Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Propelling Africa's blue economy forward.

BlueInvest Africa 2024

3 - 4 July 2024. Kenya, Kwale County. BlueInvest Africa 2024
BlueInvest Africa is an important business event, initiated by the European Commission in 2022.
 
The objective of BlueInvest Africa is to facilitate meetings between African entrepreneurs seeking financing and international investors scouting for opportunities, all centred around projects capable of propelling Africa's blue economy forward.

Pitchers' submission deadline extended to 2 February 2024

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30 January 2024. European Parliament. Blue Economy. From Science to Policy and Regulatory solutions


The BlueBio ERA-NET Cofund , gathering 30 partners from 17 European countries, aspires to strengthen Europe’s position in the blue bioeconomy. By funding 49 projects, Bluebio Cofund aims to identify new approaches and improve existing ones for introducing biobased products and services to the market, thereby extracting value from the blue bioeconomy.

Building on the findings of the projects funded by the BlueBio Cofund partnership, this event highlighted the latest developments and potentials in the blue bioeconomy. It offered an opportunity to identify and discuss policy and regulatory solutions essential for fully unlocking the potential of Europe’s blue bioeconomy by making the aquaculture and fisheries value chains more circular.
 
It aimed at providing clear policy and regulatory recommendations on the following issues:
  1. Authorising algae as an ingredient
  2. Valorising aquaculture and fisheries side-streams
Agenda
Policy brief # 5 p.

Short presentations of 3 projects funded by the BlueBio ERA-NET Cofund.

  • BlueBioChain : Microalgae to Assets: Identifying Regulatory and Social Hurdles in Turning Wastewater into Valuable Products, presented by Dr Panagiotis Kougias, Hellenic Agricultural Organization - Demeter Soil and Water Resources Institute, Project Coordinator 
  • Marigreen : Barriers in the valorization of BLUE residues for the production of fertilizers and biostimulants, presented by Dr Oana Cristina Parvulescu, University NUST Politehnica Bucharest, Project Coordinator 
  • AquaHealth: Investigation of bioactive compounds from microalgae microbiomes for sustainable health management in aquaculture, presented by Dr Kerstin Kuchta, Hamburg University of Technology

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