Atlantic News

Our Ocean starts with you! Together, we can turn a drop in the ocean into a wave of change.

In this interim report, the Mission Board on Healthy Oceans, Seas, Coastal and Inland Waters propose a Mission to regenerate European ocean and waters by 2030.

In June 2020 the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to oceans and the coastal environment. With a turnover of €750 billion in 2018, the EU blue economy is in good health. There were also 5 million people working in the blue economy sector in 2018, representing a significant increase of 11.6% compared to the year before.

The Call for Workshops for the 7th Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference to be held in Bordeaux has just opened.

Atlantic Cities has extended its deadline for the AYCH Kids II Drawing Contest 2020 to 30 June 2020.

Did you know that the Atlantic Cities network is turning 20 this year and is looking for an Atlantic Keynote Speaker to speak in the celebrations to be held in their workshop during the European Week of Cities and Regions next October in Brussels?

On Monday 8 June, on World Ocean Day, the Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit will be livestreamed between 11:00 and 14:00.

On 30 April 2020, the European Commission announced an additional €150 million for the European Innovation Council to fund breakthrough ideas tackling coronavirus.