CCMS experts attended the European Maritime Day 2018 Burgas

CCMS experts attended the European Maritime Day on 31^st of May and 1^st of June 2018 in sunny Burgas, Bulgaria, at the Black Sea coast.

They took active participation at the back-to-back Thematic Workshops on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) conducted on 31^st of May with the participation of high level and key experts on MSP: Supporting Internationally Accepted MSP Guidance, organised by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO; Data Availability for MSP: from Jungle to Structure, organised by the Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea (VASAB) and MSP in the Med: A Vision from Southern Europe, organised by the Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System (CORILA). For more details on the workshops visit the EMD 2018 website: https://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/maritimeday/en/burgas-2018

Please see also the main outcomes of the EMD 2018:

• Vision paper towards a Blue Growth Initiative for Research and Innovation in the Black Sea
• Ministerial Declaration: Towards a Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea
• Black Sea countries pledge closer maritime cooperation as European Maritime Day 2018 kicks off in Burgas, Bulgaria