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3rd EU Blue Parks Community workshop - ‘Strengthening the EU Blue Parks Community’

3rd Blue Park

The third EU Blue Parks Community workshop ‘Strengthening the EU Blue Parks Community’ was held online on 12 November 2024 at 10:00h CET.  

The EU Blue Parks Community under the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030" brings together EU Member States national and regional authorities, European marine networks, stakeholders, and research and innovation projects to collaborate on marine protection and restoration in EU sea-basins. The Community aims to help identify and address challenges, share tools, solutions and good practices for marine protected areas (MPAs), contributing to the protection of 30% and strict protection of 10% of EU sea areas by 2030. 

This online event was the 3rd workshop in the series of EU Blue Parks Community workshops. This third workshop, themed 'Strengthening the Community,' aimed to enhance our collaborative capabilities, share good practices and tools, and explore synergies both within the Community and across the EU. Participants attended to:

  • Engage in interactive discussions with the Community on challenges and means to meet the European and International marine protection targets. 
  • Learn from expert presentations on good practices for marine protection and get updated on the most recent results from leading European projects and on other tools/services for MPA design and monitoring.
  • Exchange on opportunities to enhance cooperation.

Agenda and presentations:

10:00 Welcome & introduction to event 

  • Opening remarks

Andreea Strachinescu, DG MARE HEAD of Unit A1

  • Workshop aims and agenda 

Moderator: Sergio Rossi, Ocean Citizen project coordinator, University of Salento

10:10 State-of-Play of EU Blue Parks Community & Mission Implementation Platform services

Clément Dupont, SML / MIP Ocean

10:20 Interactive exchange with audience

10:40 Good practices from Community Members 

Belinda Bramley, MPA Europe

Ivana Stojanovic, Submariner Network

Carole Martinez, MedPan

Renaud Dupuy de la Grandrive, "Côte Agathoise” MPA 

Donal Griffin, FairSeas

Q&A 

11:35 Services provided by European Research Infrastructures in marine domains and access to marine data

Agnès Robin, Head of Sector Research Infrastructures Policy, DG RTD 

Lennert Schepers, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

Nicolas Segebarth, DG RTD 

Joana Costa, EEA 

Q&A 

12:20 Preliminary workshop conclusions

Moderator: Sergio Rossi, Ocean Citizen project coordinator, University of Salento

12:25 Closing remarks 

Elisabetta Balzi, HEAD of Unit Ocean and Waters, DG RTD

 

The workshop agenda is available HERE.

If you missed the event or would like to listen again to the presentations and discussion, please find the link below to the event recording:

  • 12 November 2024, 10:00 CET - 12:30 CET
  • Online