Malta News

WestMED Malta at the MED Business Days 22

The event was organised by BUSINESSMED in partnership with its Member, the Malta Employers Association, MEA, within the framework of the EBSOMED project. The event  featured different sessions ranging from keynotes, panels, and Sectoral workshops, B2B meetings and networking opportunities, and also served as an occasion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of BUSINESSMED. The Maltese […]

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WestMED Hackathon ’22 – Maritime community gathers in Malta to generate concrete ideas for boosting the blue economy

On June 30 2022, more than 60 representatives from the WestMED Maritime community gathered in Salina Bay on Malta. It was an occasion to develop and discuss project ideas and learn the outcomes of the ‘WestMED in my country’ events. Each WestMED National Hub presented the key takeaways from their ‘in-my-country’ event that had been […]

A new Blue Economy support ecosystem proposed during Italy’s WestMED National Event in Naples

Within the beautiful setting of the new museum Darwin Dohrn in Naples, on May 26th and 27th 2022, the WestMED National Coordinators and the National Hubs organized the Italian ‘WestMED in my country’ event: “Blue Accelerators & Incubators: the main challenge for Blue Growth in Italy”. With the practical support of Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale Blue […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]