Towards global strategic alignment for the EU Blue Economy
 

The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership organises a workshop at the European Maritime Day 2024, the annual event of Europe’s maritime community. Join us at this workshop promoting international cooperation for a thriving, regenerative and resilient ocean economy. 

The workshop concentrates on identifying common priorities, strategic foresight, and promoting impact-oriented collaborative approaches to achieve a resilient ocean economy. 

The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is a key and growing Horizon Europe initiative bringing together national governments, research organisations, innovation funds and regional authorities from 29 countries around the Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea. The Partnership promotes innovative solutions and technologies for a digital, green and inclusive transition of the EU blue economy. 

Moderator:

• Julie Olivier, Project Management Jülich, Science Policy Officer for the EU Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership

Speakers:

• Rosalia Santoleri, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Marine Science National Contact Point of the G7 Future of the Seas and Ocean Initiative
• Peter M Haugan, Policy Director, Institute of Marine Research, and Professor Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Co-Chair of the Ocean Decade Working Group on Challenge 4 “Ocean economy” under the global process initiated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
• Stéphane Isoard, the European Environment Agency
• Isabelle Perret, High-level expert - National coordinator - Integrated Maritime Policy and Sea-Basin Strategies based in Paris, France

Representation in additional workshops 

For more information about the other two workshops the Partnership is represented in, please see the following links: 

• Maximising synergies amongst EU "blue" initiatives workshop, 30 May
• Planning & Implementing Equality in Blue Economy workshop, 31 May