PRESENTATIONS OF EU REPRESENTATIVES AND NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
- Welcome speech of Vasyl Bodnar - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Patrizia Busolini - EC DG Mare
- Rostyslav Tomenchuk - Director General of the Directorate of Coordination of the International Technical Support of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
- Yulia Bezvershenko - Director General of the Directorate of Science and Innovation - Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
I- THE INSTRUMENTS OF IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT OF CMA CONNECTED PROJECTS: TODAY AND TOMORROW
- Frédérick Herpers – BSAM Central Team - Brief introduction of the Black Sea Assistance Mechanism (BSAM) and the services for the CMA implementation (monitoring/project development support)
- Patrizia Busolini - EC DG Mare - Overview of EU funding opportunities ahead
- Mustafa Yucel - CONNECT Black Sea Central Team - Overall opportunities from SRIA
- Thanos Smanis - BSAM Central Team - Overview of different stream and further insights on BSAM and BS VKC websites
- Ana Gheorghe - Managing Authority (MA) for the Interreg Black Sea Basin Programme - Overall opportunities of the programme
- Oksana Rakovych – World Bank - Blueing the Black Sea, zoom-in on overall opportunities of the programme
II- PEER-TO-PEER PRACTICAL EXCHANGE: CONCRETE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGE FOR UKRAINIAN STAKEHOLDERS
- Victor Komorin, Director of Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea, Ukraine - Overall challenges and opportunities
- Matteo Bocci. BSAM Central Team - Funding opportunities and Ukrainian eligibility
- Adrian Stanica, National Institute for Research and Development of Marine Geology and Geoecology, Romania - Academia
- Igor Studennikov, Executive Director of the NGO “Center of Regional Studies”, Ukraine. - NGOs
- Paul & Natasha Goriup, Salix Ltd, Ukraine - SMEs
- Tetiana Maievska & Yuriy Rud, Ukraine's Fishing Cluster of Innovations - Clusters
- Valerii Khokhlov, Odesa State Environmental University - Academia
- Dmytro Iakymenkov, Administration of Sea Ports, Ukraine. Ports Authorities
Wednesday 3 March 2021 (10.30 – 14.00 (EET))
EVENT BACKGROUND
The European Commission (EC) has set up the Black Sea Assistance Mechanism (BSAM) to support the implementation of the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea.
Specifically, BSAM will support raise awareness on the opportunities presented by the blue economy in the Black Sea region. The blue economy can contribute to the sustainable economic development of the region, particularly the coastal regions.
The main goals and related priorities of the Common Maritime Agenda, are (i) healthy marine and coastal ecosystems; (ii) competitive, innovative and sustainable blue economy for the Black Sea; and (iii) investments in the Black Sea blue economy.
The Black Sea Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Black Sea (SRIA) is its scientific pillar.
The event objectives are
- To give a full picture of tools and assistance available in Ukraine for an effective implementation of the Common Maritime Agenda and its R&I Pillar (SRIA) for a healthy and sustainable blue economy.
- To share issue and best practices on EU funding calls.
- To provide practical guidance to the various stakeholders in the blue economy for Ukraine (Authorities, Universities, SMEs, CSOs, etc): what’s in it for them, which are the specific requirements to be eligible and what they have to gain from future financing streams.
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