After three successful Mission Arenas across the BANOS region, we are very much looking forward to hosting Mission Arena 4 in Sopot, Poland on 28-29 April 2025 in collaboration with the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership and the Blue Economy Baltic Forum. Over the course of 1.5 days, participants will have...

We are delighted to invite you to the WaveLinks Workshop, which will take place during European Ocean Week on the 5th of March at the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie (100 Rue du Trône, Brussels, Belgium) from 9:30-11:00am.  During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the innovative WaveLinks platform, which...

Following the success of our second Mission Arena in Riga this April we are delighted to announce that our next Mission Arena will be taking place in Amsterdam on 26-27 November 2024. This Arena will focus on the North Sea region including the Netherlands, Belgium, western Germany, western Denmark, and...

This joint workshop from EU Missions Adaptation to Climate Change and Restore our Ocean and Waters aims to address the pressing climate challenges faced by coastal regions, cities and municipalities in Europe. This online event is tailored to regions and local authorities that are signatories of the Mission Adaptation Charter...

This webinar will introduce at which degree citizens and other stakeholders are engaged when developing the different methodologies for monetary assessing the contribution of the marine biodiversity (from microbes to megafauna) to people wellbeing.  Some examples will be provided emerging from the BIOcean5D project co-funded by the European Union to give answer...

Join the next edition of the Blue Economy Science Summit (BESS), where representatives from science, industry and policy meet. The focus of this year’s edition will be the game-changing aspects of digitization in the blue economy. Under the theme of "The Digital Sea" the event promises a dynamic platform for...

Following the success of the first BlueMissionBANOS Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden last November, we are pleased to announce that our next Blue Mission Arena 2 will be taking place at H2O 6 kvartāls event hall in Riga, Latvia on 25-26 April 2024, back-to-back with the 2024 Ministerial Meeting on the Baltic Sea...

Organised for the first time in 2024, European Ocean Days will be a week of events related to European maritime topics. It will cover, on separate days over the week, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, future priorities for Europe’s Seas, blue innovation and investment opportunities, as well as ocean literacy activities....

Register now: Click here Register for the event by clicking on the link above. The Agenda, timetable, speaker and event location will available there. Once registered, you will have an account to be informed about the first arena, but also for the Arena events upcoming in the next three years....

This event is linked to the Mission Ocean and focuses on sustainable blue economy.   10th ATLANTIC STAKEHOLDER PLATFORM CONFERENCE (ASPC 2023)  Atlantic Future: New synergies and innovations for a sustainable Ocean Economy  Registrations OPEN  Event Draft Agenda (EN)  Atlantic Project Awards 2023 The ASPC event will also be available ONLINE. We are delighted...

The 21st edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) takes place on 9-12 October 2023. This year, the agenda features 200+ sessions. All activities will happen in person in Brussels. The full agenda will be available on the event website soon. Registration opens at the end of July. The 2023...

We have set ambitious objectives to restore our ocean and waters by 2030, and to ensure that we have the science we need to do so. We are now approaching the middle of the decade, and we need to now go from mobilization via the Mission Charter and the Ocean...

The European Commission is organising the 2nd edition of the Our Baltic Conference in Palanga (Lithuania) on 29 September 2023. This high-level event will bring together ministers from the 8 EU countries surrounding the Baltic Sea (Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Sweden). High-level event with Commissioner Sinkevičius...

Canal It Up works towards achieving structural solutions to the issues of floating trash, bad water quality and lack of nature in the canal and the river Senne in Brussels. Some of these solutions include organising awareness-raising activities; greening the canal and building vegetalised islands with aquatic plants; installing a...

WHAT’S THE #EUBEACHCLEANUP? The #EUBeachCleanup is a campaign to raise awareness about marine pollution, and how our habits impact our ocean. It is estimated that up to 37 million tonnes of plastic waste will reach the ocean annually by 2040. The campaign consists of clean-up events organised by institutions (EU Delegations...

Support the #MissionOcean. The Baltic Sea Science Congress 2023 is organised by Finland, as part of the Finnish National Implementation Plan for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Participation of Kestutis Sadauskas. FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE About The purpose of the Congress is to bring together scientists working...

REGISTRATION AGENDA Blue Economy Baltic Forum is a new initiative that aims to strengthen the collaboration within the Baltic Sea Region. By bringing together relevant stakeholders, showcasing successful initiatives and providing relevant information on funding opportunities, Forum will support the implementation of the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters"...

MORE INFORMATION The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual two-day event during which Europe’s maritime community meet to network, discuss and outline joint action on maritime affairs and sustainable blue economy. The 2023 edition of the European Maritime Day will take place in Brest, France, on 24-25 May as...

REGISTRATION AGENDA MORE INFORMATION Ocean sustainability issues can be found in 38% of the content on the Sustainable Development Goals. This ties in with the fact that more than 3 billion people rely in various ways on the oceans for their livelihoods, which are treated as sources of food, employment...

On 25 – 26 April 2023, the European Commission,  in close cooperation with the German Ministry of Education and Research and with the support of the BlueMissionBANOS Co-ordination and Support Action for the Baltic & North Sea, will organise the event Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”: The...