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Commission presents first-ever EU strategies for islands and coastal communities
The European Commission has unveiled the first-ever EU strategies for islands and coastal communities, creating a coordinated approach to support 17 million island residents and 95 million people living along Europe’s coastlines. The strategies address shared challenges such as isolation, high transport costs, climate vulnerability, demographic decline, biodiversity loss and economic seasonality, while unlocking opportunities […]
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The new EU maritime projects dashboard is live!
The EU maritime projects dashboard is now live, providing a publicly accessible platform to explore maritime projects and funding across Europe’s sea basins. By compiling structured information in one place, it helps stakeholders better understand how EU and national investments contribute to shared blue economy priorities. The dashboard strengthens transparency, supports monitoring and policy analysis, […]
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On 21 May 2026, blue economy stakeholders gathered at European Maritime Day (EMD) 2026 in Limassol for a workshop dedicated to exploring how Sea Basin Strategies can support stronger maritime cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, a region that currently lacks a dedicated framework for regional cooperation. The discussion took place against the backdrop of the […]
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Video. Sailing Forward: Sea Basin strategies for Europe’s blue future
Europe’s sea basins are facing common challenges that demand cooperation across borders. The EU’s Sea Basin Strategies – including the Atlantic Maritime Strategy, the WestMED Initiative, the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea, and the Greater North Sea Basin Initiative – offer a shared framework to strengthen this collaboration. A new video highlights how […]
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Success Story. CallmeBLUE: Building a Mediterranean Maritime Cluster Alliance
The CallmeBLUE project has become one of the Mediterranean region’s leading initiatives for strengthening maritime cooperation and advancing the sustainable blue economy. Supported by the European Union under the WestMED framework and funded through the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), it mobilised maritime clusters, public institutions, universities, startups, SMEs and innovation actors from […]
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