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Croissance bleue et stratégie européenne pour l'AtlantiqueBlue Growth and the European Strategy for the Atlantic
Ramon Van BarneveldPolicy Officer
European Commission – DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
La Diversification Économique des Ports Locaux et RégionauxEconomic Diversification in Local and Regional ports
Saint Brieuc – Mecredi 4 Fevrier 2015
St Brieuc, February 2015
Ramon van Barneveld, European Commission, DG MARE C-1
Blue growth &
Atlantic Action Plan
The Blue Economy
• There are increasing needs
for sustainable sources of food, energy, raw materials, etc.
• And the sea is a vast under-used resource
• 4 million jobs today in the EU depend on the sea
-> Potential for 7 million jobs in 2020
• Traditional activities to revitalise:
fishing, shipping and tourism
• New economic activities to generate:
ocean energy, marine biotechnology, seabed mining
What is the EU doing?
Blue Growth agenda
• Develop sectors with high potential
• Consolidate supportive cross sectoral tools
• Further develop Sea Basin Strategies
Blue growth's focus sectors
Aquaculture
Coastal tourism
Marine biotechnology
Ocean energy
Seabed mining
Supporting tools
knowledge
Safety andsecurity
Spatialplanning
Marine knowledge
Sea basin strategies
Atlantic Ocean
Actic Ocean
Priorities of the Atlantic Action Plan
1. Promote entrepreneurship and innovation
2. Protect, secure and enhance the marine and coastal environment
3. Improve accessibility and connectivity
4. Create a socially inclusive and sustainable model of regional development
Priority 1: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation
Priority 2: Protect, secure and enhance the marine and
coastal environment
Priority 3: Improve accessibility and connectivity
Priority 4: Create a socially inclusive and sustainable
model of regional development
Needed efforts
Investment Research Higher skills
Available funding channels
HORIZON 202080 bn €
COSME2.3 bn €
LIFE3,4 bn €
Privatesector
ESFI FundsERDF 316 bn €
ESF 60 bn €EMFF 6,6 bn €
New supportive tools for the Atlantic stakeholders
Assistance mechanism Atlantic Stakeholders' Platform
Assistance Mechanism - Missions
• Guidance: Dissemination of information "Focal points" in each Member State
• Pro-active project development: "Dating" and/or "matchmaking" web-
based platform Alerts for calls for relevant
proposals/tenders
• Outreach: Network of contacts 2 Events in each Member State Atlantic Stakeholder Conference (late
2015)
Atlantic Stakeholder Platform
• Yearly stakeholder conference
• 1st - Launch of the platform :• Porto, 20 January 2015
• Next: October 2015, Brest, France
Thank you for your attention!
More information:
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/sea_basins/atlantic_ocean/index_en.htm
The INTERREG IV(a) Fostering Long Term Initiatives in Ports seminar / workshop
La Diversification Économique des Ports Locaux et Régionaux
Economic Diversification in Local and Regional ports
Saint Brieuc – Mecredi 4 Fevrier 2015