May 2014 - BLUEMED Initiative set-up in the framework of the Blue Growth Strategy

June-August 2014 - Mapping of R&I projects (about 900!) via public/private stakeholders consultations

September-December 2014 - Set up of the Vision Document. The process is shared with scientific communities and industrial associations at national and EU level

04-05 December 2014 - BLUEMED Vision Document presented by the Italian Presidency of the EU at the Competitiveness Council and endorsed

February 2015 - Identification of the Mediterranean Sea key challenges, goals & actions

May - September 2015 - BLUEMED SRIA shared with regional, national, EU and international public/private stakeholders; priorities included in R&I programmes of the EC

18-19 April 2017 - BLUEMED Conference – A Basin of Research and Innovation for sustainable growth in Sliema, Malta, within the Maltese Presidency of the EU Council

16 October 2015 - Signature of the Venice declaration and launch of the BLUEMED SRIA

16 October 2016 - BLUEMED Coordination and Support Action starts to support the BLUEMED Initiative

April 2017 - First update of the BLUEMED SRIA released

4 May 2017 - Signature of the Valletta Declaration on strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation through Research and Innovation. The BLUEMED Initiative is now on the agenda of the Member States of UfM and EU.