Dear Black Sea Stakeholders,
On behalf of the European Commission, we are happy to announce that DG MARE will participate in this year’s edition of EU Regions Week with a workshop on ‘Coastal Cities and Regions at the forefront of the innovative energy transition of the blue economy’.
Whilst focusing mainly on fisheries and aquaculture, the Commission’s Communication on the Energy Transition (COM/2023/100) paves the way for the energy transition of the whole EU blue economy. Local and regional public authorities of coastal regions and cities, especially those who have included blue economy in their Smart Specialisation Strategies for 2021-2027, are key actors driving this process. They can lead by example, share best practices, and help accelerate an innovation-driven energy transition of the blue economy in coastal regions and cities all across the EU.
After the launch of the Energy Transition Partnership for EU fisheries and aquaculture earlier this year, as well as the setup of the Blue Forum and the Smart Specialisation Thematic Platform for Sustainable Blue Economy, the EU Regions week 2023 is a good opportunity to provide a space for exchange and sharing of best practices to stakeholders and extend the invitation to all coastal regions and cities to use the tools put at disposal by the Commission to accelerate the energy transition of the EU blue economy.
The workshop will take place on Wednesday 11 October 2023, from 14h30 to 15h30, in Hall 300 of the SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre (Mont des Arts, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium).
Please find a link to the session and pre-registration at this page: Coastal Cities and Regions at the forefront of the innovative energy transition of the blue economy | European Week of Regions and Cities (europa.eu).
Every participant must have created and completed their EULogin account before registering to a session. On the day of the session seats are allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
More information and agenda will be provided in due course.
BSVKC Team