The Blue Gates project - Empowering Blue and Smart Transformation of the Black Sea Basin is driving innovation in the blue economy through the creation of a transnational cluster focused on smart, sustainable growth.
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The Black Sea Basin region is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising temperatures, erratic precipitation, sea-level rise, and more frequent extreme weather events.
The Bulgarian partner of the FoodWISE project (Pilot action for increasing the capacity of local and regional administrations to develop and implement innovative food waste public awareness actions) is launching its Food Waste Patrol this summer.
We are pleased to announce the completion of the Environmental and Ocean Literacy Education Manual, developed under the Environmental and Ocean Literacy in the Black Sea Basin project (BSB00432).
The Georgian partner of the EfxINNOs project — Establishing and Operating an Innovative Marine Technology Transfer Network for Enhancing the Transition to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Black Sea Basin (BSB00193) — has successfully completed the installation of a state-of-the-art monitoring buoy off the Georgian coast in the Black Sea.
As part of the Transnational Technology Transfer Network for the Black Sea Basin (T3N-BSB) project, online training sessions focused on “Technology Transfer Processes” are about to begin!
The international partners of the Network for the Preservation of Sturgeon and for the Sustainability of the Black Sea Basin Ecosystem (SturNET) have successfully completed the initial phase of their field work, collecting water samples from strategic points along the Black Sea coast and its major tributaries.
As part of the ongoing activities under the project "Improving Emergency Response Capacities to Natural and Man-made Disasters in Small Communities across the Black Sea Basin Region", the project partners and stakeholders actively participated in a field demonstration held last week in Kutaisi, Georgia.
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Institute of Oceanology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), along with the Center for Underwater Archaeology, local diving clubs, and Destination Touristic Services, invites you to take part in a special event at Sozopol Port.