Noticias

4th Atlantic Stakeholders Committee Meeting

4th Atlantic Stakeholders Committee Meeting

The 4th and final meeting of the Atlantic Strategy Committee under the Portuguese Presidency happened on December 5th, chaired by Marisa Lameiras da Silva, the Director-General for Maritime Policy

At the meeting in Lisbon, the balance sheet of an intense and fruitful year in office was presented, highlighting the excellent collaboration and cooperation between the four Member States and the...

Atlantic Pillar II & III Webinar: Fostering the Atlantic’s blue economy - Skills for Marine Renewable Energy

Atlantic Pillar II & III Webinar: Fostering the Atlantic’s blue economy - Skills for Marine Renewable Energy

The webinar on "Fostering the Atlantic’s blue economy: Skills for Marine Renewable Energy" aimed to explore the importance of developing skills and fostering ocean literacy in the context of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) and was organized in the scope of the Pillar II and Pillar III of the Atlantic Strategy Action Plan, and the National Hubs of Portugal and Ireland. Fostering the...

THE REPORT | Atlantic Stakeholders Platform Conference 2023

THE REPORT | Atlantic Stakeholders Platform Conference 2023

The Atlantic Stakeholders Platform Conference 2023 REPORT is out!

The 2023 edition of the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference (ASPC2023) took place in Oporto, Portugal on 18 and 19 October 2023. The theme of this year’s conference was “Atlantic Future: New synergies and innovations for a sustainable ocean economy”. The Conference focused on providing insights of the key Atlantic...

The first Atlantic Ministerial Declaration

The first Atlantic Ministerial Declaration

The Ministerial Meeting took place in Porto back-to-back with the Atlantic Stakeholders Platform Conference and the first Atlantic Ministerial Declaration was approved!

During the Ministerial Meeting France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, supported by the European Commission, committed to further build on Atlantic's success by cooperating on a wide variety of Sustainable Blue Economy topics.

During the past months the four...

Have Your Say: Pre-Demonstration Survey of the Aquawind project 

Have Your Say: Pre-Demonstration Survey of the Aquawind project 

AquaWind is a research and innovative project, with the purpose of demonstrating a co-located and multi-use integrated solution. It had been selected under Regional Flagship call for the Atlantic in 2021 and started its work in September 2022. The project aims for integrating an innovative approach to finfish aquaculture with an existing maritime renewable energy production Wind to Power prototype...

Atlantic Project Awards - Celebrating the winners of 2023!

The Atlantic Project Awards feature outstanding initiatives, successful collaborations and achievements relevant to the implementation of the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0. This year, five awards were granted as recognition of the projects’ outstanding performance,​​ in the following award categories, which are in line with the Pillars of the Atlantic Action Plan 2.0:

Atlantic Ports: LIVING PORTS - The LIVING PORTS project...

Atlantic countries strongly represented in new EMFAF Blue Career projects

Atlantic countries strongly represented in new EMFAF Blue Career projects

On 22 September 2023 eight new projects funded under the Blue careers for a sustainable blue economy call for proposals under the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund kicked-off. With a total budget of 7.5 million Euro the projects aim to contribute to the development of the next generation of blue skills and to provide opportunities for attractive, sustainable maritime...

Integration of Atlantic tourism and fisheries and maritime cultural heritage at the heart of new regional Flagship project for the Atlantic

Integration of Atlantic tourism and fisheries and maritime cultural heritage at the heart of new regional Flagship project for the Atlantic

In October 2022 the European Commission published a call for proposals for “Regional flagships projects supporting sustainable blue economy in EU sea basins” with 6 different topics including “Topic 1: promoting the diversification of fisheries activities in the Atlantic area”. Following the evaluation and grant agreement phase, the new project for the Atlantic selected under this call started its work...

WINNEW project - Wind-powered transport ship started sea trials across the Atlantic

WINNEW project - Wind-powered transport ship started sea trials across the Atlantic

In August 2023 Canopée set sail from the harbour in Caen to test EU-funded wingsails to prepare for its first journey across the Atlantic equipped with 4 Oceanwings®. The development and testing of the Oceanwings® of the French company AYRO’s as well as the communication related to this project have been at the very heart of the WINNEW project supported...