The event will focus on the most relevant outcomes of the BlueMed CSA.

After intense collaborative work, the Mediterranean countries will showcase the process and results of the Pilot Initiative for a Healthy, Plastic-free Mediterranean Sea to tackle the marine litter issue. The voices of the BlueMed Pilot National Hubs and of key stakeholders will present this unique success story and envisage its future.

The BlueMed solid and widely participated cooperation process among countries led first to a co-owned Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and then to the endorsement of the Implementation Plan. These tools are conceived to serve future activities: the Strategic Joint Actions will be presented during the conference.

The BlueMed StartUp Actions, which worked on different topics but all encompassing the BlueMed perspective, will engage in a conversation and present their feasibility studies.

The BlueMed Young Ambassadors will share their experiences and reflections and will engage in a dialogue with their colleagues from other Basins, with the aim of building future common paths, in the co-responsibility spirit of the One Planet-One Ocean approach.

The event will be organised in a lively and engaging way, making use of devoted tools to favour the active participation of all the attendees.

INFO AND CONTACTS

Participation in the conference is free. The registration form is available here

The conference language will be English, but simultaneous interpretation will be provided in French and Arabic. If you would like to hear the conference with the real time interpretation, we recommend to install on your smartphones in advance the Rafiky Connect app from Google Play or App Store. During the conference, you will have to simply switch off the English audio on the device where you follow the conference and listen to the simultaneous translation in the language of your choice on the smartphone (login credentials will be provided during the event).

Date and location: 22-24 February 2020

on-line: digital hub at CNR – Rome, Italy

Contacts:

For further information please contact: bluemed@cnr.it