In its fifth edition, the EU Blue Economy Report continues to analyse the scope and size of the Blue Economy in the European Union. It aims at providing support to policymakers and stakeholders in the quest for a sustainable development of oceans, coastal resources and, most notably, to the deve...
The overall objective of the study was to establish an evidence-based understanding of the current level of coordination, alignment and efficiency of the BHD and MSFD monitoring, assessment and reporting on marine species and habitats. Specifically: To review the processes involved in monitoring...
Community-led local development (CLLD) is about involving local people in thinking through what needs to be improved in their community and encouraging them to launch projects that will help bring about these changes. Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) have a budget to support these projects ...
Providing evidence-based and scientifically robust risk assessments, as foreseen under Article 5 of the Regulation(EU) 1143/2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (IAS), is one step in the process of developing the list of IAS of Union conc...