Actualités Malte

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WestMED Success Story: EMFAF Flagship Projects Accelerating Tourism Sustainability

The popularity of the Mediterranean sea and its coastal regions amongst tourists remains at an all time high. After a temporary covid dip, the latest figures show that numbers of tourists have already reached pre-pandemic levels and are further on the rise. Traditional model no longer viable Traditional ‘sun, sea and sand’ tourism has resulted […]

collage of University of Malta representatives at the WestMED stakeholder conference 2023

Three different projects involving the University of Malta presented at WestMED stakeholder conference

Source: website University of Malta The BlueSchoolsMed, CORALLO and ANDROMEDA projects, which all feature the University of Malta as a partner or even as a Coordinator (as in the case of the CORALLO project), were all recently presented at the high-profile WestMED Stakeholder Conference. Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic within the Oceanography Malta Research Group […]

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Change starts with you! Citizen Science Campaign on plastic in the ocean

This is the message which was conveyed to a number of students attending an ocean literacy event in Malta (EMD) organised by Prof. Alan Deidun and his team at the Department of Geosciences (University of Malta) on May 16 2023. The event is part of a citizen science campaign on plastic in the ocean. Further […]

Announcement poster stakeholder conference with photo of La  Valetta in Malta

Rejoignez-nous le 22 juin à Malte pour l’édition 2023 de la conférence des parties prenantes de l’initiative WestMED.

Après le succès de la Conférence des parties prenantes WestMED 2021 à Rome et des Hackathons 2022 sur le développement de projets à Malte, nous vous invitons à l’édition 2023 de la Conférence des parties prenantes WestMED. La conférence se tiendra le jeudi 22 juin 2023 à Malte. L’événement est ouvert à toutes les parties […]

Memorandum of Understanding signed between WOC and UfM-WestMED

Memorandum of Understanding signed between World Ocean Council and the UfM/WestMED to boost private sector engagement in the Mediterranean Blue Economy

On March 28,2023, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the World Ocean Council (WOC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the UfM Headquarters in Barcelona. This, within  the framework of the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy and Roadmap for its implementation, and the WestMED Initiative, supported by the UfM and […]

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Boost your maritime event with EMD in my country 2023

Last year, over 600 EMD In My Country events took place all over Europe and beyond! It is time to break a new record to celebrate our blue planet this year! Any blue event between 1 April and 31st October 2023 can apply. There is no limitation: from beach clean-ups to educational tours or seafood […]