News: Blue Regeneration — Transforming Maritime, Marine and Coastal Futures

Union for the Mediterrean website

Day: 17/11/2026

Time: 13:00 - 14:00 (Türkiye local time, GMT+3)

Place: Mediterranean Pavilion, Blue Zone

Organised by: UfM, Beta Center, Med Waves, University of Siena, IUCN-Med, MedPAN, WWF, Interreg Next-MED

The side event illustrates how integrated regional cooperation has advanced and continues to shape the transition towards regenerative maritime, marine and coastal futures, even in a complex and rapidly changing Mediterranean context.

The event will present the green–blue nexus as a foundation for blue regeneration and prosperity, connecting land and sea and highlighting how nature-based solutions, marine protected areas, ecosystem restoration, marine spatial planning, greening ports and marinas, sustainable tourism, innovation, maritime clusters, and sustainable blue investments among others, are converging towards ecological resilience and economic sustainability, drawing on real-world cases and in line with the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy, and the Ocean Pact and its dedicated Strategies.

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Mediterranean Blue Economy Stakeholder Platform (MedBESP)

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