Attending the Marine Economy Conference in Malahide were (L-R): Mr. Gerry Finn, Director, BMW Regional Assembly, Mr. Pat Colgan, Chief Executive, Special EU Programmes Body, Mr. Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Councillor Cyril Burke, Chairman, BMW Regional Assembly and Dr. Peter Heffernan, Chief Executive, Marine Institute.
PRESS RELEASE: Marine Economy Conference 2012 - The Marine Economy
a key component of the EU Integrated Strategy
for the Atlantic Area.
Mr. Gerry Finn's Interview with Marcus Connaughton on RTE Radio 1 - Friday, February 3rd 2012
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
The components of the EU Atlantic Area Strategy - Mr Matthew King, Head of Unit for Maritime Policy in the Atlantic, Arctic and Outermost Regions, DG Mare, European Commission
Marine co-operation in the Atlantic Area Programme – Achievements, Opportunities and challenge: Dr Ana Teresa Lehmann, Vice President of CCDR-Norte, Managing Authority, Atlantic Area Programme
The importance of the Atlantic Area Strategy to the development of the Atlantic marine economy - Ms. Pauline Caumont, Executive Secretary, Atlantic Arc Commission, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
Ireland’s Marine Economy & its relationship with other Atlantic Area member state marine strategies – Dr. Peter Heffernan, CEO, Marine Institute
The Socio Economic Development of the marine sector in the Atlantic Area – Dr. Stephen Hynes, SEMRU, National University of Ireland Galway
Maritime Transport & Short Sea Shipping PROPOSSE project - Capt Michael Mc Carthy, Port of Cork, IE
Marine Leisure & Water sports Tourism – NEA 2 project – François Arbellot, Regional Council of Brittany, FR
Marine Renewables as a growing sector – MAREN project – Bettina Bockelman Evans, Cardiff University, UK
Response management to marine disasters – ARCOPOL project – Marisa Fernandez, Centro Tecnologica del Mar Fundacion, Es
Integrated Coastal Fisheries management - PRESPO project- Mr. Miguel Gaspar, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biologicos (IPIMAR), Pt
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