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WestMED Award winner BCThubs Announces the ‘Blue Futures Lab’ in Malta!
Building on the momentum of winning WestMED’s best project award on N28 November 2025 in Tunis , BCThubs announced the next ambitious step in their journey: the Blue Futures Lab: Entrepreneurial Mentoring Programme. This initiative directly addresses the need to translate innovative ideas and research into sustainable businesses within the blue economy. This bootcamp, scheduled […]
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On 25 november 2025, 67 people gathered at the Leixões Cruise Terminal in Portugal for a session on Coastal Resilience. This session was organised by the Portuguese National Hub for the WestMED and the Atlantic Sea Basin Strategies, as part of the annual business2sea conference. Business2Sea is Portugals flagship blue Economy event, bringing together global […]
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Success Story. BCThubs: Empowering Underwater Cultural Heritage
Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) is a significant yet underexplored aspect of our global cultural heritage, comprising shipwrecks, submerged settlements, and other artifacts lying beneath our seas and oceans. Despite its importance, the preservation and study of UCH face numerous challenges due to the harsh marine environment, limited funding, and the complexities of underwater archaeology. These […]
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WestMED Assistance Mechanism awarded Commemorative Shield by Libyan Maritime Cluster
On 27 November 2025, during the WestMED Steering Committee meeting in Tunis – a commemorative appreciation shield was awarded to the Assistance Mechanism by Eng. Ali Shagrune, President of the Libyan Maritime Cluster and National Coordinator for the WestMED Initiative in Libya. Read the text below: Appreciation Message to the WestMED Steering Committee and Honored […]
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On 28 November 2025, over 200 stakeholders from both shores of the Mediterranean gathered in Tunis, Tunisia, for the 5th WestMED Stakeholder Conference – a flagship event of the WestMED Initiative. Building on previous editions in Barcelona, Algiers, Rome, and Malta, this year’s conference highlighted the role of maritime clusters, blue skills, ocean literacy, energy […]
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