
Blue Economy Roundtable
14.04.2015
Room: ASP 3F383
8:45 – Registration at the European Parliament – Rue Wiertz (please see map)
9:00 – 11:00 – Internal Meeting of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils
11:00 – 12:30 – Open Conference | “Blue Economy Roundtable”
Thematic areas:
- Specific measures to support Integrated Maritime Policy
- Contribution to foster economic growth and job creation
- Possible activities to develop at EU level
- Analyse good examples of best practices
- Conciliate traditional fisheries with aquaculture practices
- Support renewable energy, mainly off-shore energy
- Invest in Research, Innovation in the Biological area;
- Strength the Tourism in the coastal areas
- Analyse the potential of the maritime spatial planning
- Integrate the Blue Economy Strategies with the sea based strategies (Atlantic, Nordic, Baltics)
Moderator:
- Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (MEP)
Introductory remarks:
- Carlos Moedas (EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation) – video message
Roundtable of speakers:
- Manuel Pinto de Abreu (Portuguese Secretary of State of the Sea)
- Arnau Queralt and António Domingos de Abreu (European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils – co-chairs of the Marine and Water Affairs Working Group)
- Antonio Tajani (Ex-Vice-Presidente da Comissão Europeia, Comissário da Indústria e Empreendedorismo) – tbc
- Alain Cadec (Eurodeputado, Presidente da Comissão das Pescas e Assuntos Marítimos do Parlamento Europeu) – tbc
- Geir Oddsson (Senior Adviser of the Nordic Council of Ministers)
- Despina Symons-Pirovolidou (Director of the European Bureau for Conservation and Development)
- MEPS´s and Members of national parliaments
- Diferentes stakeholders