Easy Tips to Achieve Recognision: Winning Awards for Your Blue Economy Project Winning awards for your blue economy project can provide recognition, funding, and increased visibility, helping you to further achieve your goals in sustainable ocean and marine-related initiatives. Success in winning awards can inspire others to strive for excellence in their own pursuits. By
In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a Communication named “A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025”. A strategy to make significant progress by 2025 towards a gender-equal Europe. This strategy will help to reduce the unemployment rates and to break the ‘glass ceiling’ for women to progress to senior positions and other barriers.
According to the latest report of the EU Blue Economy (2022), the established sectors of the EU Blue Economy (i.e. marine living resources, marine non-living resources, marine renewable energy, port activities, shipbuilding and repair, maritime transport and coastal tourism) directly employed close to 4.45 million people and generated around €667.2 billion in turnover and €183.9
The European Union Institutions appoint external experts to assist in the evaluation of grant applications, projects and tenders, and to provide opinions and advice in specific cases. The experts assist in: Evaluation of proposals, prize applications and tenders Monitoring of actions, grant agreements, public procurement contracts In addition, experts provide opinion and advise on: Preparation,implementation
If you are a marine consultant looking for opportunities at international organisations, keep reading the post! Usually, the international organisations launch a call of experts to create a database of experts who will be called when the opportunity arises. Normally, they are looking for senior profiles (at least, more than 7 years of experience) but
The UK is one the countries with largest tradition in the maritime affairs. The UK universities usually receive high scores in global university rankings and have plenty of practice-focused marine science courses. Some universities that offer graduate and postgraduate courses in the UK are Bangor University, University of Aberdeen, Plymouth University, University of Southampton, University
How much will I earn as a Marine Scientist / Oceanographer? As an Oceanographer, you will study the science of the seas and oceans. However, the sector is very broad, so most oceanographers specialise in one of the following specialist areas: physical oceanography, chemical oceanography, marine biology and geological oceanography. Apart from oceanography, there are
Innovation should be at the core of the sustainability transition in all the Blue Economy sectors. Entrepreneurs and start-ups play a key role in these innovation processes, exploring innovative business models which can address the current environmental threats such as climate change impacts, marine ecosystems degradation, loss of habitats, etc. Entrepreneurs can be the leading actors in transforming ecological
Have you finished your degree and want to get into the job market? An internship in a recognised organisation may be the best way to put into practise all you have learnt at university and prepare yourself for the first qualified job. In this post, we have collected a number of opportunities from key international
