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On 13-14 September 2022, representatives of 17 European organisations from 17 countries gathered in Budapest at the kick-off meeting of the CEE2ACT project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme.

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With delegates from Member States, non-governmental organizations, and universities attending, as well as entrepreneurs looking for ways to sustainably develop the “Blue Economy”, the UN Ocean Conference took place in the city of Lisbon between 27 June and 1 July, being co-hosted by the governments of Portugal and Kenya at a critical time where major structural transformations and common shared solutions are needed to start a new chapter of global ocean action, and revert the tipping point we are about to reach. 

On the 6th and 7th of July 2022, Geonardo’s first Horizon Europe project SURPASS kicked off in the European Green Capital, Grenoble, France.

One year into the project, the COLLECTiEF team was able to reunite for the first in-person General Assembly and discuss the project's progress, as well as future steps.

Between 9 and 11 June, the OTTERs took part in the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, a celebration of the new creative movement that brings together art, science, culture and technology to create a better Europe under the motto "Beautiful | Sustainable | Together".

After a three-year absence, the Greenovate! Europe (G!E) summer networking reception and face-to-face General Assembly returned on 16-17 June 2022, hosted at the Renewable Energy House, Brussels.

The European Maritime Day took place in Ravenna, Italy last May 19-20th and we were there to discuss the importance of creating opportunities for Women in the Blue Economy in the frame of the launching of CINEA's call in the subject. 

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A successful webinar on urban circular bioeconomy practices in the CEE region was held on the 13^th of May, hosted by Greenovate! Europe and Geonardo. The webinar was organized under the framework of the SCALIBUR project and had presenters from Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia.

During  the 17-18^th of May EUCANWin! partners met in Helsinki to discuss the latest progress and next steps of the project.

The Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, comes at a critical time as the world is seeking to address many of the deep-rooted problems of our societies laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and which will require major structural transformations and common shared solutions that are anchored in the SDGs. To mobilize action, the Conference will seek to propel much-needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.