March 8, International Women’s Day, has become the day of the year to highlight what women do and review progress. Some workplaces have joined in celebrating this day, featuring heartening commitments to gender equality. But it is also frequent to see in the workplace the omission, forgetfulness or ignorance of what this day commemorates: the… » read more
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Eileen Crowley: “This role gives me an opportunity to influence the strategic direction”.
October 5, 2018
Eileen Crowley is the Manager of Research & Innovation at the National Maritime College of Ireland. She has worked for 16 years in local and regional government in the field of strategic planning and sustainable development. With a BA in European Development Studies and an MA in Town & Country Planning, she moved to the… » read more
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Women in the Seafood Industry Video Competition 2018
September 26, 2018
Out of 15 excellent videos the International Jury had difficulties to select the winners for the Women in the Seafood Industry Video Competition 2018; two videos arrived neck to neck and they decided to keep four winners from Spain, Mexico, Canada, and India. #1 Puntada Invisible This video brought out the most clearly how… » read more
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Marie Christine Monfort: “Women are felt less legitimate than men in seafood industry”
September 3, 2018
Marie Christine Monfort is the co-founder and president of the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), an organization dedicated to raising awareness of gender issues in all seafood-related industries: fishing, fish farming, processing, research, trading… Economist with a classic academic background (MSc International trade; MSc economy), started working in this field almost… » read more
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Climate & Environment, She for Sea , awareness, equalopportunities, gender, inclusion, research, she4sea, womencareers |
These last months I have had the opportunity to work in the EcoRis3 project as part of the Atlantic Cities team, partner of the project. The Ecoris3 project was founded on 2017 and led by Fomento San Sebastián. Its main objective is to promote the implementation of connection policies to generate the economic exploitation of… » read more
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August 25, 2018
ATBRAND is a European project co-financed by the ERDF Funds through the INTERREG Atlantic Area IVB programme, born to promote transnational cooperation between the Atlantic regions. Lasted from the 01.01.2014 to the 30.06.2015, it was led by Dublin City Council in collaboration with Liverpool, Cardiff, La Rochelle, San Sebastián, Faro and the Conference of Atlantic… » read more
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August 23, 2018
The Institut Supérieur d’économie Maritime of Nantes – Saint Nazaire (ISEMAR) published last June a study about the role of women in the French maritime sector. The study analyzes in detail the current situation of the French maritime sector in relation to women. According to ISEMAR, the lack of knowledge of maritime activities, as well… » read more
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Having doubts about embarking on the entrepreneurship adventure?
August 20, 2018
Do you feel like you don’t have all the entrepreneurs’ tools in hand to get started? Well that’s probably true BUT you are not alone and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs won’t let you down. Thanks to a huge European network of institutions located in many cities of 37 participating countries, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs connects… » read more
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May 16, 2018
Claire Fountaine, Leslie Widmann and Isabelle Autissier are some of the examples that represent the feminine role on the sea work. She for Sea is a project that shows how women can be at the wheel of the maritime sector and how this creates a better, more inclusive and representative blue economy. By means of… » read more
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To all Atlantic Mayors This year, the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities will celebrate its 18th anniversary. This symbolic coming of age implies that we have to assume our political responsibilities at European level in a more energetic way. The moment we live is crucial for the survival of cohesion policy, at least as we… » read more
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Ideas on cohesion policy, Urban Agenda and urban excellence and territorial Cooperation and the Atlantic macro-region.
