The BLUEMED initiative offers a shared strategic framework for working towards a healthy, productive and resilient Mediterranean Sea that is better known and valued. It is designed to tap the full potential of the marine and maritime sectors, structuring transnational cooperation to create new ‘blue’ jobs and to promote and improve social well being, sustainable prosperity and the environmental status of the region and its surroundings.
BLUEMED is the result of joint efforts by Cyprus, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain, with the support of the European Commission.
The document below is the first update of the BLUEMED Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). It includes relevant information gathered after its publication and launch with the endorsement of the Venice Declaration in October 2015, including through national consultation.
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Publication | Bluemed Research and innovation initiative for blue jobs and growth in the Mediterranean area
The BLUEMED initiative offers a shared strategic framework for working towards a healthy, productive and resilient Mediterranean Sea that is better known and valued. It is designed to tap the full potential of the marine and maritime sectors, structuring transnational cooperation to create new ‘blue’ jobs and to promote and improve social well being, sustainable […]

Meeting Report | Knowledge and efforts for sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sectors of Slovenia in the Northern Adriatic
The National Institute of Biology (NIB) and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport (MIZŠ) organized the first meeting of Bluemed in Slovenia on a ‘micro-regional’ level (northern Italy, Croatia and Slovenia). This event was organized together with the presentations from the EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council) and JRCs (Joint Research Centers), that are […]