One Mediterranean: practices, results and strategies for a common Sea
BlueMed CSA Final Conference
22-24 February 2021, on-line: digital hub at CNR in Rome
The Mediterranean Sea is a crucial crossroad for the history, economy and culture of Europe, Middle East and North African countries. Many different interests depend on its resources, and the development of a coordinated plan for a shared, coherent and sustainable management is of paramount importance. Moreover, crucial issues like plastic pollution need to be tackled together by all Mediterranean countries, and pooling all relevant knowledge and people both from research and from the socio-political arena.
The BlueMed Initiative, launched in 2014, addresses these challenges, working on all the relevant levels, stimulating pan-Mediterranean network-building and coordinating thematic platforms. The co-building of a shared Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, the subsequent goals prioritisation and the development of their Implementation Plans, as well as the outcomes of the Pilot Initiative for a Healthy, Plastic-free Mediterranean Sea, of the Start Up Actions and of the Ambassadors’ Programme are the most mature achievements of the BlueMed work and will be presented during the conference.
#OneMediterranean graphical recordings
Below the “graphical recordings” realised by the illustrator and cartoonist Gabriele Peddes during the conference, visually depicting and summarising the main concepts presented and debated during the sessions.
#OneMediterranean conference Recordings and presentations
In the following all the recordings of the various conference sessions, with the related presentations. You can also find all the videos in the devoted playlist on the BlueMed YouTube channel.
#One Mediterranean tweets
#OneMediterranean - registrants' statistics
LORI - The BlueMed SaiLORIgami
In the perspective of avoiding non-necessary pollutant emission, while retaining the symbol of a common gadget for all the participants to the conference, we decided to realise an origami fish template, which everyone can print and fold at home! Each participant can share his/her picture with LORI and the hashtag #OneMediterranean on Twitter.
In this way, knowledge travels instead of products!
LORI, the saiLORIgami was drawn by the cartoonist Gabriele Peddes, who also “graphically recorded” the whole conference.
LORI - The BlueMed SaiLORIgami
- download and print the fish-origami template:
LORIgami – template
- downlaod the instructions to fold the origami:
LORIgami – instructions
Conference Description
The event focused on the most relevant outcomes of the BlueMed CSA.
After intense collaborative work, the Mediterranean countries showcased the process and results of the Pilot Initiative for a Healthy, Plastic-free Mediterranean Sea to tackle the marine litter issue. The voices of the BlueMed Pilot National Hubs and of key stakeholders presented this unique success story and envisaged its future.
The BlueMed solid and widely participated cooperation process among countries led first to a co-owned Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and then to the endorsement of the Implementation Plan. These tools are conceived to serve future activities: the Strategic Joint Actions were presented during the conference.
The BlueMed StartUp Actions, which worked on different topics but all encompassing the BlueMed prespective, engaged in a conversation and presented their feasibility studies.
The BlueMed Young Ambassadors shared their exepriences and reflections and engaged in a dialogue with their colleagues from other Basins, with the aim of building future common paths, in the co-responsibility spirit of the One Planet-One Ocean approach.
The event was organised in a lively and engaging way, making use of devoted tools to favour the active participation of all the attendees. A “graphic recording” by the illustrator and cartoonist Gabriele Peddes highlighted the discussion topics and support synthesis and confrontation.
See also the event details on the CNR platform (in Italian language).
All videos, graphical recording panels and presentations are available below.
Info and contacts
Participation in the conference was free.
The official language was English, but simultaneous interpretation was provided in French and Arabic.
Date and location:
- 22-24 February 2021
- on-line: digital hub at CNR – Rome, Italy
Contacts:
For further information please contact: bluemed[at]cnr.it
Press office reference contact:
- Contact: Cecilia Migali from CNR Press Office: cecilia.migali[at]cnr.it
- Materials for the press: https://www.cnr.it/it/nota-stampa/e-17129
Agenda
Download the conference agenda here .
Speakers
Pablo Abaunza
Spanish Institute of Oceanography
Mahmoud Abuhussein
The Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan, BlueMed Initiative UfM Co-Chair
Ilaria Antoncecchi
Ministry of Economic Development, Italy
Elisabetta Balzi
European Commission, DG-RTD, head of Healthy Oceans & Seas Unit
John Bell
European Commission, DG-RTD, Healthy Planet Director
Daniele Bosio
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WestMED co-presidency
Inès Boujmil
Tunisian National Institute of Marine Science and Technologies, BlueMed Young Communication Ambassador
Jean François Cadiou
French National Institute for Ocean Science, BlueMed CSA
Esther Chacón Campollo
Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Spain, BlueMed CSA
Elena Ciappi
National Research Council of Italy, BlueMed CSA
Gianluigi Consoli
Italian Ministry of Research, Head of international research programming and promotion
Alan Deidun
Malta University, Horizon Europe Mission Board “Ocean, Seas and Waters”
Laura Mc Donagh
European Commission, DG-RTD, Youth Ambassadors Programme
Natalija Dunic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia, European Marine Board Young Ambassador
Badr El Mahrad
Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco and CIMA, Portugal, BlueMed Young Communication Ambassador
Fabio Fava
University of Bologna, Italian delegate BlueMed Initiative
François Galgani
French National Institute for Ocean Science, European Mission Board “Ocean, Seas and Waters”
Sieglinde Gruber
European Commission, DG-RTD, Former Head of Water and Marine Resources Unit, BlueMed co-chair
Pilar Hernández
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Fishery Officer
Sheila Heymans
European Marine Board, Executive Director
Christos Ioakemidis
UN Environment, Mediterranean Action Plan Coordinating Unit
Erasmia Kastanidi
Sandra Ketelhake
Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
Katerina Kikaki
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Raffaele Liberali
FacilityLive, StartUp Europe Mediterranean
Eimear Manning
All-Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors
Luca Marangoni
European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Marta March
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, delegate BlueMed Initiative
Grammenos Mastrojeni
Union for the Mediterranean, Senior Deputy Secretary General
Fella Moualek
Algerian National Research Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture, BlueMed Young Communication Ambassador
Blanca Moreno-Dodson
Center for Mediterranean Integration, The World Bank
Vera Noon
ACTeon environment, MSPglobal International Youth Ambassador
Gabriele Peddes
Illustrator and cartoonist
Marco Pellegrini
University of Bologna, Italy
Giuseppe Provenzano
Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat
Jerneia Penca
Euro-Mediterranean University, Slovenia
Giuseppe Riva
PlasticsEurope
Sofia Sadogurska
NASU, Connect2BlackSea Ambassador
Baris Salihoglu
Middle East Technical University, Turkish delegate BlueMed Initiative
Cherif Sammari
Tunisian National Institute of Marine Science and Technologies, Tunisian delegate BlueMed Initiative
Lia Santoleri
National Research Council of Italy, Italian Oceanographic Commission
Alessandra Sensi
Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat
Maria Snoussi
Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Moroccan delegate BlueMed Initiative
Lina Tode
PlanBleu Regional Activity Centre, France
Mario Sprovieri
National Research Council of Italy, BlueMed CSA
Fabio Trincardi
National Research Council of Italy, Director, BlueMed CSA Coordinator
Vassiliki Vassiliopoulou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Deniz Yapılcan
BlueMed Young Communication Ambassador
BlueMed CSA Staff
Alba L'Astorina
National Research Council of Italy
Paolo Braico
National Research Council of Italy
George Bujeia
Malta Council for Science and Technology
Margherita Cappelletto
National Research Council of Italy, BlueMed CSA Project Manager
Fedra Francocci
National Research Council of Italy
Rita Giuffredi
National Research Council of Italy
Luigi Mazari Villanova
National Research Council of Italy
*picture credits: Arno Senoner on Unsplash, Harrison Haines from Pexels, Lucian Potlog from Pexels, ppt icon made by Dimitry Miroliubov from www.flaticon.com
