Speeches
Maritime affairs
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Blue Growth and the regions
30/08/2013
Commissioner Maria Damanaki delivered a speech at the Workshop on Blue Growth in the South Aegean Region, organised in Rhodes on Friday 30th August. Blue Growth is a major policy which will help steer up the economy, in particular via the development of coastal tourism, shipping and shipbuilding, blue energy, marine biotechnology and aquaculture.