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Black Sea CONNECT waves at COP27!
Held between 6-20 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the UN Conference on Climate Change, COP27, brought together representatives from 194 countries, focusing on crucial themes like finance, science, biodiversity, water, and youth engagement. The Black Sea CONNECT and Black Sea SRIA was well represented at COP27 with the participation of Barış Salihoğlu as […]

Press Release on the Marine Litter Action Forum
Organized by the EU H2020-funded Black Sea CONNECT CSA, Marine Litter Action Forum took place on 14-15 November 2022 in İstanbul, Türkiye. The Forum presented the actions already in place and featured emerging new initiatives and projects in order to best coordinate all efforts towards a common approach at the basin level. The co-creation and […]
Black Sea Young Ambassadors Awareness Raising Activities
Based on the rounds of training they received, Black Sea Young Ambassadors conducted bottom-up outreach activities in their local communities. Romania: Selma Menabit of Geoecomar organized an campaign including two events; Black Sea Journey Event 1: “Youth Power – Towards a healthy Black Sea”, Event 2: “Discovering together the beauties of the Black Sea”. She […]
Black Sea CONNECT Takes Center Stage at MARBLUE Conference 2022
The MARBLUE conference, held from October 26th to 28th, 2022, was hosted in Constanta, Romania. The conference featured a Special Session titled “European Marine Research Infrastructures: Supporting Blue Growth in the Black Sea,” which played a significant role in facilitating insightful discussions and encouraging collaborative efforts among various stakeholders, including ERICs, RIs, as well as […]
Photo Contest: “Visual Storytelling of The Black Sea: Different Shores, Different Reflections, and One Sea” Winners’ Announcement!
Visual Storytelling of The Black Sea: Different Shores, Different Reflections and One Black Sea is a virtual photo contest organized as a part of the Black Sea Young Ambassador awareness-raising campaigns developed under the umbrella of Horizon 2020-funded Black Sea CONNECT Coordination and Support Action. The competition received photographs from a great number of professional and […]
Black Sea CONNECT joined the SBEP Black Sea Regional Workshop
The coordination team of Black Sea CONNECT has recently joined the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) and participated in the Regional Workshop dedicated to the Black Sea region. The primary objective of the workshop, led by Elisabetta Balzi, Head of Unit at DG Research and Innovation, was to foster operational synergies and establish connections between […]
Black Sea CONNECT Marine Litter Action Forum on 14-15 November 2022 Istanbul/Hybrid
We would like to inform you that a very important event entitled “Marine Litter Action Forum” is organised under the Horizon 2020 funded Black Sea CONNECT CSA on 14 and 15 November 2022 in Istanbul Hilton Maslak Hotel in a hybrid format. Marine litter is a common European challenge where Black Sea research and innovation stakeholders can […]
Black Sea CONNECT shines at Blue Economy High-Tech Summit for the Black Sea, organized under BRIDGE-BS
Under the H2020 BRIDGE-BS project, which plays a significant role in the implementation of SRIA, the Blue Economy High-Tech Summit for the Black Sea was held in Varna, Bulgaria, on September 27th and 28th, 2022. During this event, Black Sea CONNECT opened a booth and actively participated as a framework project, drawing considerable attention to […]
Visual Storytelling of The Black Sea: Different Shores, Different Reflections, and One Sea
Visual Storytelling of The Black Sea: Different Shores, Different Reflections and One Black Sea is a virtual photo contest organized as a part of the Black Sea Young Ambassador awareness-raising campaigns developed under the umbrella of Horizon 2020-funded Black Sea CONNECT Coordination and Support Action. We kindly invite all professional and non-professional photographers, of all […]
The call for the new Black Sea Young Ambassadors is now open!
BLACK SEA YOUNG AMBASSADORS PROGRAMME2022 – 2024 The Black Sea is looking for its new young ambassadors who will be a BRIDGE between scientists and the general public! The Black Sea Young Ambassadors ProgrammeThe Black Sea Young Ambassadors Programme (BSYAP) is an ongoing programme developed in September 2020, under the H2020-funded Black Sea CONNECT CSA, to unite […]