Turtles Uragano and Tempesta- hurricaine and tempest in Italian- were safely returned to the Mediterranean Sea after weeks of care in the recovery center of Manfredonia. Victims of accidental capture, the two loggerhead turtles were freed ahead of the COMMON Project training course on protection of marine endangered species. This first training course and transfer activities withinRead more
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Brussels, 20 November 2019. The 6th meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 20 November 2019. The Working Group is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfMRead more
14 November 2019, Barcelona. The Joint Plastic Busters workshop on creating synergies for consolidating the fight against marine litter in the Mediterranean will take place in Barcelona on 14 Barcelona 2019. The meeting aims to provide a concrete opportunity to the Interreg Med Plastic Busters MPAs project and the ENI CBC Med COMMON project, toRead more
The MedFund: Environmental Fund for Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas Water, Environment & Blue Economy Ongoing Context and objectives The aim of the MedFund project is to contribute to the long-term management of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas by strengthening their financial sustainability through the establishment of an environmental fund (or “trust fund”) financing mechanism. It isRead more
20-21 September 2019, Bizerte, Tunisia. The UfM co-organized the 2nd edition of the Forum de la Mer, held in Bizerte, in Tunisia the 20 and 21 September 2019, gathering political leaders, scientific communities, civil society actors, entrepreneurs and experts from the two shores of the Mediterranean, in order to share their expertise for a reasonableRead more
21 September 2019, Bizerte. The UfM is co-organizing on 21 September 2019 the Forum de la Mer in Bizerte, Tunisia. The Forum seeks to address key issues of environmental conservation, conservation and sustainable use of oceans and seas, the fight against climate change and a sustainable approach to the blue economy at the top ofRead more
18-20 September, Gammarth. CO-EVOLVE is an ongoing three-year Interreg MED project focusing on the sustainable development of maritime and coastal tourism that was launched in November 2016 and brings together 12 partners (public regional and local administrations, universities, research institutes, a foundation and the CPMR IMC). After the pre-kick off meeting held in Barcelona onRead more
3, 4 June, Barcelona. The event aims to take stock of the activities carried out so far by the CO-EVOLVE project and share the main related outcomes (Syntheses of Threats and Enabling Factors to Sustainable Tourism; Sustainability toolkit; Strategic planning at pilot areas scale; conclusions of the pilot actions in the 12 pilot sites) as wellRead more
10 April 2019, Montpellier. In order to follow up on the collaboration that was initiated on the occasion of the first joint event in Barcelona on 30-31 October 2018, the two projects are organising a second joint event on 9-10 April 2019, in the premises of the Département de l’Hérault (Montpellier, France). CO-EVOLVE is an ongoingRead more
25 March 2019, Brussels. The fifth meeting of the Working Group on the Blue Economy (BE WG) will take place at the Centre des Conferences Albert Borschette (CCAB) in Brussels on 25 March 2019. BE WG is an integral part of the UfM Forum on Blue Economy, which is one of the deliverables of the UfMRead more
