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BlueInvest: Commission and EIF agree to mobilise €500 million with new equity fund for blue economy
At the BlueInvest Days 2022 in Brussels, Commissioner Virginius Sinkevičius and European Investment Fund (EIF) Deputy Chief Executive, Roger Havenith have announced a new dedicated equity initiative for the blue economy under InvestEU. The initiative will mobilise an additional €500 million of EU funds for financial intermediaries investing in this sector. Commissioner Sinkevičius also announced that the European Commission’s successful BlueInvest initiative will continue beyond 2022 until 2026.
European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius, responsible for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, praised the achievements of the BlueInvest initiative, which in the past 3 years has been highly successful in terms of getting hundreds of SMEs coached and matched with investors. The initiative has led to a large number of financing deals being signed, has strengthened the investment landscape for the blue economy, increased investor awareness and helped bridge the finance gap for blue technology SMEs and start-ups.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US: CCMS TURNS 4!
It's our 4th Birthday today and what a 4 years it has been! 9 of March 2018 was the day the Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS) was officially established. We have accomplished so much, but the best is yet to come!
CCMS was born with the fundamental goal of developing and promoting science, research, knowledge transfer, and innovation technologies in the Black Sea and in the World Ocean by bringing together science, environment, expertise, stakeholders and policy making.
Our activities comprise a vast range of coastal and marine research (studies and surveys in the field of modern coastal and marine processes), as well as support to the implementation of the EU coastal and maritime Strategies and Directives (MSP, ICZM, Blue and Circular Economy, Blue Growth, European Green Deal, etc.), by developing scientific basis and providing knowledge and expertise, project participation, networking and consultancy.
“Baltic countries lead EU for sustainable sea space management, still the nature is at risk”, concludes recent evaluation by WWF
The WWF’s Baltic Ecoregion Programme evaluated Baltic EU Member States’ Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) strategies for sustainably managing marine areas and resources and concluded that Baltic countries’ plans at sea still lack harmony across borders, and measures to restore and protect ecosystems are inadequate.
SUBMARINER launched its new online interactive catalogue!
As of 02 of March 2022, the SUBMARINER Network has launched a new interactive online SUBMARINER catalogue. The development of this tool has been made possible with the funding received from the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Interreg BSR Blue Platform project.
Over the past few years, the number of innovative and sustainable blue companies and products has increased significantly. The SUBMARINER Catalogue gives these companies the opportunity to increase their visibility and accessibility for current and future collaborations, as well as forming their own community to forge new business relationships.
Of course, the more companies that join the Catalogue, the more impact it will have. So far only a few companies have pre-registered. The ambition in the coming weeks will therefore be to attract as many companies to register as possible, so that they can in turn be promoted and kept updated on upcoming opportunities.
Read more: SUBMARINER launched its new online interactive catalogue!