I am Sebastian, I graduated from “Mircea cel Batran” Naval Academy and then I started working as a Deck Officer on container vessels. Black Sea is a big part of my life because I live in Constanta, next to it, and also I am navigating through the seas and oceans of the world. In the […]
My name is Jennifer Mary Ivanoff and currently I am working in the Institute of Oceanology “Fridtjof Nansen”, Bulgaria. As for my educational qualifications, I have a bachelor’s degree in marine science and a master´s in Oceanography (both from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain). During my degree I have also participated […]
The Blue Growth Initiative for Research and Innovation in the Black Sea is organizing a virtual event that will take place on two consecutive half-days to give an update on the Black Sea Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), discuss the COVID-19 impacts on research and innovation underpinning Blue Growth in the Black Sea and […]
An online workshop to exchange views on the initial impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on key sectors of the Blue Economy in the Black Sea region, i.e. coastal and maritime tourism, maritime transport, fisheries and aquaculture. Particular attention will be paid on identifying potential response actions, also through the regional framework provided by the Common […]
Organized by Facility for Blue Growth in the Black Sea, the workshop aimed to support project initiatives in line with the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea (CMA) and the SRIA. Special thanks to Adrian Stanica from GeoEcoMar for his SRIA presentation and to the organizers.
Within the framework of the EU Black Sea Synergy Initiative, the International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) organised the Regional Stakeholders Conference with the title ‘Black Sea Synergy: the way forward’. The overall objective of the event was to provide a platform for dialogue between stakeholders from EU/MS and non-EU Black Sea countries, in […]
Forum Strategov 2019 was successfully organised in cooperation with State Duma of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development, Accounts Chamber, Leontief Center, RANEPA, Center for Strategic Research. In the forum, two roundtables corresponding to the subject of the Black Sea CONNECT were held on the forum: “Maritime (Blue, Ocean) Economy: International Experience and Prospects to […]
Through interactive sessions, the main ways through which civil society organizations from the region can get involved in taking concrete action towards the implementation of the research agenda were discussed. In the Forum, Black Sea SRIA was also presented. Follow the link to see the final report Photo Credits: The Black Sea NGO Forum