25 Sep 2025 - 00:00

The WestMED has opened registrations for the WestMED Project Awards 2025. This is an international project competition aimed at showcasing and honouring outstanding success stories, which provide innovative and replicable solutions embodying the WestMED initiative’s vision on the blue economy for the Western Mediterranean.

Four categories will be featured in this year’s WestMED Project Awards, based on the western Mediterranean Roadmap priorities including:

Sustainable consumption and production

Biodiversity, marine habitat and maritime spatial planning

Maritime clusters and;

Blue skills and ocean literacy

Project award winners will have free travel and accommodation to attend the WestMED Conference 2025 in Tunis as well as a Project Pitch opportunity to showcase the project to the conference participants

The winner will also have a dedicated coaching session with our National Hub experts focused on further expansion and access to the EU Sea Basins Strategies networks covering the Western Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Black Sea

More information about the awards, guidelines, eligibility criteria and submission process can be found here: Project-Awards-2025 – WestMED.

Deadline for the submission of projects is September 30.

For any queries, don’t hesitate to reach out to malta@westmedinitiative.ec.europa.eu.