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8 June 2023
9.00 -12.30 CONFERENCE ROOM 2
9.00 Registration
Chairmen
Leonardo Manzari, Christain Chiavetta, WestMED Assistance Mechanism – National Hub for Italy
9.30 Welcome greetings
WestMED Initiative - Italian National Coordinators
Daniele Bosio, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Luca Palazzo, Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Department for Cohesion Policies (DPCoe)
9.35 Introduction
Manuel Pleguezuelo, European Commission - DG MARE (online)
9.40
Adriana Salazar Olivan, Union for the Mediterranean
9.45
Maltese National Coordinator, WestMED Initiative co-Presidency
Shaun Patrick Ebejer, Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects (online)
10.00
Main Achievements of the WestMED Maritime Clusters Alliance and its members
EMFAF Calls open to the Southern Shore non-EU countries
Anja Detant, CINEA
Establishment of the Mauritanian Maritime Cluster
Hamadi BABA HAMADI, President Mauritanian Maritime Cluster
MEDBLEUE 2022 Tunis
Emna Sohlobji, Cluster Maritime Tunisien
The Hub Azul Dealroom
Ruben Eiras, Forum Oceano
The position/role of Clusters in the new European Blue Forum
Laurence Martin, Federazione del Mare, ENMC, Thanos Smanis WMAM
Approved projects
ForMare - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – CALLMEBLUE; ERASMUS+ - MARMED
Forum Oceano - COSME Euroclusters – MedBan
CTN BIG – COSME Euroclusters – IKAT
TVT & DLTM - COSME Euroclusters – LEVIATAD
MARE FVG - EMFAF Maritime Clusters – Green Marine MED
Strategis Cluster - ERASMUS+ - MAQUAM
SGD4MED – EMFAF Ports & Maritime Transport – POWER4MED
Federazione del Mare – EMFAF Women in Blue Economy – WINBIG
Pole Mer Méditerranée – COSME Euroclusters – ELBE Alliance (online)
Established cooperation agreements and synergies
Antonio Novo Guerrero, European Clusters Alliance
Axelle Salvage, ENMC
Walter Wassallo, Blue Marina Awards
11.30 Open discussions about further progresses on the main goals of the WM MCA
Thanos Smanis
• 15 mins > Cluster dialogue:
• 15 mins > Cluster up-scale South-South:
• 15 mins > Capacity building North-South:
• 15 mins > Investment attraction
12.30 Conclusion of the event
Giovanni Caprino, Cluster BIG – Mario Mattioli, Federazione del Mare