Towards a blue bioeconomy research agenda

The Blue Bioeconomy ERA-NET Cofund is launching a blue bioeconomy research agenda as a result of a foresight implemented in 2022. The foresight was part of Blue Bioeconomy ERA-NET Cofund’s mission of strengthening Europe’s position in the blue bioeconomy, working with facilitators Luc van Hoof and Sarah Smith from the European Fisheries and Aquaculture Research… Continue reading Towards a blue bioeconomy research agenda

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Advanced BlueBio Training Course

Advanced BlueBio Training Course: “Blue Bio-refinery technologies: from research to the industry with applications on products and biomaterial from algal biomass and sidestreams of fisheries and aquaculture”. The training course was co-organised by the National Research Council (CNR Italy) and the University of Foggia (Italy), with the patronage of the European Society of Marine Biotechnology… Continue reading Advanced BlueBio Training Course

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BlueBio at the 1st Ocean training conference

BlueBio participated in the 1st Ocean training conference, which was held at Ghent University on 9th-11th January 2023. The 1st International Conference on Ocean Education and Training 2023 (OceanTraining2023) is an initiative of the OceanTraning project, which with the support of Erasmus+ EU Programme joined the effort of a consortium of 4 European universities to… Continue reading BlueBio at the 1st Ocean training conference

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Governing Board meeting

The Governing Board meeting was held in Barcelona 24th of November 2022. This was the first time that the members of the Governing Board met in person since end of 2021. The meeting started in the afternoon of the 23rd with a presentation of the findings from the Foresight workshop. Luc van Hof presented the… Continue reading Governing Board meeting

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The Foresight workshop

The Final BlueBio Foresight workshop was held in Barcelona 22.- 23. of November 2022. The BlueBio Foresight team continued their work on developing the future European Strategic Knowledge and Innovation agenda. Different scenarios of future „worlds“ were discussed under the direction of Luc van Hof, Executive secretary of EFARO, who is leading team work.  … Continue reading The Foresight workshop

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BlueBio Third Additional Call – Amplifying project reach and knowledge impact

This third additional call is open to organisations that are part of any project consortium that is currently funded by the BlueBio ERA-Net Cofund and that are funded by one of the BlueBio partners that are providing funding to this third additional call. The following partners are providing funding for this third additional call: Iceland,… Continue reading BlueBio Third Additional Call – Amplifying project reach and knowledge impact

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Increasing impact – supporting commercialisation in BlueBio projects

In October 2022, 26 BlueBio funded projects met to discuss opportunities for commercialisation support, as the first cohort of projects are entering their final year. This event was the fourth thematic “e-coffee” meeting organised by the BlueBio ERA-Net. How to support ERA-Net projects? The ERA-Net Cofund Blue Bioeconomy (BlueBio) supports the blue bioeconomy in Europe… Continue reading Increasing impact – supporting commercialisation in BlueBio projects

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The Hamburg Harbour Festival

The Hamburg Harbour Festival was held from 16.-18. of September 2022 for the harbor’s 833rd birthday. Everyone was welcomed onboard MS Meerkatze. The MS Meerkatze is a fishery protection vessel of the German Coast Guard. The owner is the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), which also operates the vessel. Among other posters the… Continue reading The Hamburg Harbour Festival

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