The concept of EMODnet Sea-Basin Checkpoints was introduced within the Green Paper 'Marine Knowledge 2020: from seabed mapping to ocean forecasting' (COM-2012-437). In spite of EU initiatives such as EMODnet, Copernicus and Data Collection Framework (DCF) for Fisheries to deliver seamless layers of...

DG MARE has commissioned a study to provide policy makers at the EU and sea-basin levels an updated analysis of the current status and potential development of maritime clusters in the Mediterranean and Black Sea areas.In order to realise this aim, the study:Provides insights into the state of the...

With the adoption of the new EU Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning, the Commission aims to expand the development of MSP processes throughout the EU, by facilitating cooperation between Member States in the management of the maritime space in sea basins surrounding the EU. To support this...

Call for tender were launched on 9 August for two new sets of projects as part of the "marine knowledge 2020" initiative.Sea-basin checkpointsThe aim of the exercise is to determine how current monitoring programmes and data availability meets the needs of public and private users. This is partly...

This study on the Blue Growth potential in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea is one of six sea-basin studies commissioned by DG MARE. The aim of the study is to examine in closer detail the individual development patterns of the maritime industries within the EU Member States and the EU candidate...

Ministers, Secretaries of state and Members of the European Parliament as well as high-level officials and experts from Bulgaria and Romania but also from the World Bank, FAO and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank were convened in Brussels to lay down a common vision for the Black Sea...

The Eurostat has published within the framework of its Statistics in Focus initiative publication "The Mediterranean and the Black Sea basins" presenting data concerning the key economic activities in the sea basin as well as socio-economic data regarding the corresponding coastal regions.The...