DEEP BLUE
Developing Education and Employment Partnerships for a Sustainable Blue Growth in the Western Mediterranean Region
The project aims at developing skills, building capacities, and enhancing geopolitical dialogue in the Western Mediterranean region through increased international scientific cooperation (Science Diplomacy).
It focuses on the main concerns related to sustainable Blue Growth in the marine environment, such as the development and sharing of tools for monitoring and assessing environmental impacts of specific maritime activities and the use of marine spatial planning through the ecosystem-based approach.
Partners from Italy, Spain and Tunisia with the support of local stakeholders strived to develop education and training paths aiming at creating an advanced shared knowledge and common methodological ground on the key sectors of Blue Economy in the Mediterranean basin while fostering North-South and South-South cooperation among public and private stakeholders.
The partners are University of Sfax, Department of Life Sciences (US) Tunisia, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Centre for Support for Technological Innovation (UPM-CAIT) Spain, Higher Institute of Fishing Technologies and Aquaculture (ISPAB) Tunisia.
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