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On behalf of the Black Sea Assistance Mechanism (BSAM) funded by the EU, we are pleased to announce the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea 2020 Regional Stakeholders' Conference to be held online, on Thursday 10th December 2020 (10:00–13:15 EET).

The International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS), the CPMR Balkan and Black Sea Commission (CPMR BBSC) and the Hellenic Institute of Transport of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (HIT CERTH) co-organise the a Webinar on “Transport in the Balkans and the Black Sea region”, on Thursday 19 November 2020 (10:00-12:00 CET).

The ICBSS congratulates the Republic of North Macedonia for becoming the 13th Member State of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation!

On Monday 16 November, starting at 14:00 (CET), the European External Action Service with the support of the European Commission will host an online event on “Sustainability in the Black Sea regional cooperation: Advancing the Black Sea Synergy and the European Green Deal”.

The International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS), the Organization for the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the EU Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), jointly organized the online workshop on “Black Sea projects on coastal and maritime tourism, maritime transports, fishery and aquaculture, digitalization. Gaps and opportunities” on Friday 2 October 2020.

Summer School on ‘Local government in motion – Local innovation in changing contexts’ organized by the research project on ‘Conditions for Institutional and Cultural Innovations in cities’ (CICI). Date: September 13 to 16, 2021, Location: Chania (Crete/Greece)

The 12th edition of the BSEC Newsletter is now available online.

Participation of ICBSS at the Meeting with Cultural Organizations of the Municipality of Tripolis-Greece for presenting the Activities of the Anna Lindh Foundation Greek Network

On Wednesday 26 February 2020, the ICBSS Director General, Mr. Georgios Mitrakos, had a meeting with the Secretary General of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), Ms. Eleni Marianou, at the office of the General Secretariat of the CPMR, in Brussels-Belgium.