Upon completion of the
Learning Programme, the participants will acquire knowledge on:
● The thematic areas of blue
economy, the current growth and the emerging priorities in the Mediterranean,
as well as the different existing scenarios and principles regarding a
sustainable and “greener” blue economy
● The role of transnational
cooperation and the need of interactions between all blue economy sectors,
taking into consideration the marine environment and its protection
● The development
perspectives in the blue economy sector
● The marine renewable
energy sources’ potential and flagship technologies for energy production
● The marine renewable
energy challenges and constraints (regulatory, techno-economic)
● The current challenges for
sustainable tourism
● Sustainable business
models to reduce environmental and social impacts in the tourism sector
● Practices for greening the
Mediterranean ports and marinas
● The existing and emerging
sustainable practices for fisheries and aquaculture
● The exploitation of marine
bio-resources through biotechnological solutions
● Circular bioeconomy
practices
● Maritime security and
surveillance policies
●
The Maritime Spatial Planning ecosystem, its objectives and
involved actors
●
The need to frame land-uses in the sea
Moreover, the participants
will have the opportunity to meet many experts of the Blue Growth sector, as
well as listen to and read valuable information about projects’ outputs,
experiences and lessons learned.
