On 26 September 2024, the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea Workshop convened in Saint Malo, marking a significant event in the EU sea basins organized by the MSP-GREEN project. This initiative, co-funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, is dedicated to advancing the European Green Deal (EGD) through Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP).
Workshop HighlightsDuring the workshop, participants...
The ATLIC (Atlantic InnoBlue Communities) project is a key initiative supportingfour European countries: Spain, Portugal, France and Ireland in their endeavour to develop the Blue Economy. This project seeks to develop and nurture pilot communities that act as testing grounds for innovative ideas and sustainable practices related to ocean resource management. By concentrating on youth and...
CINEA and DG Mare are promoting a study to support and design skills development in the blue economy. The goal of this study is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current and anticipated developments in skills across various sectors of the blue economy throughout the EU.
Your participation in this survey is crucial to help define what constitutes...
The Macro-Regional and Sea Basin Strategies Days 2024, co-organised by DG REGIO and DG MARE, took place on June 12 and 13, 2024, at THE EGG in Brussels. During this two-day event, the seven strategies (Alpine, Danube, Adriatic-Ionian, Baltic Sea, Atlantic, Western Mediterranean, and Black Sea) came together to meet and collaborate.
The closing session, moderated by the EU Seabasins...
On the first day of the European Maritime Day (EMD) 2024 in Svendborg, a high-level panel reviewed the progress since the EU Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) Communication's adoption three years ago. Led by DG Charlina Vitcheva (DG MARE) and representatives from various Sea Basin Strategies, the...
The fifth edition of the Green Energy Ports Conference took place on June 18-19, 2024, in Vigo, Spain. This international conference on green energy technologies in ports gathered leading specialists and authorities from the maritime-port sector, who presented cutting-edge technologies being developed or implemented in ports around the world.
Pillar I and Pillar IV of the Atlantic Action Plan were...
On June 17, 2024, the Atlantic Action Plan organized a joint National Event for Pillar I and Pillar IV in Vigo, Spain. This event served as a prelude to the Green Energy Ports Conference, held in Vigo on June 18-19, 2024, where coordinators and task force members from both pillars, along with the Spanish National Hub, participated in various...
The FLORA & Aquawind project teams are thrilled to share the success of their recent joint-webinar, part of the EMFAF funded initiatives. The event was a significant milestone for both projects, and gathered over 70 participants from various backgrounds: offshore wind project developers, public authorities, academics, engineering consulting companies.
Key Highlights from this webinar:
During the 2nd Meeting of 2024 of the Atlantic Strategy Committee (ASC), held on June 25th at IFREMER in Nantes, the new Pillar Coordinators for 2024-2026 were elected. After two years of remarkable work carried out by Carlos Botana Lagarón for Pillar I, Ana Noronha for Pillar II, Kerrie Sheenan for Pillar III, and Philip Monbet for Pillar IV, we...
The 2nd Meeting of 2024 of the Atlantic Strategy Committee under the French Presidency was held at IFREMER in Nantes on June 25th. The meeting was attended both in person and remotely by the members of the Committee and some guests.
The following topics were discussed:
Pillar III: Marine Renewable EnergyInternationalisation: Progress on Future Relationship with the UK...