambitious energy and climate targets, the Commission published a dedicated EU strategy on offshore renewable energy COM(2020)741 on 19 November 2020 that assesses its potential contribution and proposes ways (...) Read more.

The AQUA-LIT Toolbox is out and running!

Discover the AQUA-LIT Toolbox, an online repository full of solutions and recommendations for a better handling of marine litter.The EMFF funded project AQUA-LIT have been working over the last 2 years to bring to life the AQUA-LIT Toolbox, an online (...) Read more.

Explore the Black Sea Virtual Knowledge Centre

The Black Sea Virtual Knowledge Centre (BSVKC) is a project supported by the European Commission and managed by the Permanent International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC PERMIS). The objective of the BSVKC is to provide a (...) Read more.

COSME Call for proposals | Tourism and Digitalisation

The general objective of this Call is to boost the uptake of digitalisation and innovation by tourism SMEs through transnational cooperation and capacity building.  The action aims at: reinforcing transnational and cross-border cooperation, in particular integration of tourism businesses and stakeholders in (...) Read more.

The BlueMed Implementation plan released

The BlueMed Implementation Plan, drafted in June 2020, is now final and available on the BlueMed website.It presents the thematic and structuring activities to be developed in order to ignite a transformative process at Mediterranean level, addressing the shared research-based (...) Read more.

Circle the Med: The Mediterranean Hybrid Forum 2020

Circle the Med Forum represents a pathway to sustainability. It follows a new development model that decouples growth from resource constraints. We are promoting new production-consumption models and business initiatives in a “circular way”.A prosperous and peaceful Mediterranean region in (...) Read more.

MaRINET2 sets up online offshore renewables course

The MaRINET2 project consortium has organized a short online free course for offshore renewable energy researchers who will discuss methods for reducing uncertainty in techno-economic analysis of ocean energy. The topics covered include integrated tank testing, hydrodynamics of fixed and (...) Read more.

CALL FOR DECADE ACTIONS No. 01/2020

The vision of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is ‘the science we need for the ocean we want’. To achieve the Ocean Decade vision, a wide range of partners will implement endorsed Decade Actions in (...) Read more.

What Future for the Blue Economy?

The European Commission is in the process of shaping the new comprehensive approach to the blue economy. This initiative will identify ways to make the EU’s ‘blue economy’ more sustainable, in line with the European Green Deal. The blue economy (...) Read more.

BLUE BIO MED open kick-off meeting

The BLUE BIO MED (Interreg MED) project officially kicked off in September this year and it is now up and running. The official open launch event will be on Tuesday 20 October (14.30-17.30).This will be the occasion for the project (...) Read more.

BlueMED Preliminary Implementation Plan

The BlueMed Research and Innovation Initiative is formally joined by 16 EU and non-EU Mediterranean countries and steered by the EuroMediterranean Group of Senior Officials BlueMed Working Group (GSO BlueMed WG), co-chaired by the European Commission and the co-chair of (...) Read more.

Blue Growth Elevator Pitch Competition

Intéressé par l’économie bleue ? Assistez à un concours européen de projets innovants sur l’économie bleue ! Dans le cadre du projet européen MISTRAL, le Pôle Mer Méditerranée organise une « Blue Growth Elevator pitch competition ». L’évènement aura lieu le (...) Read more.

2nd Circular Economy Open Call for Adopters

Are you a European SME with a circular idea, interested in creating a plan for the circular development? The C-VoUCHER open call will launch on August 3rd and will close on Oct, 30th, 2020 at 17:00 (Brussels Local Time).C-VoUCHER will (...) Read more.

Targeted Consultation on International Ocean Governance

Consultation outcomeThe contributions will help re-examine the EU's role in international ocean governance, assess the three priorities of the current agenda (actions and goals) and identify new policy areas/actions to tackle existing and emerging challenges.The targeted consultation complements the International (...) Read more.

Applied Blue Biotechnology Master

Blue Biotechnology, or Marine Biotechnology, is a scientific-business activity that seeks the application of biotechnological advances to marine and aquatic environments. The European Blue Growth Strategy considers Blue Biotechnology as one of the five sectors with the greatest potential for (...) Read more.

Ocean Decade Virtual Series

The Ocean Decade Virtual Series is a series of high-level and scientific interactive virtual dialogues aimed at mobilizing the global ocean community and fostering transformative partnerships and innovative solution-oriented actions to achieve the Decade Outcomes.The series will be organized around (...) Read more.

INFODAY Blue Economy Window Call

Save the date!EASME is organising a virtual Info-day on the forthcoming 2020 Blue Economy Window call on 24 November 2020. For updates on the call publication, check regularly the F&T opportunity portal https://europa.eu/!bp89rj

2nd Advisory Board of the Blue Growth Community

On Monday, 27 July 2020, the Blue Growth Community (BGC) celebrated its 2nd Advisory Board meeting (on-line event) with a high participation -more than 120 registered persons and around 65 permanent attending participants- among the BGC members, MED Blue Growth (...) Read more.

ETME Committee Professional profiles report

MEDports Association’s Employment, Training and Maritime Expertise (ETME) Committee has been working on the most requested professional profiles in Mediterranean ports. To obtain the appropriate results, the ETME Committee launched a survey in 2019 covering 4 domains: Port management, IT, (...) Read more.

Call for expression of interest for Covid-19 Response and Recovery Partnerships - Pilot Action for Interregional InnovationCOVID – Deadline 7 September 2020

Under this Call, DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from transnational partnerships of regional authorities, including ecosystems of regional stakeholders (universities, research centres, clusters, SMEs, etc.) willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships. The objective is to incentivise business investment projects (...) Read more.

MPA NETWORKS marches on

Despite the current context, the MPA NETWORKS project is in full swing. This project, which gathers 10 partners and is led by MedPAN, aims at strengthening Marine Protected Area managers networks in the Mediterranean to boost the efficiency of MPAs. (...) Read more.

Bluebio Call Announcement

The call is targeted on supply systems in the blue bioeconomy: logistics and transportation – from harvest to processing. The scope of the call is to fund projects that facilitate the transfer (i.e. logistics, preservation and transportation) of bio-resources from (...) Read more.

Mapping of Small-scale Fisheries Initiatives.

To meet the ambitious targets set by the Regional Plan of Action for Small-scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and in order to disseminate and scale-up best practices, promote cooperation and identify gaps and areas for investment (...) Read more.

LIFE programme: Call for proposals

In the area of climate action, the EU will invest €46.8 million to support climate change mitigation, adaptation and governance and information projects. This includes practical support for Member States drafting their 2030 national climate and energy plans that will (...) Read more.

1st MPA-ENGAGE Webinar series

During the last 3 weeks, MPA-ENGAGE has been conducting their first webinar series course entitled "Mediterranean MPAs facing Climate Change". Over the course of three consecutive weeks, participants learned how to gather the key information needed to develop a climate (...) Read more.

World Economic Forum Virtual Ocean Dialogues

The World Economic Forum has organised for this week a series of webinars called OceanDialogues. Content is split across 3 key themes that allow you to explore the diverse topics addressed during the meeting. Some of the webinars taking place (...) Read more.

EU Sustainable Energy Week 2020

The EU Sustainable Energy Week 2020 is coming to you live wherever you are. The digital Policy Conference will run online from 23 to 25 June 2020. The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) brings together policymakers, stakeholders and citizens to (...) Read more.

MSP-MED Kick off Meeting

In March 2020, the MSP-MED project “Towards the Spatial Plan of Mediterranean” (one of the awarded projects of the EMFF-MSP-2019 call for projects) was launched with the first on-line kick off meeting, taking place with the support of the AM (...) Read more.

Cancellation of European Maritime Day 2020

20 May is European Maritime Day. Every year the EU organises the EMD conference around that date. It is one of the highlights of the maritime calendar, with up to 1,500 stakeholders joining as we celebrate the blue economy. This (...) Read more.

How the blue economy can help Europe tackle climate change?

The Parliament Magazine published the article "How the blue economy can help Europe tackle climate change?". Blue Growth is the European Commission’s long-term strategy to support sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors. Please access the article: https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/feature/how-blue-economy-can-help-europe-tackle-climate-change

WestMED: Towards a Maritime Innovation Technologies Platform

WestMED Initiative organized a series of Hackathon type meetings amongst which Hackathon n4 discussed and assessed the potential for a Mediterranean-wide Maritime Innovation Technologies Platform (Med-MIT) or similar actions and/or projects that could allow for greater cooperation between clusters, research/technological (...) Read more.

COVID-19 won't stop BLUE CROWDFUNDING

The unexpected break-out and global spread of the pandemic labelled COVD-19 is posing extremely serious challenges for the whole economy. In such a difficult time, nonetheless, crowdfunding has proven to be a trusted and reliable tool to support civic and (...) Read more.

Blue Deal Project is committed to Open Innovation

BLUE DEAL project intends to perform open innovation actions in target regions to develop cooperation mechanisms between SMEs, PAs, Knowledge institutions and civil society and promote new initiatives for Blue Energy deployment in the Mediterranean region. For further information, you (...) Read more.

Portugal National Hub gets regional stakeholders onboard

Fórum Oceano, the Portuguese National Hub, organised, in collaboration with the Regional Coordination and Development Commissions of Alentejo and Algarve, a series of meetings to bring together the regional stakeholders. These sessions happened on the 11th of February in Évora (...) Read more.

First Annual Assembly of the Blue Growth Community

The Blue Growth Community organized its First Annual Assembly with a significant participation of the new associated projects and many interested regions in Blue Economy The last 4th and 5th February 2020, the Blue Growth Community, represented by the core (...) Read more.

Registrations to WestMED Hackathons Barcelona are open!

Building on the WestMED Palermo Hackathons in 2019, this edition will explore and clarify project concepts, funding, partnerships, and establish next steps towards successful project application. The session will be back to back with the UfM Regional Stakeholders Conference on (...) Read more.

Launch of the BlueInvest Platform

The European Commission has launched on 13 September the Blue Invest Platform which aims to support investment readiness and access to finance for early-stage businesses, SMEs and scale-ups in the blue economy. The Blue Invest Platform provides the following services: (...) Read more.

MSFD open public consultation launched

The European Commission has launched its online public consultation on the review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. This initiative will review the achievements and shortcomings of this Directive, explore options for improvement and propose possible amendments. This public consultation (...) Read more.

IPBES Calls for Expert Nominations

IPBES has released a call for nominations of experts to participate in the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment) and the thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants (...) Read more.

WestMED, Steering Committee, 23 October in Rabat

On Wednesday 23 October, the WestMED Steering Committee (WMSC) will be meeting in Rabat, Morocco. The meeting will function as an opportunity for the WMSC to evaluate the implementation of the initiative, as well as to reflect on the outcomes (...) Read more.

EMB Third Thursday Science Webinar

On Thursday 19 August 2021, EMB will host its twelfth Science Lunch Webinar on the topic of 'Navigating the Future V as inspiration and direction for marine science in the Ocean Decade'. The webinar will be 1 hour long and (...) Read more.

Ocean Hackathon, from 11th to 13th October 2019

Bring your own expertise, share your ideas, imagine innovative solutions, design new digital tools, develop your network, get access to unexploited data, learn more together coached by experts... and enjoy a friendly week-end! Ocean hackathon® is a 48 hours non-stop (...) Read more.

Business2Sea, on November 11 – 13 in Porto

Business2Sea is an international event dedicated to the development of projects and businesses in the different sectors of the Sea economy. It is open to the participation of all organisations: companies, business associations, higher education institutions, and research centres. Business2Sea (...) Read more.

EMFF - Maritime Spatial Planning Call for Proposals

The objective of this call for proposals is to support the establishment and implementation of Maritime Spatial Plans in line with the objectives pursued in the framework of the MSP Directive. More specifically, this action intends to support Member States (...) Read more.

International MEDCOAST Congress 2019

The Fourteenth International MEDCOAST Congress on Coastal and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Management and Conservation will be celebrated on 22 - 26 October 2019, in Marmaris, TURKEY. The MEDCOAST congress in Marmaris (Turkey) is the fourteenth event of the biennial series (...) Read more.

Towards a Blue Revolution: A TNC and Encourage Capital Report

The Nature Conservancy and Encourage Capital have partnered to create a guide to impact investing in sustainable aquaculture, launched today. This guide represents the first-ever attempt to comprehensively assess the potential of sustainable aquaculture through both an environmental and financial (...) Read more.

Blue Economy WestMED Hackathons: May 14, Palermo

The European Commission and the Co-Presidency of the Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean are holding the event Hackathons WestMED: "Blue economy contribution to the Summit of the Two Shores” on Tuesday 14 (...) Read more.

EUSAIR Stakeholder Platform Now Available Online

The EUSAIR stakeholder platform is conceived as the most important tool of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR) to increase stakeholder engagement, coordination and implementation process. The Platform is managed by Marche Region - Integrated Planning, International Activities, (...) Read more.

Maritime & Blue Logistics Startup Weekend

Maritime & Blue Logistics Startup Weekend 54 hours is all you need to disrupt in the maritime logistic sector, today! Do you have an idea you would like to pursue or a problem you would like to solve but don't (...) Read more.

NEW ERA-NET COFUND ON THE BLUE BIOECONOMY

The COFUND is the result of a collaboration between JPI Oceans and the former ERA-NETS COFASP and ERA MBT and consists of 27 partners from 16 countries. The main objective of the COFUND is to establish a coordinated R&D funding (...) Read more.

EASME Call for tender Blue Economy Development Framework

EASME has launched a call for tender on Blue Economy: EASME/2019/OP/0008 Design and Implementation of a Blue Economy Development Framework. The deadline for presentation of offers is 26 April 2019. More detailed information can be found here: https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED%3ANOTICE%3A125844-2019%3ATEXT%3AEN%3AHTML

European Maritime Day

The focus of the European Maritime Day 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal, will be on blue entrepreneurship, innovation and investment to transform traditional maritime sectors and boost emerging technologies and value chains. A specific focus will be put on research and (...) Read more.

Launch of a new initiative on Maritime Spatial Planning

UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the European Commission launched MSPGlobal, a new global project on maritime spatial planning, on 11 and 12 February at UNESCO Headquarters. The project aims to promote better maritime spatial planning with a view to (...) Read more.

Agenda of the Information Session on Marine Litter

Information Session on Marine Litter and Final Annual Project Meeting of Facility for Regional Policy Dialogue on Integrated Maritime Policy March 26th, 2019 – Thon EU, Brussels Draft Agenda 08:30 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:15 Opening Session European Commission (...) Read more.

List of GFCM meetings for 2019 already available

The list of the meetings to be held by GFCM along the year 2019 is already available for the public. You can access the list under the link below (previous registration required): https://gfcm.sharepoint.com/SecPortal/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2FSecPortal%2FShared%20Documents%2FIntersession_2018-2019%2FLIST%20OF%20GFCM%20MEETINGS%20FOR%202019%2Epdf&parent=%2FSecPortal%2FShared%20Documents%2FIntersession_2018-2019&p=true&slrid=64e2b89e-409b-0000-59b4-2992fb81f97b

A new Bureau for the GFCM

In the mark of the forty-second session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), which was resumed on Friday 14 December 2018, the GFCM elected its new Bureau for a two-year renewable mandate. Roland Kristo, from Albania, was (...) Read more.

World Ocean Summit 2019

The sixth World Ocean Summit will strive to build greater collaboration across regions and connect the world to new ideas and perspectives. Taking place in March 2019, this world-renowned event will take place in the Middle East for the first (...) Read more.

Initial outline for the Estonian MSP now available

The English version of the initial outline for the Estonian MSP and the memorandum of intention to conduct impact assessment is now available. The document will also be shared with Baltic Sea countries for their information. The document constitutes the (...) Read more.

Declaration Algiers: Western Mediterranean countries Meeting

Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries, at the presence of the European Commission and the Union for the Mediterranean, have adopted a declaration to strengthen maritime regional cooperation under the WestMED initiative. This initiative promotes the sustainable blue economy in the (...) Read more.

Lisbon will host the second UN Ocean Conference

In June 2017, after the inaugural Ocean Conference, the Portuguese Government informed the UN-Oceans conference that Portugal was willing to organize the second edition of the event. It was now confirmed by the Portuguese Ministry of the Sea that the (...) Read more.

Blue Bioeconomy Forum, 07th December in Amsterdam

This forum is organized for industries, public agencies, financial organizations, researchers and civil society, working on or interested in the Blue Bioeconomy of the EU – aquatic and marine environments. During the event, the current status of the emerging Blue (...) Read more.

Blue Invest in the Med, January 2019, Malta

Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019 A match-making event that brings together innovators and the financial community to sustainably develop the Blue Economy of the Mediterranean Sea basin, while protecting its marine resources. Following the successful Blue Invest event of (...) Read more.

Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019

Following the successful "Blue Invest" event of May 2018 in Brussels, and within the context of its work on blue investment, the European Commission (DG MARE) is hosting the “Blue Invest in the Mediterranean 2019” event. It will take place (...) Read more.

2018 Blue Sea Land

In the framework of the event "2018 Blue Sea Land" (4-7 October, Mazara del Vallo, Italy) the UfM Secretariat organized the thematic panel “Marine litter and biodiversity: Plastic Busters MPAs in action in the Mediterranean”. The panel focused on the (...) Read more.

Forum de la Mer - Bizerte 2018

La première édition du Forum de la Mer - Bizerte 2018 s’inscrit dans le cadre de La Saison Bleue, projet ambitieux rassemblant près de 150 évènements dans tous les domaines mettant en valeur le littoral tunisien. Le Forum de la (...) Read more.

BLUEMED National Consultation Days

"We stress the importance of structuring Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in marine and maritime sectors to encompass a broad range of objectives comprising the creation of new, blue jobs and social well-being while also being mindful of sustainable development and the preservation (...) Read more.

SwitchMed Connect 2018

Leading start-ups and entrepreneurs, industry agents, initiatives, change agents, policy and financial institutions working on applications of productive, circular and sharing economies in the Mediterranean will come together in Barcelona on 13-15 November 2018. The agenda of the SwitchMed Connect (...) Read more.

2018 Annual Economic Report on EU Blue Economy

The 2018 Annual Economic Report on EU Blue Economy, has been published. The report was prepared jointly by the JRC and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE). It intends to measure the trends, (...) Read more.

4th Meeting of the WestMed Steering Committee

The 4th Meeting of the WestMed Steering Committee will be held on 3 October 2018 in Algiers (Algeria). The meeting will have as priorities the adoption of the document summarizing common priorities and, on the other hand, the discussion on (...) Read more.

Launch of the "TransLogMED" project

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has launched the “TransLogMED” project at the first Mediterranean Conference on Maritime Transport and Logistics, held on 8-9 May in Ismailia (Egypt), under the auspices of H.E. Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt (...) Read more.

Blue Invest 2018

The European Commission is looking for entrepreneurs active in the blue economy to take part in a high-profile event aimed at matching cutting edge companies with public and private investors. #BlueInvest 2018, the first European event of its kind will (...) Read more.

CPMR Intermediterranean Commission

After the last meetings held in Naples in November 2017, the Mediterranean regions will gather again in the framework of their CPMR Intermediterranean Commission Working Groups and Political Bureau. The meetings will be held on 14-15 February in Cartagena (Murcia, (...) Read more.

Sustainable Blue Economy

The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), launched a call for proposals titled “Sustainable Blue Economy” with a view to accelerate the deployment of the blue economy across Europe while consolidating efforts and recent developments to support the (...) Read more.

UfM Regional Stakeholder Conference on Blue Economy

The UfM Conference held in Naples on 29-30 November highlighted the key role of the Blue Economy in sustainable development, jobs creation and investments Read more: http://ufmsecretariat.org/ufm-conference-blue-economy2017/

Project “Med Coasts for Blue Growth”

In December 2017, the project “Med Coasts for Blue Growth (MEDCOAST4BG )” received the UfM label. The project general objective is to analyze and promote the co-evolution of human activities and natural systems in coastal areas particularly or potentially devoted (...) Read more.

DIVECO2

DIVECO2 aims to support the sustainable development of the fishery sector in Algeria, with a focus on marine and continental aquaculture. Associations in the field of fisheries and aquaculture in Algeria will attend training sessions held under the EU-funded Economic (...) Read more.