The BLUEfasma project prepares the Blue Living Labs

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It is a tool to improve the circular economy in the Mediterranean

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MedCities and the AMB Agency of Economic Development are organising the Blue Living Labs, one of the main knowledge transferring tools of the BLUEFasma project, from Interreg-Med, which aims at increasing the innovation capacity of various actors of the fishing and aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean area. 

Blue Living Labs will include different activities according to the demands from different sectors, collected during the interview phase (where the auto-evaluation tools for the circular economy index were tested), and the possible improvement areas detected through the circular economy index.

To answer to those needs, MedCities and the AMB will organise two formative sessions dedicated mainly to the retail and wholesales sector, in which topics such as packaging use, food waste, use of electric vehicles or the increase of efficient energy and use of green energy will be treated.
In order to adapt as much as possible to the needs of each actor of the value chain, these sessions will address the different topics adapted to the needs of retailers and wholesalers separately.

The meetings will include the participation of experts in each topic, as well as a wide range of practical examples and financing opportunities in each one of the described topics. 

Circular economy index

BLUEfasma's objective is to increase the innovation capacity of the fishing and aquaculture sector in the Mediterranean area. To do so, the project has developed a tool to self-evaluate of the circular economy index, which has been tested through a series of interviews to different actors along the value chain of fishing and aquaculture in the coast of the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

The BLUEfasma, one of the modular projects of Interreg-MEd, which belongs to the Blue Growth community, is led by UPatras, in which 12 more european partners from the Mediterranean region are participating. Among those, MedCities is the partner in charge of the capitalisation of the project, and AMB is an associated partner.

This project contributes to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, and answers mainly to goals number 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 17.

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