Author: e26

Date: 14 May 2024

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

On May 14^th, 2024, Mr. Erdeniz Erol, R&D Manager of Elkon, one of the 14 Project’s Partners, was invited as a keynote speakers panel to present REFEST Project inside dissemination activity Wave of Change conference of SHORE Project which aims engaging students to enhance ocean literacy.

The conference was hosted in Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. The aim of the event was to gather various blue economy and ocean literacy actors in Turkey including multiple panel discussion, workshop and activities throughout the day.

Video from the conference

Date: 22-23 May 2024

Location: Klaipeda, Lithuania

On May 22^nd and 23^rd, 2024 we celebrated the kickoff meeting of this new and challenging project: REFEST – Retrofitting of fishing fleets with low payback time and easy to deploy solutions for footprint and GHG emissions reduction.

REFEST project brings together a consortium of 14 partners from 9 European [AC1] Union countries plus Turkey and it is coordinated by Klaipeda University (Lithuania). The focus of the project is on the development of the most promising scalable technologies, easy to deploy and suitable to be installed in a broad range of traditional fishing ships. Lear more.

The event, hosted by Klaipeda University, brought together key partners and stakeholders, from academic and industrial sectors, marking a significant step to start REFEST project. The two-days meeting was the occasion to present the overview of the project, including the objectives and the plan for the next 6 months activities.

The project, funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program (grant agreement n° 1011157663 – topic HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-05) will have a duration of 3 years.