The European Commission is pleased to invite you to the second workshop of the Ocean Energy Forum, which will take place on the 11th of June in Dublin, Ireland.

This week, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, will host an international conference on sustainable fishing capacity management. The event, organised under the auspices of the Greek Presidency in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be held against the backdrop of the new external dimension of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy which strengthens the EU's international commitment to addressing overcapacity at a global level.

A Stakeholder Conference on the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, jointly organised by the European Commission and the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will take place at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens, Greece, on 6-7 February 2014.

Stakeholders' information meeting, hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen at the Bremen Congress Centre on Thursday, 28th November 2013, 11h00 – 13h00.

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Seminar on implementation of the CFP reform - Fisheries - European Commission

European Commissioner Maria Damanaki is hosting a special Fishlove exhibition featuring familiar faces of the world of entertainment such as Sir Ben Kingsley, Greta Scacchi, Lizzy Jagger, Jean-Marc Barr, Mélanie Bernier, Mélanie Laurent, Kenzo , Serge Hazanavicius and Thomas Dutronc amongst others.

The European Commission in co-operation with Transparency International is organising on 3 December 2013 in Brussels a Conference on anti-fraud and anti-corruption measures in relation to the use of European Structural and Investment Funds.

The European Commission is organising a stakeholder seminar on Boosting Blue growth in the Adriatic and Ionian Region: towards an Action Plan for the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR).

Please join us on 3 October 2013 in Copenhagen for a high level Baltic Sea Conference 2013 - Blue Growth, Sustainability and Water Industries organised by the European Commission and the Baltic Development Forum, together with their main partners, the Danish HELCOM Presidency and the Clean Shipping-Priority Area of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The conference is taking place back to back with the HELCOM Ministerial meeting. HELCOM ministers together with ministers responsible for maritime policy and growth are invited to participate.