The PARIS REINFORCE project has come to an end with an impressive track record of modelling analyses based on integrated assessment models, high-impact scientific publications and the I2AM PARIS platform. The main purpose of the project was to support the design of climate policies, in light of the ever-challenging context and domain of climate change and action.

The EU is committed to promote ocean literacy by granting support to the continuation of the EU4Ocean Coalition. The second phase of EU4Ocean has kicked off at the end of January, following an invitation to tender launched by CINEA in September 2022.

In our series of short interviews - ‘Meet your colleagues’ - this week we met Federico Di Filippi, Project Adviser in Unit D2 ‘LIFE Environment (Nature & Circular Economy)’. Let us know if you would like to be next!

On 26 January, two large underground/underwater bicycle parkings were inaugurated close to the the Amsterdam Central Railway Station. These new parkings can accommodate up to 11,000 bicycles. These large infrastructures will contribute to shifting mobility even more away from polluting means of transport.

The EnFAIT project has been instrumental in supporting and expanding the Shetland Tidal Array, reducing tidal energy costs and increasing its reliability and bankability. The array of three underwater tidal turbines was the first of its kind in 2016. A fourth turbine was added in 2020 and with the recent installation of the 5th and 6th turbines, it becomes the array with the largest number of turbines anywhere in the world.

The LIFE Programme has just launched a brand-new campaign encouraging their projects to promote their work through social media by becoming #LIFEAmplifiers. Today, 59% of the world's population uses social media. On average, people use channels like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for two hours and 29 minutes a day. There is an excellent opportunity for your LIFE project to capitalise on this and become a #LIFEAmplifier!

CINEA has launched its online public dashboard bringing together all the programmes that have been entrusted to it by the Commission. The CINEA public dashboard is an intuitive and interactive platform that allows users to discover the projects funded by the EU and managed/implemented by CINEA. Help us to promote this new tool - spread the word across your networks!

Do you have an interesting output (presentation, note, briefing) of cross-cutting nature that you would like to share with CINEA colleagues working with other programmes? Are you interested in finding information across programmes based on the European Green Deal Objectives? Then visit the CINEA Programme Knowledge Sharing Platform.

Every Tuesday, the CINEA's management meet to be updated on current and future issues, discuss priorities and take decisions. Since October 2019, these meetings are open to staff members, giving you the opportunity to attend as observers. If you would like to participate in one of the next meetings, you can register in the link below, also available on CINEAnet.

2022 was another challenging year but we accomplished so much in communicating both externally and internally. The external communication target for total potential reach (20 million) was smashed, with an enormous 33.8 million for the year. A big thank you to all colleagues involved in communication activities, especially the Communication Correspondents, for their continuous collaboration and support throughout the year!

An online 'Ideas box' is now available to all Agency's staff. Everyone can submit and share ideas, big or small, with a view to improve our way of collaborating and communicating together! You can send as many ideas/suggestions as you want, as many times as you want - you can access the form at the link below or from CINEAnet's homepage.

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On 8 November 2022 at the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) announced the creation of the Blue Mediterranean Partnership, which aims to support the transition to a sustainable blue economy in the European Union’s Southern Neighbourhood countries in the Mediterranean region.

In the past 4 years (2018-2022), the WestMED Assistance Mechanism has accomplished a lot to be proud of.

On January 26, 2023, CINEA and DG MARE officially launched the Community of Practice during the kick-off meeting in Brussels where the experts discussed the structure and the action plan for the next year.

In 2023, Mauritania will co-chair the WestMED Steering Committee along with Malta in accordance with the principle of rotation among the participating WestMED countries.

The new phase in the Assistance Mechanism, whereby all three sea basin strategies will be supported by one Assistance Mechanism, is enhanced by a reinforcement of the current WestMED team.

The WestMED Initiative has received a new domain name for all its communications: westmed-initiative.ec.europa.eu.

The European Commission has been supporting the establishment and implementation of three sea basin strategies in the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Western Mediterranean.

AlgaeService for LIFE has harvested algae and cyanobacteria from water bodies in Lithuania and Poland. The material has multiple uses in several industries.