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• A continuous effort to promote the WestMED Initiative at the national level

  30 November 2019 National Hub Mauritania

  The head of the national hub has established a regular contact with the Minister of Fisheries, to make him aware of the WestMED initiative and its objectives and to obtain his agreement for the organization of the national event on the blue economy at the beginning of the year 2020. In this context, the Minister […]

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• WestMED Initiative represented at Business2Sea event

  National Hub Portugal

  The 9th edition of Business2Sea, organised by Fórum Oceano, the WestMED Portuguese National Hub, in collaboration with CETMAR Foundation, took place between the 11th and 13th of November 2019, at Alfandega Porto Congress Centre, in Oporto. This year, the event was dedicated to the main theme “Healthy Oceans and the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources”, under the framework of the Sustainable Development Goal 14: “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”.

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• Malta’s Vision on R&I post-2020 – Marine and Blue Biotech focus group organised by MCST

  26 November 2019 National Hub Malta

  In bid to highlight the scope of the WestMED Initiative within the context of deriving policy particularly for the post 2020 period, the National Hub has participated on the 15 November in an event organised by the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) on the future of smart specialisation within the marine focus group.

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• WestMED Initiative Roadshow Event – Blue Biotechnology Cluster

  National Hub Malta

  The Malta National Hub presented on the 18 October, at Malta Marittima premises in Blata il-Bajda, Malta, the WestMED Initiative to the cluster Members, which include university academics, entrepreneurs and policymakers. An overview of the funding opportunities was provided, focusing mainly on open and upcoming calls with regards to Interreg, ENI, JPI Oceans, Horizon 2020 […]

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• INSULEUR General Assembly and Forum

  National Hub Malta

  The Malta National Hub was invited to make an intervention on the WestMED Initiative in the INSULEUR event that took place on the 24 October, at Grand Hotel in Gozo, Malta. This event brought together participants and speakers from the European Commission, MEPs, members of the Economic and Social Committee, members of the Committee of […]

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