The European Maritime Day 2022 took place in May in Ravenna, and it was the opportunity to gather MSP stakeholders from across the EU and to work in multiple formats of workshops, online and hybrid, to share ideas and trigger new ones inclusing MSP. The EMD website provides an access to all sessions in video, a useful resource to explore.
In 2017, the first Maritime Spatial Planning, Ecosystem Approach and Supporting Information Systems (MaPSIS 2017) International Conference took place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. This July, MapSIS stakeholders are meeting to assess future monitoring programs and related indicators that will provide useful information on gaps and updates needed for the next cycle of MSP.
The Estonian government has adopted the final maritime spatial plan on 12 May 2022. The plan regulates the activities of different areas, sets the principles of joint use and opens up perspectives for new uses of the sea.
Officially launched during the final conference of the MSPglobal Initiative jointly led by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and European Commission, the International Guide on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is now available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. More information on the MSPglobal Initiative: https://www.mspglobal2030.org/
This year’s edition of the EU Blue Economy report outlines the main drivers to transform the European Blue Economy into a driver for transition and sustainability, for which MSP will be a key instrument.
Now available in the Agency's manual of procedures (eMoP), the guidelines give an overview of the main contractual and administrative measures targeting persons or entities representing risks to the Union’s financial interests, including the Agency’s procedure for the registration of those unreliable economic operators in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES).
The European Commission organised more than 50 Sustainable Energy Investment Forums over the last few years in order to improve dialogue, co-operation and awareness, and to develop large-scale investment programmes mobilising private finance for investments in those sectors. Check out an example of roundtable organised recently in Slovenia.
The European City Facility (EUCF) has launched its fourth call for applications and plans to support nearly 50 local authorities across the EU through a EUR 60,000 grant to develop their investment concepts - an initial step towards a fully-fledged business and financial plan for their sustainable energy projects. Apply now!
A major milestone was achieved for CEF - the first 2 GAs (works for the Aurora line and implementation of Baltic synchronisation phase 2 under CEF Energy) were recently signed in the corporate IT solution. Kudos to everyone involved from Departments A and B as a lot of efforts has been put for the smooth transition from CEF1 to CEF2 using eGrants.
The project coordinator of STARFISH 4.0 recently met with MEPs Clara Aguilera and Grace O’Sullivan, along with DG MARE, to present their remarkable achievements. One of the main results is NEMO: an affordable, highly secure, simple ‘Plug and Fish’ vessel monitoring system for sustainable small-scale fisheries. The project has also been awarded the Best Category Project Award 2021 by the WestMED initiative.
The team is looking for 2-3 motivated colleagues to reinforce the different action domains groups, and the communication team (you will get extra points for video skills!). If you want to contribute to the greening of the agency, to come with inspiring ideas and be a green mentor, apply by today cob.
As a result of the increasing high inflation, part of EU staff remuneration and pension updates takes place in June this year. The +2.4% updated value is reflected in your June payslip and retroactive as of January. An additional salary and pension indexation is expected in December.
Want to know more about the Innovation Fund and its synergies with other EU funded programmes? There is still time to register for the in-house info session next Tuesday, 21 June at 10:30. Furthermore, you will gain an insight into three projects funded by the programme.
The portal launched by LANDMARC features key findings and outputs from EU funded projects on climate change mitigation. Topics cover the development of low-emission pathways for reaching the Paris Agreement goals, low-emission technology development and diffusion, policy making and governance, as well as institutional aspects of adopting low-emission solutions.
There are still places available for some sessions - check the Vitality month registration page in EU Learn and register. For those of you taking part in the June ‘Walking Challenge’ - keep walking and encoding your walks in the corporate app!
The first edition of the #NewEuropeanBauhaus Festival took place from 9 to 12 June in Brussels, all across Europe and online. The festival brought many sectors together to bring the #EUGreenDeal to the forefront of our daily lives through a social and cultural dimension. Several of our CINEA projects from LIFE, Horizon 2020 and EMFF programmes participated in this first edition.
The portal launched by LANDMARC features key findings and outputs from EU funded projects on climate change mitigation. Topics cover the development of low-emission pathways for reaching the Paris Agreement goals, low-emission technology development and diffusion, policy making and governance, as well as institutional aspects of adopting low-emission solutions.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Natura 2000 network, Commissioner Sinkevičius announced the winners of the 2022 edition of the Natura 2000 Awards. The winners include LIFE projects from Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Spain and a cross-border project from Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland. More:
In the context of the recently adopted Communication on Greening, CINEA has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by staff and experts' travel by 2024. By signing this pledge CINEA has received a 'green leaf', joining many other DGs and Agencies that are already on board.
Following the launch of the call for Projects of Common Interest (PCIs), CINEA organised an info day on 8 June to share some tips and tricks to submit a successful proposal. Check the recording and the presentations.
