FIRST ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BLUE GROWTH COMMUNITY

The Blue Growth Community of which Plan Bleu is partner, organised in Montpellier, France, on 4-5 February 2020, its First Annual Assembly event. Following its first three years of implementation, the project now has a new members.(IrRADIARE).  The Community will keep building its reflections towards the implementation of a sustainable blue economy in the Mediterranean, strengthening its links with multi-level key actors of blue sectors and seeking more integration with other communities to reach cross-cutting results to tackle common challenges. During the event, the Blue Growth Community considered the seven key policy recommendations included in the Policy Paper on the blue economy in the Mediterranean, and explored practical applications and perspectives in the regional context. A specific focus was placed on Mediterranean initiatives and frameworks working on blue sustainability, the regional dimension, smart specialization strategies and the mainstreaming of community results into the different levels of policy-making actors.