Actualités Espagne

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UNOC3 Summit ‘For a More Connected Mediterranean’

On 9 June 2025, the Heads of State and Government and high representatives of Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia and the EU on the invitation of the President of the French Republic, gathered at the summit “For a More Connected Mediterranean”, on the sidelines of the third United Nations Ocean Conference. […]

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High level panel on Synergies between Sea Basins Strategies at EMD 2025 | Cork, Ireland

The EU Sea Basins Strategies are focused on strengthening the sustainable blue economy towards resilient sea basins – whether it is the Western Mediterranean, the Atlantic , the Black Sea, or the emerging one for the North Sea. But Sea Basin Strategies can also learn from each other and identify common areas for joint action, […]

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WestMED Success Story. Maritime Clusters – meet MedBAN, the Mediterranean Blue Acceleration Network

A sustainable Blue Economy requires support to promote and uptake innovation, knowledge, skills as well as access to finance, which is effective and locally-grounded. This is possible through joint actions promoted by socio-economic and institutional actors at local, national and subregional level. In this respect, maritime clusters (a network of companies, organizations, and institutions involved […]

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Spanish WestMED National event 2025: Opportunities and Future of Blue Tourism in Spain

On 12 March 2025, the Spanish National Event of the WestMED Initiative took place in Madrid at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. The event, from 9:00-14:00 CET, gathered around 56 participants from various sectors of tourism activities, from consultants, to hospitality, tour operators, service and products providers, marketing, maritime tourism businesses, recreational […]

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UfM and Interreg NEXT MED renew commitment to tackle regional challenges together

12 March 2025, Barcelona – The Union for the Mediterranean and Interreg NEXT MED, the largest EU-funded transnational cooperation programme promoting socioeconomic development and environmental initiatives in the Mediterranean Basin, have reached an agreement formally extending collaboration between both parties for at least another three years. The Memorandum of Understanding, which highlights how both Euro-Mediterranean […]