Get Awarded for your Blue Economy Project

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

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Women, Blue Economy and Entrepreneurship

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.

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Top 5 Masters’ courses in Blue Economy (Europe)

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

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Guide to become an Evaluator/Expert for the European Commission

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

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What do I need to work in the UK as a marine scientist?

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

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Salary expectations in Marine Sciences

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

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Best Blue Economy Entrepreneurship Programmes

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

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