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  • MED MSP Community of Practice: experts from across the Mediterranean unite to share experiences and align perspectives

    19 December 2023 Communication team

    On 26 On January 2023, CINEA together with DG MARE, launched the ‘Community of Practice on Maritime Spatial Planning for the Mediterranean’, with the support of the WestMED Initiative, the MSP Assistance Mechanism and Union for Mediterranean. This is a voluntary, enthusiastic group of experts from EU and non-EU countries working on MSP in the […]

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  • EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism at EUROMARITIME 2024 in Marseille

    18 December 2023 National Hub France

    Maritime industry leaders and enthusiasts gather in Marseille from 30 January to 1 February 2024, to discuss the latest developments in the maritime and river sectors at EUROMARITIME which has been both a showcase and a business accelerator since its creation in 2020. The event serves as a vibrant forum for stakeholders to engage in […]

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  • The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2023

    15 December 2023 Communication team

    This 2023 special edition of the GFCM’s flagship publication, The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, updates statistics and figures on the status and management of fisheries in the region and includes, for the first time, an overview of regional indicators on the aquaculture sector in Mediterranean and Black Sea countries. It aims to […]

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  • WestMED experts join ENSSMAL’s 2nd International Conference in Algiers on Blue Economy and Climate Change

    National Hub Algeria

    The Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sciences de la Mer et de l’Aménagement du Littoral (ENSSMAL) recently hosted a noteworthy event exploring the crucial intersection of the blue economy and climate change. This event brought together more than 80 participants, including high level experts, from various corners, with a major input by the WestMED Initiative, all […]

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  • The Launch of Smart Specialisation (S3) Observatory

    14 December 2023 Egbert Hoogstad

    Launched as part of the Smart Specialisation Platform, the S3 CoP Observatory is a collaborative initiative involving DG REGIO G1, DG REGIO country desks, and the S3CoP Secretariat. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as Generative AI and entity extraction, the project team extracted and classified Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) priorities from regions’ and member states’ […]

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