Date
21/11/2017
The Commission for Natural Resources at the European Committee of the Regions is organizing a follow-up event of the Our Ocean conference (5-6 October, Malta) to involve stakeholders from the regional and local level in the debate on sustainable blue economy and ocean governance.
The high-level opening session will touch upon challenges and opportunities for European regions and policy developments on global and regional scale. The participants will be able to exchange views with EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Environment Karmenu Vella, Statoil Vice-President Jannik Lindbaek, Ocean Energy Europe CEO Rémi Gruet, and EIB’s Director for Environment and Sustainable Territorial Development Werner Schmidt.
In addition, two separate thematic sessions will focus on the regional aspects of the blue economy and ocean governance, with the involvement of policymakers, researchers and practitioners. EuroGOOS will be represented by Dina Eparkhina who will contribute to the panel discussion on what is needed for a stronger regional prioritization of marine data collection, research funding, and ocean literacy, towards a sustainable blue economy and ocean governance.
Further information and the event’s agenda are available here
Location
European Committee of the Regions
