On 30 October in the commercial port of Augusta one will hold the "Day Blue"



Next 30 October in the commercial port of Augusta will hold the "Blue Day", international laboratory on the Blue increase in the organized Mediterranean from the Authority Harbour of Augusta with the Ministry of the Agricultural, Alimentary and Forest Policies, Marina Militare Italiana and the Head office of the Marine Transactions and Fishing (DG Sea) of the EU commission and realized in the within of the semester of Italian presidency of the Council of the EU.

The "Day Blue" will be the occasion for an exchange of opinions to European level on the Mediterranean and main the problematic ones tied the marine economy, with a particular attention to the sustainable use of the marine resources, to the energy saving, the search and the innovation in the marine-harbour field, with the objective to construct an integrated strategy. The event will see its central moment in the encounters to which members of the EU commission, international ministers will participate, parliamentarians and delegations, and numerous institutional representations and of the national and European marine cluster.

In order to participate to the encounter it is necessary obligatorily to credit itself to the address Internet https://scic.ec.europa.eu/fmi/BLUE-ECONOMY-DAY-2014/start.php.

Programme
Programme

09:00 - 09:30	Registration (coffee)
09:30 - 11:00	Opening session
	Moderator: Mr Giorgio Dell ' Goldsmith, "Il Sole 24 Hours"
	Speakers:
	Welcome address by Adm. Giuseppe De Giorgi, Chief of Staff, Italian Navy.
	Introductory remarks by Mr. Maurizio Martina, Minister for Agricultures, Republic of Italy
	Ms. Lowri Evans, Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
	Mr. Alain Cadec, President of the Committee on Fisheries, European Parliament
	Mr. Joseph Mizzi, Ministers for Transport, Malta
	Mr. Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00	Sustainable fisheries for food security
	Chairperson: Mr Riccardo Rigillo, Director General for Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ministry of Agricultures and Forestry, Republic of Italy
	Panelists:
	Mr. Fabrizio Donatella, Maritime Acting Director for Mediterranean and Sea Black, DG Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission: Management plans as to main tools for the conservation of shared stocks
	Mr. Stefano Cataudella, President of the GFCM: The need to deploy common management for shared stocks in the Mediterranean
	Mr. Giampaolo Buonfiglio, President of the MEDAC: Cooperation between stakeholders. Involvement of stakeholders in fisheries management through the Mediterranean Advisory Council or through other types of cooperation.
	Mr. Pascal Savouret, Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency: Perspectives for concrete cooperation to combat IUU in the Mediterranean
	Mr. Othman Jarboui, SAC Chairperson, Scientific Advisory Committee: Scientific Cooperation in the Mediterranean
	Ms. Federica Mastracci, Vice president for Product Development & Programs - GEOS S.p.A: Space based technologies and Geo-Info Solutions at work for GFCM. Innovative tools to support to sustainable development of maritime resources in the Mediterranean
	Mr. Enrico Arneri, Project Coordinator MedSudMed/AdriaMed Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FIRF, FAO: Régional Cooperation in the Mediterranean
	Mr Luigi Giannini, Vice president of Federpesca
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 16:30	What Blue Growth paths for the MED? Sea King MED basin cooperation from to maritime perspective.
	Chairperson: Maritime Ms Beate Gminder, Head of Unit Maritime Policy in the Mediterranean and Sea Black, DG Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
	Panelists:
	Mr. Patrick Baraona, Managing Director, Pôle Mer Mediterranée, France
	Mr. Mario Dogliani, Head of Corporate Project Financing, RINA, Italy
	Mr Godwin Sant, Chief Policy officer, Ministry For Energy and Health, Malta
	Mr. Michele Sferrazza, Board Member, District NAVTEC and Director R&D Rodriguez Cantieri Navali, Italy
	Ms. Mathilde Konstantopoulou, Responsible for Blue Growth and Territorial Dimension, Ministry for Development, Greece
	Mr Luigi Grossi, Scientific Director, DLTM, La Spezia, Italy
	Mr. Ennio Massolo, President of Italian Academy Foundation of the Merchant Navy and Coordinator of RottaPolare, Italy
	Mr Ivan Sammut, To record of Ships, Ministry for Transport, Malta
	Ms. Laura Giuliano, Mediterranean Science Commission - CIESM
16:30 - 17:00	Closing remarks
	Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, Chief of the Italian Navy Staff "Mare Nostrum Operation", Republic of Italy
	Mr. Fabrizio Donatella, Maritime Acting Director for Mediterranean and Sea Black, DG Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
	Mr Enrico Puja, Directore General for Maritime Transport and Ports Administration, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Republic of Italy
	Mr Luca Bianchi, Chief of Department DIQPI, Ministry of Agricultures and Forestry, Republic of Italy
	Final address by Hon. Giuseppe Castiglione, Undersecretary of It are delegated to Fisheries and Blue Economy to the Ministry of Agricultures and Forestry, Republic of Italy