Below, you will find an overview of the articles that have been posted by the communications team
Join us on 23 May in Cork at the European Maritime Day (EMD) 2025, for the workshop ‘Maximising support for blue skills and ocean literacy.’ This event will explore how the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism can play a stronger role in supporting blue skills development and ocean literacy across all three Sea Basins that […]
The EU Sea Basins Strategies are focused on strengthening the sustainable blue economy towards resilient sea basins – whether it is the Western Mediterranean, the Atlantic , the Black Sea, or the emerging one for the North Sea. But Sea Basin Strategies can also learn from each other and identify common areas for joint action, […]
Are you working on waterborne transport technologies supporting the decarbonisation of the sector? Join our 1st transnational funding call and turn your innovation – from early-stage R&D to full-scale deployment – into impact! Funded within the Horizon Europe initiative MarLEN (Maritime Low Emission Network), the call will promote research and innovation projects in ZeroEmission waterborne transport technologies across […]
The EMFAF project ‘Green Marine Med‘ (one of the 4 successfully supported projects by the WestMED Technical Group on Green Shipping), is implementing an series of events across the Mediterranean, to engage stakeholders and further exploit the planned activities of the newly established Center of Excellence in Barcelona. Within this context, on 23 April 2025, […]
On 26 April 2025, the Ministry of Technical and Technical Education / Higher Institute for Science and Technology in Sousse organised a symposium titled ‘Sustainable Sousse: An integrated vision for the development of natural and human resources.’ The symposium brought together a group of researchers, specialists, and civil society representatives to discuss the challenges of sustainability […]
This online roundtable, held online on 24 April 2025, focused on raising awareness and promoting investment opportunities in Libya’s Blue Economy sectors, with a focus on aquaculture, ecotourism, desalination, and renewable energy. Key discussions highlighted the importance of private sector involvement, capacity building for local workers, and development of infrastructure such as ports and logistics […]
Tripoli, April 14, 2025 – The Libyan National Coordinator and member of the Steering Committee of the WestMED Initiative for Sustainable Development, Eng. Ali Shagrune, met today with Dr. Saber Al-Azzabi, Deputy Minister of Marine Wealth in Libya. During the meeting, both parties discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between Libya and the WestMED Initiative, particularly […]
A sustainable Blue Economy requires support to promote and uptake innovation, knowledge, skills as well as access to finance, which is effective and locally-grounded. This is possible through joint actions promoted by socio-economic and institutional actors at local, national and subregional level. In this respect, maritime clusters (a network of companies, organizations, and institutions involved […]
Tripoli, April 12, 2025 – Today, WestMED’s Libyan National Coordinator and member of the WestMED Initiative Steering Committee, Eng. Ali Shagrune participated alongside Dr. Saber Al-Azzabi, Deputy Minister of Marine Wealth, in the Mediterranean International Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, held in Tripoli, Libya. During the conference, the Libyan delegation delivered an intervention highlighting […]
The recent WestMED Steering Committee meeting held on 9 April 2025 marked a significant moment of transition and collaboration among Mediterranean partners. The new co-presidency, now held by Tunisia and Portugal, was warmly welcomed, and gratitude extended to Mauritania for its previous leadership. Continuing momentum The discussions emphasized the importance of continuing the momentum with […]