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RSSLive Discussion: Promoting apprenticeships to SMEs
During the event, participants will discuss policy and different instruments used to involve SMEs in apprenticeship programmes across Europe.Some of the topics that the discussion aims to explore include:effective ways to promote apprenticeships to SMEs at national and regional levels;challenges and...
Investment in ports for offshore wind
We collected data from Ports active in the Offshore Wind market. This allowed us to define the following costs for different Ports’ infrastructure works:Upgrading / extending Ports facilities for a port already in the bottom-fixed offshore wind business: €20-80 millionBuilding a new energy port...
Message on Mediterranean Coast Day (25 September)
The Mediterranean needs youA message from Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention SecretariatThe Mediterranean continues to be a beautiful destination for millions of beachgoers and holidaymakers despite the rising pressure it has been subjected to for decades. The onset of...
Romania’s first national workshop on the blue economy
The event is part of a series of workshops organised in the Black Sea coastal countries and the Republic of Moldova under the “Facility for Blue Growth” project. This EU-funded project provides administrative assistance to public and private maritime stakeholders wishing to boost sustainable blue...
Meeting Summary: 4th Experts' meeting towards SRIA for the Black Sea, 27.3.2018, Istanbul/ Next meeting >> 30 May 2018
The meeting brought together 37 participants (list attached), incl. senior officials from the Foreign ministries of Turkey, Russia and Romania. Besides BSEC, representatives of the Black Sea Commission and the CPMR took part in the discussions. The meeting was another step in the process towards...
3rd Expert Meeting for Developing a Blue Growth Initiative for Research and Innovation in the Black Sea
Dear all,I would like to express our thanks to those of you who managed to join us for the 3rd meeting for developing a Blue Growth Initiative for Research and Innovation in the Black Sea, which was held in Brussels on 11 December, despite the bad weather.A brief itemised summary of the meeting is...
Western Mediterranean countries strengthen co-operation to promote Blue Economy in the region
The Ministers of Western Mediterranean countries, adopted on November 30, 2017, at Castel dell’ Ovo in Naples, Italy a Ministerial Declaration [EN] [FR] - plus Annex [EN] [FR] - on the Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western Mediterranean, at a meeting chaired...
EU Commission DG Research & Innovation first Blue Economy Business and Science Forum – Hamburg Summit 12th & 13th September, 2016
Join us for the first Blue Economy Business and Science Forum – Hamburg Summit on the 12th & 13th September, 2016 where leaders and professionals who are passionate about the Blue Economy will examine opportunities and barriers to innovation while celebrating scientific and industrial achievements...
EU RiCORE Project
The RiCORE project (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewables) concluded at the end of June. The RiCORE project (Risk Based Consenting for Offshore Renewables) concludes at the end of June. Please see website for links to all of the publicly available deliverables including a brochure briefly...
Ocean Energy Forum - Consultation January/February 2016
BackgroundThe Ocean Energy Forumpublished its Draft Strategic Roadmap in October 2015. The Roadmap will set out the challenges faced by the industry and the proposed solutions (key recommendations) to overcome these challenges. The Forum Steering Committees are currently developing the key...