Stories 2025

EOL (BSB00432) – Environmental and Ocean Literacy Education Manual Now Available

We are pleased to announce the completion of the Environmental and Ocean Literacy Education Manual, developed under the Environmental and Ocean Literacy in the Black Sea Basin project (BSB00432).

EfxINNOs (BSB00193) - High-Tech Monitoring Buoy in the Black Sea near Georgia

The Georgian partner of the EfxINNOs project — Establishing and Operating an Innovative Marine Technology Transfer Network for Enhancing the Transition to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Black Sea Basin (BSB00193) — has successfully completed the installation of a state-of-the-art monitoring buoy off the Georgian coast in the Black Sea.

T3N-BSB (BSB00264) - Capacity Building Training for Technology Transfer Ecosystem

As part of the Transnational Technology Transfer Network for the Black Sea Basin (T3N-BSB) project, online training sessions focused on “Technology Transfer Processes” are about to begin!

SturNET (BSB00172) - Field collection of water samples

The international partners of the Network for the Preservation of Sturgeon and for the Sustainability of the Black Sea Basin Ecosystem (SturNET) have successfully completed the initial phase of their field work, collecting water samples from strategic points along the Black Sea coast and its major tributaries.

IMPACT+ (BSB00001) - Earthquake Response Demonstration in Georgia

As part of the ongoing activities under the project "Improving Emergency Response Capacities to Natural and Man-made Disasters in Small Communities across the Black Sea Basin Region", the project partners and stakeholders actively participated in a field demonstration held last week in Kutaisi, Georgia.

BlackNETs (BSB00164) – Clean, Preserve, and Showcase Our Sozopol!

On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Institute of Oceanology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), along with the Center for Underwater Archaeology, local diving clubs, and Destination Touristic Services, invites you to take part in a special event at Sozopol Port.

FoodWISE (BSB00221) – Interactive Toolkit: Introduction and Best Practices for Managing Food Waste

The partners of the project Pilot Action for Increasing the Capacity of Local and Regional Administrations to Develop and Implement Innovative Food Waste Public Awareness Actions – FoodWISE (BSB00221) have developed an Interactive Toolkit: Introduction and Best Practices for Managing Food Waste.

EcoYOU (BSB00532) - Project Patrols for Antipollution!

The project Clean and Green minds for an environmental friendly behaviour - EcoYOU (BSB00532) continues to make difference in combating environmental pollution in the Black Sea Basin, with a focus on identifying and documenting pollution hotspots.

BlackNETs (BSB00164) – #GhostBuster campaign

International recognition has grown over the past decade regarding the harmful ecological and socioeconomic impacts of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), which poses a significant threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems, particularly in the Black Sea.