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Willemijn Peeters: You can make a difference in maritime affairs

May 24, 2017

Willemijn Peeters is Ocean Ambassador of the Netherlands and the Founding Director of Searious Business. Searious Business is a social enterprise committed to prevent plastic pollution in our ocean. She makes the difference in the world of plastics. Through ReThink and Redesign of plastics, she helps companies to achieve better results. Like for Gispen, a… » read more

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Climate & Environment, She for Sea, Sustainable Dev.

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Aurelie Nollet: There is a huge variety of jobs in the maritime sector

May 17, 2017

Aurelie Nollet is a senior project executive at Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) since October 2016. Her position involves managing co-operation projects as well as project development and bid-writing activities to help CMN secure funding and deliver more activities to engage with young people and improve the attractiveness of maritime careers. One of the projects she… » read more

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She for Sea, Social Europe & Jobs

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Europe Day: If Atlantic Mayors ruled the EU

May 9, 2017

I am today writing these lines still saddened by the death of Benjamin Barber. So, as a modest tribute, I am presenting today a few ideas on the future of the European Union and its governance. Those ideas were discussed in Viana do Castelo at the same time the European Council was gathered, last week… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Regional Policy

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Tamara Guirao: Ideas for a better communication of the ESIF funds

May 5, 2017

At “regulations” level Starting from the principle that “all is communication”, 500 pages of regulations are the first difficulty to convey the “structural” message. Language and titles are also important, above of all when working with different language and cultural contexts. Ex. Why do we call it “European fund for Maritime and Fisheries Affairs” instead… » read more

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EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Regional Policy, Urban development

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Tamara Guirao : A roadmap for transatlantic cooperation among local authorities

April 27, 2017

Xavier Gizard, first Secretary General of the CAAC, called the Atlantic the “colporteur des Mondes” (Worlds’ Hawker). This metaphor hides many questions. Where does the Atlantic Arc begin and end? Which are its borders? Can we put limits to an ocean? The founding documents of the Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities (CAAC) emphasize the need… » read more

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Stéphanie Roos-Faujour: Women carry the sea

April 20, 2017

Stéphanie Roos-Faujour is the founder and the manager director of Sea to sea, a communication agency dedicated to maritime economy, maritime training and education and industry. Since she was a little girl she has the taste of languages and discovering new countries, culture and meeting people. After a degree in foreign languages, she studied tourism… » read more

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EU maritime agenda: a Committee of the Regions event

April 12, 2017

On 28 April, the city of Viana do Castelo organizes a seminar: EU maritime agenda: a territorial view in collaboration with European Committee of the Regions (CoR). During this event, working languages will be in English and in Portuguese. The event is a dialogue between Committee of the Regions Members, Sea representatives and citizens, which… » read more

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EurActiv.com, Urban development

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José Maria Costa: We cannot be simple witnesses to the European reform

April 10, 2017

As you know, this year marks the beginning of a new European configuration that we cannot attend as witnesses; we must therefore act as citizens’ representatives. The President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, recently presented the White Paper on the future of Europe. The Conference of Atlantic Arc Cities intends to analyze it and contribute… » read more

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She for Sea : Juliette Bourgain

April 6, 2017

Juliette Bidet Bourgain is a Chief Officer aboard Ro-Ro passenger ships. She studied at the French Merchant Navy School to get her Unlimited Master and Chief Engineer diplomas and at Le Havre University to get a Master in Law of the Sea and Port Activities. She sailed on different types of vessels including Container Ships… » read more

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She for Sea : Mariana Lopez at The Ocean Corner

February 16, 2017

Mariana López is the founder – C.E.O. of a social enterprise, The Ocean Corner, a platform to spread knowledge, collaborations, positive practices and love for the oceans. Her work, as a social entrepreneur is to ignite projects of international participation. Currently, she’s leading an education project, partly funded by Royal Society of Arts… » read more

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