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MPA Solutions Hub Demo Session
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐? ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป! Discover how the MPA Solutions Hub can support your work, then try it out for yourself.
On the platform, you'll be able to explore tools for MPA planning, stakeholder engagement, ecosystem service valuation, financing, governance and management.
We also want to hear from you: What works? Whatโs missing? What would make the Hub more useful for people working with MPAs? ๐ค
Your feedback will help shape the next stage of the platform.
Blue4All Travelling Exhibition at the Matsalu National Park in Estonia
The BLUE4ALL Travelling Photo Exhibition, What Does Marine Protection Mean to Me?, is now on display outdoors at the Matsalu National Park Visitor Centre in Estonia through early autumn.
Set within one of Europeโs most remarkable nature parks, the exhibition brings together art, storytelling, and the natural landscape to explore personal connections to marine protection. It features four winning images and 26 inspiring runner-up photographs, each capturing a unique moment, issue, or relationship with the ocean.
Visitors are invited to experience powerful stories of the sea through the eyes of ocean lovers from across Europe.
Blue4all Final Event - From science to practice: co-creating effective MPAs to meet the EU marine protection targets
The Blue4all final event will take place in Bruges, Belgium, on 16 November 2026, from 13:30 to 17:30 CET.
The event is organised together with the EU Blue Parks Community as its 7th Community Workshop, under the title From science to practice: co-creating effective MPAs to meet the EU marine protection targets.
The workshop will focus on the practical application of project results, tools, and lessons for Marine Protected Area (MPA) managers. It will include presentations of outcomes from Blue4all, the MPA Solutions Hub, and related tools and methods from other EU-funded projects and Mission Actions.
The event will be held back-to-back with the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity.
Registration will open later in summer 2026.
World Conference for Marine Biodiversity 2026
The World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2026 will bring together the global marine biodiversity community to assess progress, share knowledge, and shape the future of ocean conservation. Taking place 17โ20 November 2026 in Bruges, Belgium, the conference marks a key moment to align science, policy, and action midway through the UN Ocean Decade.
Past events
OCTO Webinar
This session by ProtectedSeas highlights how its Navigator tool aggregates overlapping marine regulations worldwide to provide a more accurate, cumulative assessment of ocean protection, supporting more effective planning and management towards global conservation targets.
Booster Info Session: free guidance for EU-funded research results
Are you looking to boost your projectโs impact? Join our April info session for an overview of Boosterโs free-of-charge, expert-led and personalised services, followed by a Q&A with our Booster expert.
European Ocean Days
The second edition of the European Ocean Days will take place in Brussels from 3 to 7 March 2025.
As the previous edition, it will be a week of events related to European marine and maritime topics.
It will cover, on separate days over the week, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, fisheries science, blue innovation and investment opportunities, ocean literacy activities, and many other topics.
More information is available here