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Algeria Strengthens its Blue Economy Governance
On 8 April 2026, the General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DGPA), under the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (MADRP), hosted a meeting of Algeria’s National Blue Economy Committee. The session was chaired by Ms. Souad Benboussetta, National Coordinator for the WestMED Initiative and the Union for the Mediterranean, in the presence of […]
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Loic Fauchon, President of the World Water Council, at the launch event of the white paper in Rome on March 18, 2026. The TEHA Community – Italy’s leading multi‑stakeholder platform bringing together utilities, industry, research organisations and public authorities to advance innovation and strategic investment in the water sector – has released the 7th […]
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3rd Call for Experts: WestMED Technical Group on Sustainable Tourism | Deadline 31 March 2026
Background Given the fact that tourism plays such a significant role in the Western Mediterranean as one of the key contributors to both the upside gains as well as the downside risks of the blue economy, there is an urgent need for enhancing eco-tourism in the region. To address these tourism challenges, there is a […]
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Success Story. Bluepsol: Transforming Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries with clean-tech
Bluepsol (Blue Power Solutions), a Tunisian startup founded in 2023, is rapidly emerging as one of the Mediterranean’s most promising innovators in sustainable fisheries. The company develops clean, smart, and affordable technologies that directly address the environmental, economic, and safety challenges faced by artisanal and industrial fishermen across Tunisia. At the heart of Bluepsol’s mission […]
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2026 WestMED Brochure – 8 years on
The 2026 edition of the WestMED Initiative has been released. It highlights the major results of the WestMED Initiative since its launch in 2017 with a focus on the achievements since the previous 2024 edition of the brochure. Read about the projects supported by the WestMED Assistance Mechanism, the 38 countries that benefited, the media […]
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