CINEA #EMFF #EMFAF @BlueRoSESproj project on Blue #Robotics for #Sustainable Eco-friendly Services for innovative marinas & leisure boats has a nice video on YT 👇📺 youtube.com/watch?v=h9U4ij… You can find it in @cinea_eu YouTube channel

The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, in collaboration with the Government of Spain, the European Commission, UfM and IEMed, celebrated the #EMD2021, organizing a conference on “The European Union Integrated Maritime Policy: an Atlantic and Mediterranean Approach”. This event aimed at highlighting achievements towards a sustainable blue economy in the #mediterraneansea, including successful initiatives and policies.  Ms. Céline Dubreuil, Director of Programmes in Plan Bleu - Regional Activity Centre of the MAP/UNEP, participated to the event and had the opportunity to present Plan Bleu’s work in #blueeconomy, as well as several #bluegrowthcommunity’s initiatives in collaboration with other Interreg MED Communities and International Organizations, as the 'Guidelines on Cruise and Recreational Boating' and the 'Roadmap on Sustainable Aquaculture'. She also highlighted the need to exploit synergies amongst Blue Economy sectors and promote establishment of permanent clusters as well as the importance of cooperation between European and non-European countries in the Mediterranean Region. Mr. João Mira Gomes, Ambassador of Portugal to Spain, did the following statement: “There is no green without blue, but we have to start from green to preserve the blue.”

The European Commission has published the fourth edition of “The EU Blue Economy Report”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU-27 economic sectors related to oceans and the coastal environment. The sector directly employed close to 4.5 million people in 2018 and generated around €650 billion in turnover and €176 billion in gross value added. Emerging activities such as ocean energy, marine biotechnology and robotics are developing quickly and will play an important role in the EU’s transition towards a carbon-neutral, circular and biodiverse economy. Contrary to the rest of the sector, those emerging activities also suffered less from the COVID-19 crisis, and are expected to recover quickly.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/clean-energy-eu-islands-forum-showcase-clean-energy-projects-2021-may-20_en