After two years, the CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) project, ‘Blue Biotechnology Master for a Blue Career’ (BBMBC), led by the University of La Rochelle, held its Final Conference in Bordeaux (Nouvelle Aquitaine) on 22 November. Developed within the Atlantic Arc Commission at the initiative of the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region, the BBMBC project, financed by [...]
The CleanAtlantic project, led by CETMAR and the CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission, held a workshop on Marine Litter at the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference in Vigo (Galicia, Spain) on 24 October. The Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference is the annual event of the Atlantic Strategy, created in 2011. It brings together a variety of stakeholders from [...]
The CPMR, our Geographical Commissions and our member regions joined young people in Madeira for a Beach Clean-Up. Organised at our General Assembly, held in Madeira's capital city Funchal on 17-20 October, the beach clean-up highlighted the need to tackle marine litter in Europe and across the world. The beach-clean up was organised following [...]
KaYann - Fotolia.com-11509003 The call for applications for this year’s Masters course in Blue Biotechnology is now open – and we are asking you, our member Regions to help us spread the word! The Masters course, which is run at the French University of La Rochelle, has been set up through the ‘Blue [...]
The CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) is supporting the Atlantic Water Games, an annual sporting event taking place this year from 26-31 August in the Pays de la Loire Region, which chairs the Atlantic Arc Commission. The Atlantic Water Games is a sporting event bringing together between 400 and 500 young people from the Atlantic [...]
The CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) is a partner in an innovative new project involving 13 other Atlantic bodies dedicated to tackling marine litter in the Atlantic. CleanAtlantic aims to protect biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Atlantic Area by improving capabilities to monitor, prevent and remove (macro) marine litter. The project will also contribute [...]
The SAFER project was presented at the meeting of the CPMR Atlantic Arc Commission’s Working Group on Fisheries, held on 7 February 2018. The SAFER project aims to improve the innovation performance of the seafood industry by increasing technology adoption and transnational cooperation to give response to the challenges faced by a sector identified as key [...]
The CPMR’s Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) held its hub meetings for the second year running on 6-7 February, where Atlantic regions and representatives from the EU institutions discussed plans for the post 2020 period. The six working groups and two task forces of the AAC discussed Accessibility/Attractiveness, Maritime issues, the future of the Atlantic Strategy [...]
The CPMR and its Atlantic Arc Commission took part in the kick off meeting for the ‘SAFER - Smart Atlantic Seafood Clusters’ project on 15 November, in Letterkenny, Donegal. The SAFER project aims to improve the innovation performance of the seafood industry by increasing technology adoption and transnational cooperation to give response to the challenges [...]
The CPMR’s Atlantic and North Sea Commission’s jointly organised a seminar in the Netherlands on November 29 to exchange best practices for the development of offshore wind energy. The Atlantic delegation was made up of the Pays de la Loire region, accompanied by three offshore wind companies from the Loire Valley, the Pays Basque region [...]
