Croissance bleue et stratégie européenne pour l'AtlantiqueBlue Growth and the European Strategy for the Atlantic

Ramon Van BarneveldPolicy Officer

European Commission – DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

La Diversification Économique des Ports Locaux et RégionauxEconomic Diversification in Local and Regional ports

Saint Brieuc – Mecredi 4 Fevrier 2015

St Brieuc, February 2015

Ramon van Barneveld, European Commission, DG MARE C-1

Blue growth &

Atlantic Action Plan

The Blue Economy

• There are increasing needs

for sustainable sources of food, energy, raw materials, etc.

• And the sea is a vast under-used resource

• 4 million jobs today in the EU depend on the sea

-> Potential for 7 million jobs in 2020

• Traditional activities to revitalise:

fishing, shipping and tourism

• New economic activities to generate:

ocean energy, marine biotechnology, seabed mining

What is the EU doing?

Blue Growth agenda

• Develop sectors with high potential

• Consolidate supportive cross sectoral tools

• Further develop Sea Basin Strategies

Blue growth's focus sectors

Aquaculture

Coastal tourism

Marine biotechnology

Ocean energy

Seabed mining

Supporting tools

knowledge

Safety andsecurity

Spatialplanning

Marine knowledge

Sea basin strategies

Atlantic Ocean

Actic Ocean

Priorities of the Atlantic Action Plan

1. Promote entrepreneurship and innovation

2. Protect, secure and enhance the marine and coastal environment

3. Improve accessibility and connectivity

4. Create a socially inclusive and sustainable model of regional development

Priority 1: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation

Priority 2: Protect, secure and enhance the marine and

coastal environment

Priority 3: Improve accessibility and connectivity

Priority 4: Create a socially inclusive and sustainable

model of regional development

Needed efforts

Investment Research Higher skills

Available funding channels

HORIZON 202080 bn €

COSME2.3 bn €

LIFE3,4 bn €

Privatesector

ESFI FundsERDF 316 bn €

ESF 60 bn €EMFF 6,6 bn €

New supportive tools for the Atlantic stakeholders

Assistance mechanism Atlantic Stakeholders' Platform

Assistance Mechanism - Missions

• Guidance: Dissemination of information "Focal points" in each Member State

• Pro-active project development: "Dating" and/or "matchmaking" web-

based platform Alerts for calls for relevant

proposals/tenders

• Outreach: Network of contacts 2 Events in each Member State Atlantic Stakeholder Conference (late

2015)

Atlantic Stakeholder Platform

• Yearly stakeholder conference

• 1st - Launch of the platform :• Porto, 20 January 2015

• Next: October 2015, Brest, France

Thank you for your attention!

More information:

http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/sea_basins/atlantic_ocean/index_en.htm

The INTERREG IV(a) Fostering Long Term Initiatives in Ports seminar / workshop

La Diversification Économique des Ports Locaux et Régionaux

Economic Diversification in Local and Regional ports

Saint Brieuc – Mecredi 4 Fevrier 2015