France News

people meeting at event bridging the gap in Malta 2022

Bridging the Maritime Skills Gap. Succesful WestMED event helps identify possible solutions in Malta

Today the WestMED Initiative (Malta) in collaboration with the Malta Maritime Forum organised an event entitled “Blue Skills: Bridging the Skills Gap through Education and Ocean Literacy”. The event was successful in bringing together the views of the captains of industry and academia who identified skills shortages and possible solutions to the skills gap shortages […]

euromed academy poster

E-Learning program launched: “Fostering and managing Blue growth Potential in the Mediterranean

Source: Interreg Mediterranean-Blue Growth In the context of the INTERREG EURO-MED Academy, the Blue Growth Community is launching the next 16th of May 2022, the online programme “Fostering and Managing Blue Growth Potential in the Mediterranean”. This e-learning programme is addressed to the next Generation of Mediterranean Leaders on Inclusive and Sustainable Development both from […]

underwater ray of light

Survey for Nautical Companies to Understand Potential of Innovative Marine Robotics

  Blue Roses is an EU funded project, developed by a consortium of research institutions and companies (Navigo and Aninver – IMC Worldwide among them), to use state-of-the-art marine robotics to develop innovative and sustainable underwater services for marinas and leisure boats. The aim of the project is to facilitate access to the underwater environment […]

screenshot econostrum website with article headline and floating wind poject

Deux projets d’éoliennes flottantes vont émerger en Méditerranée

Source: Econostrum Les régions Occitanie et Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur vont accueillir deux projets de parcs éoliens flottants de 250 MW chacun. Un débat public débutera en juillet 2021 pour valider leur opportunité, les impacts, les caractéristiques et définir leurs localisations. La France est ambitieuses dans ce secteur, mais malgré des premiers appels d’offres voici neuf ans, […]

screenshot econostrum website with article on clusters

Les start-up et les transfers de technologie, nouveau souffle pour les clusters méditerranéens

Source: Econostrum Arrivés voici une vingtaine d’années dans les pays méditerranéens, avec comme pionniers les incubateurs d’El Ghazala (Tunisie), Berytech (Liban) et Casablanca Technopark (Maroc), les écosystèmes d’innovation se sont rapidement développés dans ces régions. Les parcs technologiques (souvent baptisés technoparks) ou clusters (grappe d’entreprises en français), spécialisés dans des secteurs précis, sont venus compléter […]

mapped world image

Take part in the Seabed 2030 survey – closes end of April 2021

Source: NLA International on behalf of Seabed 2030 Last year NLA International Ltd working on behalf of Seabed 2030, launched an online survey to find out more about the status and potential of mapping the ocean floor. The survey collected views from across all interested sectors to help us better understand issues such as: Why stakeholders feel it is […]