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On 30-31 May, the European Maritime Day attracted more than 1,100 maritime stakeholders in Svendborg (Denmark). CINEA organised four sessions on energy transition in fisheries, green transport, blue careers and fishers of the future. The EU Stand promoted 16 projects from most of the EU programmes managed by the Agency. The icing on the cake was the celebration of the 10 years of EMFF/EMFAF with our Director Paloma Aba Garrote and DG MARE Director-General Charlina Vitcheva, along with EMFAF stakeholders.

In our series of short ‘Meet your colleagues’ interviews, we met with Nicolas Kozi, Project Officer in Unit B1 "CEF Transport: Northern Europe, Austria + MoS and ERTMS". Let us know if you would like to be next!

Local authorities, municipalities, and public entities hold the key to decarbonising Europe’s energy systems and cities. A LIFE initiative is building a pipeline of sustainable energy investments to fast-track climate and energy actions.

The LIFE ODYSSEE-MURE is one of the projects presented in this CORDIS Results Pack highlighting bottom-up research on energy behaviour and modelling, supporting the design and implementation of better energy policies.

Centrales Villageoises won #EUSEW2024 Award in the Local Energy Action category. The Association des Centrales Villageoises, a network of French local cooperatives bringing together citizens, municipalities and local businesses, is supported by the LIFE Programme.

UN World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June each year, with ‘Awaken New Depths’ as this year’s theme. We are marking this occasion by highlighting two LIFE projects protecting nature in coastal zones.

World Environment Day is the biggest international day for environment, this year focusing on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience. We mark two LIFE projects which are preserving precious water sources.

The average airport, shopping mall, and museum has expanses of concrete hard surfacing and a significant lack of green surroundings. A LIFE project is bringing nature to them to boost their climate resilience.

Projects that restore rivers, produce animal feed from waste insect protein, and plant trees to cool cities were among the winning projects at the annual LIFE Awards.

Three ground-breaking EU LIFE funded projects were among the winners at the prestigious European Natura 2000 Award ceremony during the EU Green Week.

On 21 May, we celebrated 32 years of the LIFE Programme and Natura 2000 Day. Many LIFE projects joined our celebrations on social media using the hashtag #Lifeis32.

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To promote awareness of algae to consumers, EU4Algae launched a Social Media campaign in May on DG MARE and CINEA’s platforms for viewers/consumers to get creative in the kitchen and share their culinary creations featuring this nutritious superfood.

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Check out the repository designed to catalogue EU projects related to algae. With over 800 entries, easily searchable using keywords, it aims to act as a valuable resource for industry stakeholders, researchers, and policymakers in the algae sector.

EU4Algae is an information hub for the algae sector. In this section, we highlight recently published reports/papers of interest for the EU4Algae members, available in the Knowledge Library section on our website.

Keep an eye on EU4Algae's MF page for exciting news about our upcoming online event! More details will be disclosed soon, so stay tuned!

In the scope of EU4Algae, an outcome from the project is now available. This resource serves as a starting point for further research, networking, business growth, and policy development within the algae sector. Readers will find a user-friendly overview of support mechanisms within the algae industry, highlighting key tools, networks, and publications. Additionally, it provides access to a database with categorised links to relevant organisations, events, platforms, and resources for further exploration.

Do you want to be part of our Working Groups for algae stakeholders? Find out how!

Learn about the latest results and insights, and find out more about the newly launched EU4Algae Interactive Platform.