xThis report details a recommendation for a much-needed Blue Economy Investment Platform (BEIP) to address major market failures to supply capital to high potential innovative young businesses. It recommends establishing an umbrella fund to channel additional funds into fund managers wholly or...

xOn 7 December 2018, the Blue Bioeconomy Forum held its first Stakeholder event. This forum was organized for industries, public agencies, financial organizations, researchers and civil society, working on or interested in the Blue Bioeconomy of the EU. The goal of the event was to discuss the...

xIn crowded seas such as those around the European Union – including, for example, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean – pressures on the environment are building and space is at a premium. In managing these areas, the interests of different economic sectors, including fishing...

xFrom the bounties of the sea to the endless power of blue energy, awareness of the blue bioeconomy is growing by the day. But one promising sector struggles to establish its ‘blue’ credentials and faces unique challenges largely because of one detail … it is an ‘out of sea’ experience. That sector...

x“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This African proverb was borrowed by a panellist at the First Blue Bioeconomy Forum (BBF) Conference hosted by the European Commission to illustrate the importance of working together on a clear and robust roadmap charting...

xThe Blue Bioeconomy Forum team is currently setting up a pipeline of promising blue bioeconomy initiatives.If you are aware of interesting projects, you are welcome to share your ideas with us!xOur eligibility criteria are as follow:Starting materialsMicroalgaeSeaweedFish by-productsOrganic...

xOverview of working group session topics:xOn 7 December, the working groups of the BBF will meet at the occasion of our first stakeholder event. The objectives of the working group sessions are: to refine the findings of the Blue Bioeconomy State-of-Play report (under finalisation, abstract with...

xThe new Interreg project model called “Platform projects” has now materialised in a number of platforms. One of them is the Blue Platform where the PAC Bioeconomy-Fishery and Aquaculture is participating. The aim is to gather project promotors and partners from former projects in the Baltic Sea...

xThe ‘blue bioeconomy’ sector was out in force at the recent EU-hosted conference dedicated to presenting a collective ‘European way’ to achieving a truly ‘sustainable and circular bioeconomy’.Based on a rough head count, BBF News estimates that some 6% of the total 700 delegates attending the...