EMD workshop by the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism: Maximising Support to Blue Skills and Ocean Literacy | 23 May 2025

EMD workshop by the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism: Maximising Support to Blue Skills and Ocean Literacy | 23 May 2025 | Cork, Ireland

23 May 2025 - 23 May 2025

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This workshop will explore how the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism as a “transversal” initiative could further support the uptake of valuable skills for the blue economy and greater ocean literacy by local communities across the countries of the EU Sea Basin Strategies (WestMED, Atlantic and Black Sea).

This is a topic for which the different Presidencies/Coordinators of each Sea Basin Strategy have expressed an interest for greater cooperation, both at the policy and at technical level with practical support to projects and project ideas.

The workshop will offer an opportunity to briefly present the state of play in this area by the EU Sea Basin Strategies, while further exploring opportunities and untapped potentials.

It will include:

– the EU4Ocean support to ocean literacy and education for the blue economy
– Irish local practices in blue skills and literacy for blue economy innovation and support to local communities
– the state of play of the ongoing study on blue skills by DG Mare and CINEA

An interactive Q&A session will also allow the audience to finetune the work of the EU Sea Basins Assitance Mechanism for the years to come, including shaping the agenda for the upcoming EU Macro-regions and Sea Basins Day which will take place in September 2025 in Brussels.

When: 23 May 2025 | 13:30-14:45
Where: European Maritime Day 2025 | Cork-Irelend |