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The Council approved conclusions on a sustainable blue economy, which is based on four pillars: healthy oceans, knowledge, prosperity and social equity. The conclusions underline the need for an efficient ocean governance built on a sustainable blue economy

CALYPSO SOUTH faces the common challenge of safety in maritime transport, the safeguarding of human lives at sea and the protection of marine-coastal resources

This strategic document provides a vision for the further development of aquaculture, in a way that contributes to the European Green Deal and economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic

The European Commission has published the fourth edition of “The EU Blue Economy Report”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU-27 economic sectors related to oceans and the coastal environment.

As part of a "Maritime Roadshow", Interact released a series of videos showcasing how organisations and people across Europe have cooperated to tackle a variety of maritime challenges, with support of the Interreg Programme. 5 regional videos are already available, including one on South-West Europe.

To help meet the EU's goal of climate neutrality by 2050, the European Commission today presents the EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy. The Strategy proposes to increase Europe's offshore wind capacity from its current level of 12 GW to at least 60 GW by 2030 and to 300 GW by 2050. The Commission aims to complement this with 40 GW of ocean energy and other emerging technologies such as floating wind and solar by 2050.

Learn more on how “smart money” from the EIC is supporting European innovators in transitioning their ideas from the lab to the market and the results and impacts of the legacy programmes.

The latest report documents projects supporting Sustainable Development Goals, the amount of follow-up investments in EIC-supported companies and progress in supporting female innovators.

What better way to celebrate the FET programme and its future as Pathfinder for Advanced Research in the EIC? Check the recently published booklet!

A discussion on the challenges, needs and priorities across innovation ecosystems in Europe led by the European Innovation Council pilot brought together more than 350 stakeholders. The results are in!

The latest report focusing on the results and impacts of the EIC Pilot (2018 – 2020) is out now. The report documents progress against a set of Key Performance Indicators, such as on projects supporting Sustainable Development Goals (over 90 percent), the amount of follow up investments in EIC supported companies (€5.3 billion) and progress in supporting female innovators.

Inspired by the shape of the starfish, the Mission has five overarching objectives for 2030: Filling the knowledge and emotional gap, regenerating marine and freshwater ecosystems, zero pollution, decarbonising our ocean, and waters revamping governance. These five objectives are mutually supportive and taken together, the Mission Starfish 2030 will enable the restoration of the water cycle as a whole.

This year's edition of the Blue Economy report goes beyond looking at the economic performance of marine activities. The report highlights the need to preserve marine ecosystems to optimise potential benefits of ecosystem services and marine and maritime economic sectors. With this aim, the European Commission is investing in research, innovation and education to create a brighter blue future, even and particularly during this difficult period.

Building on examples from North Sea countries and France, this recent publication provides a detailed overview of the principal sources of conflict between windfarms and fisheries, as well as a set of 14 solutions implemented to deal with them.

A new article of the SUPREME Project Team, entitled "Implementation challenges of maritime spatial planning (MSP) in Greece under a place‐based approach" is now available.

The European Commission has published the first annual report on CO2 emissions from maritime transport. The report analyses the CO2 emissions and energy efficiency information of all the ships over 5,000 gross tonnage, which performed maritime transport activities related to the European Economic Area (EEA) in 2018.

Check the open calls related to Blue Economy!

Two years after its inception, the WestMED Initiative (Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western Mediterranean) has generated 15 innovative projects worth about 24 million euro.

This report details a recommendation for a much-needed Blue Economy Investment Platform (BEIP) to address major market failures to supply capital to high potential innovative young businesses.