WS A-12. Towards global strategic alignment for the EU Blue Economy

Speakers:

• Rosalia Santoleri, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Marine Science National Contact Point of the G7 Future of the Seas and Ocean Initiative

• Peter M Haugan, Policy Director, Institute of Marine Research, and Professor Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Co-Chair of the Ocean Decade Working Group on Challenge 4 “Ocean economy” under the global process initiated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

• Stéphane Isoard, the European Environment Agency

• Isabelle Perret, High-level expert - National coordinator - Integrated Maritime Policy and Sea-Basin Strategies based in Paris, France

Moderator:

• Julie Olivier, Project Management Jülich, Science Policy Officer for the EU Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership

The interconnectedness of our ocean calls for a global perspective. By engaging speakers representing key international stakeholders shaping the ocean agenda, this workshop intends at highlighting shared challenges, institutional processes and R&I needs, hence delivering on: the identification of common priorities, strategic foresight, and the promotion of impact-oriented collaborative approaches, towards the achievement of a resilient, sustainable and equitable ocean economy.

Under Horizon Europe, the EU Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership brings together national governments, research organizations, innovation funds and regional authorities from 29 countries around the Atlantic Ocean and the Black, Baltic, Mediterranean and North Seas, in order to foster innovative solutions and technologies for a digital, green and inclusive transition of the EU blue economy.