Maritime Forum

Dive into the latest insights and investment trends driving sustainability in the blue economy with our newly released BlueInvest Investor Report Update.

The spring call for Young Ocean Advocates celebrates the Challenges of the UN Ocean Decade. Submit your ocean literacy project and join Youth4Ocean Forum!

Educators are pivotal in the Network of European Blue Schools, spearheading ocean-related projects and inspiring students. NEBS supports them through innovative courses like MOOCs and SPOWs, fostering ocean literacy for a sustainable future. Read more in the article!

With a growing community from seven dynamic working groups now boasting over 900 members across Europe and beyond, EU4Algae is abuzz with activity.

Did you know that it is possible to download Atlas presentations that were made during online and in-person workshops from the Teachers Corner? Dive in the ‘Workshops’ section to see the latest presentations made at the “EU4OCEAN SPOW - Plastic Pollution and Working with Ocean Technology" workshop and at workshops organised with pupils in the fifth grade of primary school at the De Plataan school in Merchtem (Belgium). A new quiz on marine litter is also available under ‘Quiz and Games’ and a new game is under preparation. Stay tuned!

The EU4Ocean Platform now brings together 173 members across Europe and beyond with a broad range of ocean literacy projects and initiatives. Participants in the ‘Ocean Literacy in Action’ event hosted by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the EU4Ocean Coalition with the support of IOC/UNESCO in Brussels on 8 March 2024 experienced the amazing and inspiring energy from the three communities of the EU4Ocean Coalition. At the exhibition, Platform members together with members of the Youth4Ocean Forum and the Network of European Blue Schools showcased their work in all areas from research and education to the blue economy, advocacy and arts! Pictures and recordings of the event are available on the event’s website!

The number of actions keeps increasing and by the end of the year we could reach 1000! If you want to explore them, you can scroll at the bottom of the page and discover a statistics’ dashboard, where you can find all the actions that endorsed the Mission Charter, in which lighthouse they take place, what is their budget and much more.

The EMODnet EC in situ marine data service is enabled by a large expert community of technical experts in thematic data, data and web services, data ingestion and more. One year on from the launch of EMODnet’s unified Portal, EMODnet launches a technical blog that brings the technical developments and achievements of the EMOD-network to the forefront, championed by EMODnet’s Technical Coordinator, Conor Delaney. The blog is intended for wider stakeholders who use and/or contribute to EMODnet and would like to know more about the latest state-of-the-art in EMODnet services. The technical blog will be released quarterly.

Get to know the nominees for the MakeEUBlue Awards and cast your vote for 5 of your favourite ocean literacy projects by 1 May!

Visit EU4Ocean Coalition booth with interactive activities, attend workshops, join our side event on 28 May and the closing ceremony on 31 May where the winners of MakeEUBlue Awards will be announced!

Ahoy, sailors of the maritime world! It’s time to set your sails for the European Maritime Day 2024, docking in the picturesque port of Svendborg, Denmark, on 30 and 31 May.

The Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024 takes place on 13th June 2024, from 10:00 to 16:30 CET at the Palace of the Academies in Brussels. This high-level gathering will be hybrid and open to the public and will feature the prototype of the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO), powered by EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service via EDITO.