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BLUEMED Survey, share your view on the Research and Innovation agenda for the Med!
Are you a researcher, a policy maker, an entrepreneur, or a representative of the civil society interested in the Mediterranean Blue Economy? Share your inputs to review the list of challenges, goals and actions of the BLUEMED agenda and analyse the key barriers and bottlenecks! This survey is aimed at gathering expert and stakeholder views […]

BLUEMED | A Basin of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Growth – Conference Presentations | April 18-19 | Malta
The BLUEMED Initiative is firmly on the Agenda of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Now is time to pool all efforts together to unlock the potential for Blue Growth and job creation at local, regional and international level. The event ‘BLUEMED – A basin of research and innovation for sustainable growth‘ was organized in […]

PANORAMED Project Kick Off | 27 September 2017 | Seville Spain
PANORAMED Project kicks off at Seville on the 27th September 2017.More details to follow soon…Location: Seville, SpainDates : September 27th 2017Additional Information: Meeting Venue, Save the Date

Useful Information | SwitchMed offers coaching sessions on access to finance to Southern Mediterranean green entrepreneurs
Are you a green entrepreneur from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine or Jordan? You can take part in a free coaching session on Access to Finance to be organised by the EU-funded programme SwitchMed in the countries.The objective of this activity is to help young green entrepreneurs improve their access to funding through […]

Publication | Communication on the Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean
The purpose of the Initiative is to foster sustainable blue growth and jobs, improve safety and security and preserve ecosystems and biodiversity in the western Mediterranean region. This will be achieved through coordination and cooperation among the relevant countries on three main goals and a few priority areas of action. While geographically speaking the Initiative focuses mainly on the […]

Publication | Valletta Declaration on Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation through Research and Innovation
Following the Conference on “Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation through Research and Innovation” held on 4 May 2017 in Valetta under the auspices of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union with the support of the European Commission, the Ministers responsible for Research and Innovation from the Member States of the Union for the […]

Publication | Report on the Blue Growth Strategy towards more sustainable growth and jobs in the blue economy
Five years after the adoption of the Blue Growth Strategy in 2012, the European Commission publishes a Report on the Blue Growth Strategy, “Towards more sustainable growth and jobs in the blue economy”.In these years, the Commission has launched initiatives in many policy areas related to Europe’s oceans, seas and coasts, facilitating the cooperation between […]

5th European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) Conference | Malta, 7-10 October 2017
The University of Malta is organising the next European ocean literacy conference, known as the EMSEA conference, in October 2017, in Valletta, the capital city of Malta, an UNESCO World Heritage Site which will assume the role of European Capital of Culture in 2018.The EMSEA 17 conference, which will be opened by EU Commissioner Karmenu […]

Publication | Horizon 2020 Mediterranean sea related Projects
This EC catalogue of Horizon 2020 Mediterranean Basin related projects showcases the support given by the EU to Research and Innovation, a key driver for Blue Growth and job creation at local, regional and international level. These projects disclose the potential of connecting the Mediterranean and cooperating on innovative activities along the value chain in order to build a healthy, […]

First Platforms Meeting & Research Infrastructure Workshop | 3-5 July | France
The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Greek Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) are organizing the first double BLUEMED event in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France, from July 3 to July 5.The CNRS is organizing the workshop on research infrastructures in the Mediterranean (July 3 and July 4). Around 35 experts from 14 […]
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The BLUEMED project begins
The kick-off meeting of the BLUEMED project took place on November 9th 2016 in Rimini, Italy, in the setting of Ecomondo, the international exhibition on Green and Circular Economy.The BLUEMED project is a Coordination and Support Action funded with 3M€ by the European Commission. It will be implemented by a Consortium composed of 11 partners from nine […]

Which solutions for the Mediterranean? | 23 February 2017 | Paris France
International Seminar on Mediterranean by French Ministry of the Environment, Energy & Sea.The BLUEMED initiative will be presented during the first round table devoted to science, at the International Seminar on the Mediterranean, on Thursday 23 February 2017.The seminar is organised in France by the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea: “Which solutions […]

HCMR Conference on Information & Actions for the Implementation of Blue Growth | 29 March 2017 | Athens Greece
The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) is organising a Conference entitled:”Information & Actions for the Implementation of Blue Growth: The EU Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Macro-Region (EUSAIR) & the BLUEMED Initiative”, οn March 29, 2017, at the Hotel “Divani Palace Acropolis”, 19 Parthenon St., in Athens, Greece.The conference aims to inform all relevant Greek stakeholders about […]