EMB is working with international executive search firm Perrett Laver to recruit a new Executive Director.
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On 25 June 2026, EMB was awarded a Platinum Facilitation Impact Award - the highest category of award possible - from the International Association of Facilitator (IAF) for the workshops we conducted under the Horizon 2020 funded EcoScope project.
The European Marine Board (EMB) Secretariat will be participating in the Cyprus Presidency event "Riding the Wave: Advancing the EU Ocean Pact through Science, Innovation and Cooperation" and the European Maritime Day during May 2026. Both events will take place in Cyprus, and will bring together scientists, policymakers and stakeholders.
We're delighted to announce the newly selected artists-in-residence for the 2026 - 2027 edition of the EMBracing the Ocean programme!
Today, the European Marine Board published the RHE-MEDiation Policy Brief during the Marine Shield Cluster Webinar. The document highlights the untapped potential of microalgae-based photobioreactors as an innovative and nature-based solution to support the implementation of the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), particularly for rural and remote municipalities across Europe.
We are delighted to introduce our two new EMB Young Ambassadors! We can now announce that Alessia Finini, a PhD candidate at the University of Genova which is part of the CoNISMa Italian Marine University Consortium, Italy, and Bram Cuyx, a PhD candidate at Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and KU Leuven in Belgium, have been selected! You can find out more about them here. We look forward to working with them.
EMB has been invited to join the European Commission's EU Ocean Board, a high-level expert group supporting the implementation of the EU Ocean Pact.
The European Marine Board is looking for two new artists/groups of artists for the 2026 – 2027 edition of our ‘EMBracing the Ocean’ artist-in-residence programme.
EMB is looking for two enthusiastic, engaged, and creative early career marine scientists to join their Ambassador Programme. The Ambassadors will play an important role in advocating for EMB and promoting the societal and political relevance of all aspects of the Ocean and marine sciences, including natural sciences, social sciences, policy, and humanities, within their own communities, and to a wide diversity of stakeholders in Europe. The two new Ambassadors will collaborate and liaise with our current Ambassadors and recent Alumni to share experiences and ideas, and work on activities together. They will also ensure the continuation of the EMB ECOP Network.
The European Marine Board published today the BRIDGE Black Sea (BRIDGE-BS) Policy Brief during the BRIDGE Final Conference in Brussels. The Policy Brief summarises the key policy-relevant results and tools developed by the BRIDGE Black Sea (BRIDGE-BS) project that aim to predict the long-term impact and emerging risks from multiple stressors. The document ends with recommendations for future research and policy needs for the future for the development of a sustainable blue economy within ecosystem boundaries.