In support of the implementation of the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea – endorsed by Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine – this call topic aims to boost innovation and digitalisation in blue economy sectors. The selected pilot project(s) will contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal objectives, the Digital Agenda and the EU Communication on Sustainable Blue Economy .

Specifically the call targets the support to blue economy entrepreneurship environment by:

– Strengthening the capacity of blue economy SMEs and start-ups to identify and tap into potential public/private investors

– Improving the visibility of investment opportunities in the Black Sea blue economy and capacity of public/private investors to identify SMEs and start-ups

– Developing stakeholder capacity to establish/enhance concrete cooperation and networking approaches and methods to improve the business environment and strengthen value chains

– Contributing to the development of a networked, multi-stakeholder blue investment and innovation ecosystem in the Black Sea

You can find all the details at this link Funding & tenders (europa.eu)

The call is financed by the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).

All CMA countries are eligible under the call.

Deadline for the submission is 12 January 2022, 17:00:00 Brussels time.