10th meeting of the Black Sea SRIA group and EU R&I Days
2019-09-09
Dear Members of the Black Sea SRIA group, dear colleagues, (…) Continue Reading
Invitation to the 10. Branchentag “Schiff & See” in Hamburg
2019-06-03
We would like to invite our members of Maritime Startups Germany to the 10. Branchentag “Schiff & See” with the topic “Smart drive technologies and their contribution to environmental protection” New environmental requirements and legal regulations for emissions are forcing us to rethink shipbuilding and port technology. At the 10thContinue Reading
Review of the 7th Stammtisch at Commerzbibliothek
2019-03-12
This time we were hosted by our dear friend Michael Stritzel from the Commerzbibliothek Hamburg, inside the Handelskammer. Our french friends from the ZeBox incubator were joining us live via the screen and so we had a direct link with Marseille and the maritime startup scene there. We discussed theContinue Reading
Blue growth capitalisation and community-building event
2019-03-05
“Strengthening the Science-Practice-Policy Interface in Blue Growth” Marseille, France – 16th & 17th of April, 2019 InnoBlueGrowth project organises the Blue Growth Event “Strengthening the Science-Practice-Policy Interface in Blue Growth” to share and identify better methods and tools for successful knowledge and technology transfer, based on the outputs of theContinue Reading
FORSEA backs 5 startups in its 5th call
2019-02-28
FORESEA (Funding Ocean Renewable Energy through Strategic European Action) is an €11m Interreg North West Europe project. Its helps bring offshore renewable energy technologies to the market by providing free access to North-West Europe’s world-leading network of test centres. The EU-funded FORESEA programme has awarded recommendations for support to fiveContinue Reading
AI Singapore partners with Ocean Protocol to develop AI research talent
2019-02-26
AI Singapore (AISG) announced that it will launch two new programmes — the AISG Industrial Postgraduate Programme and the AISG Fellowship Programme — to train AI research talent in strategic industrial areas and to engage Singapore’s top AI experts to help narrow the gap between academic research and industry solutions.Continue Reading
Seychelles highlights the importance of Blue Economy
2019-02-20
Seychelles has been commended by the African Union Assembly for its upcoming plans on the Blue Economy agenda for Africa. The 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU), took place on February 10-11, 2019, in Addis Ababa. The Assembly was a moment for the Heads ofContinue Reading
Blue Economy Development Framework
2019-02-19
The World Bank and the European Commission have launched the Blue Economy Development Framework (BEDF). The Framework is a novelty in the area of international ocean governance. It helps (developing) coastal states transition to diverse and sustainable blue economies while building resilience to climate change. This transition starts with dataContinue Reading
15th Plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the UfM
2019-02-18
The 15th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) took place in Strasbourg on the 13th and 14th February. The annual gathering of the 280 members of the Parliamentary Assembly, that marks the end of the European Parliament’s Presidency of the Bureau, focused itsContinue Reading
Launch of the MSPglobal Initiative
2019-02-15
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) of the European Commission launched their new joint initiative MSPglobal on 11-12 February 2019 in Paris, France. The project aims to improve cross-border and transboundary cooperation by developing new international guidelines on maritimeContinue Reading