TIMMOD

The fifth TIMMOD Thematic Transboundary Meeting (TTM #5) took place to present the results and achievements of the two demo surveys, conducted in Varna, Bulgaria and Batumi, Georgia (more info here: https://timmod.org/index.php/en/events/field-surveys-trainings).

Regional Strategy Validation Workshop have been organized in order to have final feedback and input to the TIMMOD Innovation Strategy. The TIMMOD Innovation Strategy, which was the basis of the project, designed to bring together national, regional and European Union policies and regulations, combined with new information policies and technologies for greater transparency of the application of marine innovative equipment. The vision of the Strategy is to make the Black Sea cleaner, through monitoring and modelling of the marine environment using advanced tools and to provide a sustainable use of Black Sea fish resources, as well as living aquatic resources.

Final dissemination event have been also organized along the Strategy Validation Event in Romania gathering executives and policy makers from the regions and from other relevant institutions. The aim is to promote the project achievements and to disseminate the results of pilot demonstration activities and strategy to a larger audience.

In online environment series of digital promotional campaigns were held in all Partners’ countries with modern interactive tools for questioning/interviewing and providing relevant feedback from Stakeholders and general public.

The Final TIMMOD activities have been associated with the “European Maritime Day 2022, #EMD in my country” initiative, promoted through the information channels of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.