Bluemed Week | 23-25 October 2018 | Barcelona Spain
The BLUEMED Week, successful alignment of Mediterranean blue stakeholders
Held from 23 to 25 October in Barcelona in the premises of the Union for the Mediterranean, the BLUEMED Week has been a crucial turning point for the BLUEMED Initiative.
On the first day, the steering group of the Initiative, the GSO BLUEMED WG agreed to launch the BLUEMED pilot initiative for a healthy plastic-free Mediterranean Sea. Countries will identify the actions to be put forward in order to showcase how coordinating R&I activities can contribute to effectively tackle the litter and plastics challenge in relation to the key sectors of the Blue Economy. The impacts of this first joint initiative could be relevant in the perspective of the next R&I EU framework programme.
The BLUEMED Platforms welcome for the first time national pivots from non-EU countries to their third technical meeting, held on the second day of the Week. The experts further contributed to consolidate the BLUEMED Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA), whose updated version will be released at the beginning of 2019.
On its last day, the BLUEMED Week opened the doors to the Operational Network of Research Funders. Not only the meeting was an occasion to present the outline of the plan to implement the actions identified in the SRIA, but also to progress a step-by-step engagement of key public and private stakeholders in view of the implementation of the BLUEMED actions, including at national and local level.
During the Week we touched the complexity of the multi-level and multi-stakeholders BLUEMED system. Rather to be scared we can be optimistic of the opportunities in front of us. It is a matter of fact that all together we can manage the process functioning. The level of engagement experienced in these three days is a proof that the platforms’ mechanism established by the BLUEMED CSA is an effective tool not only inter-linking national communities that work towards a common objective. The meeting of the Research Funders Network demonstrated as well how the alignment of relevant initiatives and programmes can be operationally triggered.
It’s time to face the great expectations we are called to meet in 2019!
Below you can see the agenda of the event. Click on the links to retrieve the presentations that took place.
| Tuesday 23rd October 2018 – GSO Working Group + CSA Consultation Assembly and Steering Committee | ||
| 10:00 – 18:00 |
“An Enlarged Blue Growth Research and Innovation Initiative for the Mediterranean” GSO Bluemed Working Group (by invitation only) |
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| 15:00 – 18:00 |
Bluemed CSA Consultation Assembly and Steering Committee meeting |
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| 18:30 | Cocktail | |
| Wednesday 24th October 2018 – Bluemed Platforms´ meeting | ||
| 09:00 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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| 09:30 |
Welcome and general introduction Fabio Trincardi, CNR, Italy (Bluemed CSA project coordinator) Marta Iglesias, DG RTD, European Commission |
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| 09:45 |
The Update process of the Bluemed SRIA: The Platforms and the work done Nikos Papandroulakis, HCMR, Greece Contributions from new members |
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| 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:30 |
Discussion on the new actions per thematic pillar – work in platforms (Knowledge, Economy, Technology and Policy) – |
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| 13:00 |
Discussion and next steps of the process of updating the BLUEMED SRIA – plenary – |
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| 13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:30 |
The BLUEMED SRIA Implementation Plan:
Nikos Papandroulakis, HCMR (Greece)
Esther Chacón Campollo, AEI-MICIU (Spain)
Jean-François Cadiou, IFREMER (France) Ivica Vilibic, IZOR (Croatia) Elena Sultana, MCST (Malta) – plenary open discussion – |
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| 16:30 |
Wrap-up conclusions, next steps of the Platforms work and AoB Nikos Papandroulakis, HCMR, Greece |
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| 17:00 |
End of the meeting |
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| 18:00 | Cocktail | |
| Thursday 25th October 2018 – Bluemed Research Funders´ workshop | ||
| 08:30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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| 09:00 |
Welcome remarks Miguel García-Herraiz, Deputy Secretary General, UfM Objectives and recap since the 1st Research Funders Workshop. Who is who? Round of presentations Esther Chacón Campollo, AEI-MICIU, Spain |
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| 09:30 |
Updating process of the SRIA, and connection with the 1st Research Funders Workshop (March 2018) Nikos Papandroulakis, HCMR, Greece Report back from the 2nd GSO Working Group meeting and connection with the Platforms meeting Marta Iglesias, DG RTD, European Commission |
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| 10:00 |
The BLUEMED Research Funders Network role in the BLUEMED Implementation Plan
Esther Chacón, AEI-Spain Andrea Barbanti, CNR-Italy
Maurice Héral on behalf of Water JPI and JPI Oceans Athina Babakou on behalf of EUSAIR Claude Wohrer on behalf of WestMED
– Session facilitated by Marta Iglesias, DG RTD-EU Commission – |
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| 11:15 |
Coffee break |
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| 11:45 |
Focus session 1 Opportunities for EU Research and Innovation funding support: Marta Iglesias, DG RTD-European Commission – Q&A discussion – |
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| 12:30 |
Focus session 2 Presentation of UfM and the Mediterranean regional setting Miguel García-Herraiz / Giuseppe Provenzano, UfM- Q&A discussion – |
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| 13:00 |
Focus session 3 The involvement of Regions, alignment of programmes, priorities and instruments
– Round table and discussion – |
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| 13:45 |
Lunch |
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| 14:45 |
Start-Up actions under BLUEMED and how to connect them with the Operational Network of Research and Innovation Funders Elena Sultana, MCST-Malta |
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| 15:15 |
How can the private and philanthropic sector complement funding strategies from public funding bodies?
– Round table and discussion – |
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| 16:00 |
Plenary discussion on sustainability of the Network, conclusions and next steps Margherita Cappelletto, CNR-Italy (Bluemed CSA project manager) Esther Chacón Campollo, AEI-Spain |
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| 16:30 | End of the meeting | |
