🗣️younous omarjee, REGI Committee Press Chair & Rapporteur of European Parliament INI report on 'Islands & Cohesion Policy': our joint work on the #EUIslandsPact also represent an opportunity to integrate our demands in the future #CohesionPolicy & the post-2027 multiannual financial framework

Today François Alfonsi at the Islands Commission plenary during CPMR 50th General Assembly in Περιφέρεια Κρήτης/Crete Region, calling for concrete actions to move the #EUIslandsPact forward and take the opportunity offered by the future Spanish Presidency!
#CPMR2022

🗣️Josianne Cutajar MEP from Gozo & Searica Intergroup SMEs/Digitalisation Vice-Chair: calling for an #EUIslandsPact is a social justice cause towards inclusive and fair #Cohesion for all Islanders - families, workers & businesses - through #island mainstreaming in all EU 🇪🇺 policies

Intergroup President Tonino Picula joining today #CPMR2022 General Assembly in Περιφέρεια Κρήτης/Crete Region during the Islands Commission plenary meeting.
Discussing next steps for the 🇪🇺 #EUIslandsPact :
➡️Political action
➡️Direct engagement of islanders
➡️Structure and framing of this initiative

❓ What will you find at the #MBCP event in Brussels? Interactive networking between managers, territorial planners, decision makers & researchers... interested in #biodiversityprotection +sustainable natural resource management? Join us ✅ bit.ly/MBPCreg #MBPCBrussels

#MissionOcean 's goal 🎯 👉 restore the health of our precious blue planet by 2030.
Share your support to the Mission by submitting your action to
🌊 restore biodiversity and ecosystems💧
🌊 🚫 pollution
🌊 make #BlueEconomy carbon-neutral & circular
👉 europa.eu/!qfXg9q

⏳Ready for the SEArica event on #biodiversity Conservation in the #Mediterranean ?
🗓️4 Nov (9:30-12:30) at the European Committee of the Regions & online.
EU Maritime & Fish, EUScience&Innovation🇪🇺, SEArica MEPs, Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community, CPMR InterMed Commission & more will join the discussion!
Register here: bit.ly/3SRm13b

🐋🌊Do not miss the SEArica event on #biodiversity Conservation in the #Mediterranean , organised back-to-back with the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community Final event on 🗓️4 Nov (9:30-12:30) at the European Committee of the Regions & online
Find out more and register here: bit.ly/3SRm13b

👏 Many thanks to all speakers and participants joining the meeting today.

👁️ Keep an eye on searica.eu for presentations & recordings of the session!

See you soon for a new Searica Intergroup event 🗓️

Thanks to Mattia Cecchinato WindEurope for a detailed overview of offshore wind in Europe & the potential for floating wind. Some takeaways:

⏲️ Wind farm development takes time (+10 years!)
📈 Sector is growing fast!
🔑 Ports are key in the wind supply chain
🆙 Growing turbines

Interesting presentation by Julien Ciglar AD'OCC, on the offshore situation in France 🇫🇷 Région Occitanie & Région Sud : resources, projects & milestones in the Region acting for the energy transition, with a particular focus on floating wind potential, and the Port-La Nouvelle 📍

🗨️ Raphael Sauter Energy4Europe 🇪🇺, on the contribution of #ORE to the energy transition & the use of schemes as TEN-E & SET Plan to foster their development➕importance of hybrid infrastructure projects: reduce costs, increase grid resilience & reduce impact on marine environment

Jørgen Madsen, Head of Energy Policy Ørsted on the deployment of Offshore Wind, including the challenges (slow site planning & permitting, need of significant investments) & how to go forward following the 4 As: Accelerate, Allocate, Activate & Appoint

Inspiring presentation by DonaghCagney Policy Director Ocean Energy Europe: How to turn innovation into market deployment?

➡️Scale to reduce costs
➡️Political engagement
➡️Demonstration projects
➡️Coordination & collaboration
➡️Collective endeavor

Many #Regions are leading the way!