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Black Sea Assistance Mechanism

The Black Sea Assistance Mechanism (BSAM) is established in order to carry out the implementation and monitoring of the Common Maritime Agenda (CMA) to promote the development of the Blue Economy in the Black Sea region. The project comprises seven countries: Bulgaria, Romania...

  • 2022
The Black Sea Virtual Knowledge Centre

The Black Sea Virtual Knowledge Centre (BSVKC) is a project supported by the European Commission and managed by the Permanent International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC PERMIS). The objective of the BSVKC is to provide a centralized platform...

  • 2022
Coordinating Research in Support to Application of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Management Advice in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

The project aims to establish a collaboration network of the key stakeholders in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries research and management, in order to facilitate the full application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries. The Consortium comprises research institutes with...

  • 2014
DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status

The overall goal of DEVOTES is to better understand the relationships between pressures from human activities and climatic influences and their effects on marine ecosystems, including biological diversity, in order to support the ecosystem based management and fully achieve the Good Environmental Status...

  • 2016
Ecocentric management for sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems

The EcoScope project will develop an interoperable platform and a robust decision-making toolbox, available through a single public portal (The EcoScopium), to promote an efficient, ecosystem-based approach to the management of fisheries. Design and development of The EcoScopium will be...

  • 2025
European Seas and Territorial Development, Opportunities and Risks

As Europe seeks to emerge from the consequences of the economic crisis, the importance of territorial cohesion in supporting ‘smart sustainable and inclusive growth’ is becoming ever more apparent. However the rhetoric has for many years equated territorial cohesion with...

  • 2013
Submarine Archaeological Heritage of the Western Black Sea Shelf

The HERAS project searches for the underwater heritage along the cross-border marine area from Constanta (RO) to Kaliakra (BG), by joint teams of highly-qualified experts, for the (future) benefit and welfare of local communities.

HERAS philosophy is aiming to foster...

  • 2015
Improvement of Coastal Zone Management in the Black Sea Region
The project aims at developing and promoting common instruments and methodologies on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in 5 states, as well as to create a methodological framework, which could be incorporated into the administrative practice of all partner regions.
  • 2015
Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas

Europe’s four regional seas (Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and NE Atlantic) have suffered severe environmental degradation due to human pressure. Existing measures to manage pressures have proven inadequate and the EC has responded by proposing a new policy (Maritime Strategy Blue...

  • 2013
Marine Knowledge Sharing Platform for Federating Responsible Research and Innovation Communities

The MARINA project will engage citizens, researchers, policy makers, industrial and societal actors in order to share knowledge, include the citizens’ vision and societal needs, create a synergy between research and innovation and the environmental safeguard. The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) process will achieve these objectives...

  • 2019
Cross-Border MARitime Spatial PLANning in the Black Sea
The MARSPLAN BS Project aims to support the implementation of the EU Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning in the Black Sea Basin, starting with its Member States, Romania and Bulgaria.
  • 2018
Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for Black Sea, Bulgaria and Romania

The MARSPLAN-BS II project follows on from MARSPLAN-BS, which ended in early 2018. It foresees the further development of Maritime Spatial Plans in Bulgaria and Romania, as well as the development of a common cross-border strategy between the two countries...

  • 2021