A total of 150 participants from 40 different countries participated in the MSPglobal Dialogue sessions on "Gender and Marine Policy" organized on 22 April 2020. The audience was composed of 52% women, 39% men and 9% others among the French-speaking session (FR) and 81% women and 19% men in the bilingual Spanish/Portuguese session (ES/PT). Most participants expressed that women's participation in marine policy processes in their respective countries is unbalanced but improving (FR = 60%; ES/PT = 59%). A smaller (...) Read more.

On Monday, 27 July 2020, the Blue Growth Community (BGC) celebrated its 2nd Advisory Board meeting (on-line event) with a high participation -more than 120 registered persons and around 65 permanent attending participants- among the BGC members, MED Blue Growth projects and relevant stakeholders included. This on-line meeting was the occasion for meeting again with all the Community members -after a long time of confinement and no physical meetings due to the COVID-19 health crisis-, explaining the transferring process towards (...) Read more.

MEDports Association’s Employment, Training and Maritime Expertise (ETME) Committee has been working on the most requested professional profiles in Mediterranean ports. To obtain the appropriate results, the ETME Committee launched a survey in 2019 covering 4 domains: Port management, IT, Environment and city port, Port construction, and Security and safety. The survey has been answered by 14 Port Authorities and 50 trainees from the Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (Egypt). Focus has been made on the future (...) Read more.