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Introducing the Black Sea Accelerator: for a sustainable blue economy

The “Black Sea Accelerator” aims to support sustainable blue economy solutions in the Black Sea region. The goal is to encourage sustainable and circular innovation in the Black Sea area. The Accelerator is facilitated by the Blue Growth Accelerator-DOORS (WP6) and ‘Industry 4.0’ business models – BRIDGE-BS (WP7). Learn more 

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Climathon Lavrio | September 23-24, 2023

Σάββατο, 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 στο Μηχανουργείο του Δήμου Λαυρίου & Κυριακή, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 στην Αίθουσα Επίπλευσης στο Τεχνολογικό Πάρκο Λαυρίου Το Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας, πρόκειται να διοργανώσει ένα διήμερο Climathon το Σάββατο, 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 στο Μηχανουργείο του Δήμου Λαυρίου και την Κυριακή, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023 στην Αίθουσα Επίπλευσης στο Τεχνολογικό Πάρκο Λαυρίου.

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Black Sea Blue Economy Accelerator – 1st Call open to submit your solutions!

The Black Sea Accelerator is supporting sustainable blue economy solutions across the Black Sea region, with the aim to foster sustainable and circular innovation in the Black Sea area. The accelerator is promoted in the context of the “DOORS: Developing Optimal and Open Research Support’ for the Black Sea” and “BRIDGE-BS: Advancing Black   Sea Research

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Climate Innovation Window | Brigaid Connect

Brigaid Connect Association (BRC) is an organization of climate adaptation experts, following a HORIZON 2020 project, whose aim is to connect innovators (private and public sector) with end-users (regions and cities), to deliver market-ready innovations for EU climate resilience. Climate-related disasters such as droughts, floods, and wildfires are increasingly impacting Europe. New innovative technologies and

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 Black Sea Accelerator

Facilitated by H2020 BRIDGE-BS and DOORS Black Sea projects, the Black Sea Accelerator supports the scaling up of sustainable businesses operating in the Blue Economy across the Black Sea by offering services to strengthen market analysis and develop successful business models, pitching capacity, and matchmaking opportunities with funding and investments.  A number of relevant blue economy sectors and

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MENA Maritime Accelerator

The MENA Maritime Accelerator (previously Maritime ClimAccelerator), through its vast network of collaborators, will offer participating start-ups funding, training, peer to peer coaching and theme-specific mentoring (both virtually and in-person). Up to 5 startups will be accepted per year and will be asked to provide innovative solutions for the transition to sustainability of the maritime industry, both locally

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NAVgreen | Green Maritime Industry

Project summary: NAVGREEN aims to improve the maritime industry’s environmental impact. The program will focus on several key areas: developing alternatives to traditional fuels, improving energy efficiency in ships and ports, using new digital technologies to better manage operations, and encouraging recycling and the use of biofuels. Through this program, we aim to make shipping

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Press Release: Aristotle–Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st Century

We are thrilled to present the Press Release for the Aristotle–Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st Century, which took place from July 3 to July 8, bringing together distinguished scholars from China, Greece, and various parts of the world. The main objective of this Symposium was to delve into the development of groundbreaking global

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Empowering Agroforestry Innovations in Mediterranean Countries: EU-funded LIVINGAGRO Project

LIVINGAGRO is an EU funded project that aims to share innovations related to agroforestry with stakeholders working with olives and grazed woodlands in Mediterranean countries. Project activities are spotlighting different innovations with high business potential in the agrifood sector, especially in relation to agroforestry and its benefits. Athena RC has been contracted to provide three

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Aristotle–Confucius Symposium on Ethics for the 21st Century

Read the Press Release related to the Symposium by accessing the following link: https://sway.office.com/Pogt607vqpzclniA?ref=Link Watch video recordings of the Symposium at the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@greecesdsn8608/playlists View photos from the Symposium by visiting the following link: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ai7kD73EwbJVhj0uHIXUmfgvRA9q?e=WJ1HaU

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Professor Phoebe Koundouri’s interview on TRT World’s Strait Talk show | 27.07.23

Professor Phoebe Koundouri’s interview on TRT World’s Strait Talk show, talks about the critical issue of wildfires in Greece and Turkey! The discussion highlighted the pressing need for a Mediterranean-wide safety strategy, and we discussed a roadmap to make it a reality! Stefan Doerr from Swansea University also joined the conversation, sharing valuable insights on

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InterAcademy Partnership Engages with the Academy of Athens

On Monday, 24th July, Prof. Christos Zerefos, the General Secretary of the Academy of Athens, Dr. Ourania Kosti, the Executive Director of Inter Academy Partnership and Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, who serves as the representative of both World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) and Academia Europea within the InterAcademy Partnership (also the 2023 awardee of

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Άρθρο της καθηγήτρια Φοίβης Κουντούρη στα ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΑ | 22.07.23

Διαβάστε το άρθρο  της καθηγήτριας Φοίβης Κουντούρη με τίτλο: “Προκλήσεις και τις Δυνατότητες αντιμετώπισης της κλιματικής αλλαγής στην Ελλάδα και τον Κόσμο” στην έντυπη έκδοση  της εφημερίδας  ΠΑΡΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΑ

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AE4RIA Leads GR Country Team as Official Partner in FABLE Consortium!

We are excited to announce that the GR country team is an official partner in the FABLE consortium! FABLE Team Greece is led by the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria  (AE4RIA) Network. The team’s main areas of interest include sustainable development pathways, the transformation of the agri-food sector, and biodiversity loss. Meet

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Συνέντευξη της καθηγήτρια Φοίβης Κουντούρη στο ΒΗΜΑ | 23.07.23

Διαβάστε την συνέντευξη της καθηγήτριας Φοίβης Κουντούρη με τίτλο: “Aλλο μοντέλο ανάπτυξης απέναντι στην κλιματική κρίση” στην έντυπη έκδοση της κυριακάτικης έκδοσης της εφημερίδας  ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ για τη διαχείριση των δασικών εκτάσεων στο πλαίσιο της αειφόρου ανάπτυξης και τα μέτρα που απαιτούνται για προσαρμογή στην κλιματική αλλαγή.

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Prof. Phoebe Koundouri Appointed Chair of the World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA)

Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), has been appointed as the Chair of the esteemed World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA). WCEREA serves as a coordinating organization, comprised of the following esteemed members: the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AAERE), the Association

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Brigaid Connect Association Hosts Workshop on Climate Innovation Window

On the 19th and 20th July, the Brigaid Connect Association (BRC), the product owner of the Climate Innovation Window (CIW), a tool in development to match climate adaptation solution providers (innovators) with problem owners, hosted an internal workshop on the exploitation of the CIW as a scalable digital hub for climate adaptation acceleration. The workshop

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