{"id":1641,"date":"2021-11-16T09:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T09:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/?page_id=1641"},"modified":"2024-02-07T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T11:40:25","slug":"consortium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1641\" class=\"elementor elementor-1641\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9deefd elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9deefd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0eb764c\" data-id=\"0eb764c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88fe3b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88fe3b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/ims.metu.edu.tr\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/METU-1.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d8525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25d8525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY <\/strong>\n<strong>(METU-IMS)<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5598e72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5598e72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COORDINATOR<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6af55f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a6af55f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8018350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8018350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coordinating Organization; Middle East Technical University (METU), founded in 1956, is an international research university, which seeks excellence in serving the country, region, and the world. METU is among the leading universities in Turkey in terms of the depth and breadth of international research projects and the number of funds generated from research activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91836d2\" data-id=\"91836d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38dbfdb\" data-id=\"38dbfdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f90816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f90816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/io-bas.bg\/en\/home-en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IO-BAS.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d1efe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45d1efe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY-BAS (IO-BAS)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84da21c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"84da21c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b0900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5b0900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Institute of Oceanology &#8211; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS) is a permanent research body under the auspice of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with a mission to conduct basic and applied oceanographic research corresponding to the national priorities and global developments. The priority disciplines of IO-BAS are marine physics, chemistry, hydrology, climatology, geomorphology, geology, marine biology and ecology, hydrodynamics and litho-dynamics of the coastal zone, and operational oceanography.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72c636c\" data-id=\"72c636c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1320e9\" data-id=\"d1320e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69512ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69512ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmri.ro\/Home\/Home.html?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/NIMRD.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c59f1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c59f1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT \u201cGRIGORE ANTIPA\u201d (NIMRD)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0b448 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5b0b448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63685e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63685e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>NIMRD is operating under the coordination of the Ministry of Education and Research and carries out basic, applied and technological research for the knowledge, protection, and management of the coastal zone and marine environment, oceanography, marine, and coastal engineering, management of the marine living resources in the Black Sea, developing the Geographic Information System and the remote sensing techniques for marine environment; implementation of the international conventions for the Black Sea, research and specific studies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b93f59\" data-id=\"5b93f59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c83aae\" data-id=\"5c83aae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0db7c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0db7c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iber.bas.bg%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IBER-BAS.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9a9705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IBER-BAS)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e2166 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"39e2166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d965b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21d965b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IBER-BAS is a national center of research on biodiversity, ecosystems, and sustainable use of bioresources. The main fields of expertise are fisheries research and stock assessment, ecosystem modeling, environmental monitoring and biogeochemistry of coastal zones, structure and function of benthic and microbial communities, anthropogenic impact assessments, evaluation of Marine Protected Areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f98f5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f98f5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef0af4a\" data-id=\"ef0af4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21b2a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f21b2a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-232f9ef elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"232f9ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a435791\" data-id=\"a435791\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9d8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a9d8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sea.gov.ua\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UkrSCES.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b8044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8b8044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THE UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF ECOLOGY OF THE SEA (UKRSCES)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bfbfa1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2bfbfa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-722a090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"722a090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES) was founded in January 1992 based on the Odesa Branch State Oceanographic Institute. It is the main institution of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine in the field of marine ecological researches. UkrSCES is a unique institution of all state ecological systems of monitoring within the Black and Azov Seas, which provides a whole complex of tasks of ecological monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6a4d88\" data-id=\"b6a4d88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b2d90a\" data-id=\"6b2d90a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72861f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72861f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsu.ge\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TSU.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d9503 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02d9503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY (TSU)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf7261 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7bf7261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fab862 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fab862\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Established in 1918, most of the existing higher educational institutions were founded and afterward separated from Tbilisi State University. The TSU successfully collaborates with the Academy of Science of Georgia, the major part of real academy members are professors of the University or active members of joint scientific works. The TSU is completely integrated into the European educational environment and the concepts of the Bologna Process and its practical implementation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2da669\" data-id=\"b2da669\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a600c2\" data-id=\"3a600c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02df371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02df371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geoecomar.ro\/website\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GeoEcoMar.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c23c80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c23c80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINA (GEOECOMAR)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534574d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"534574d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cccd434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cccd434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">As a research-development institute established in 1993 under the coordination of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, GeoEcoMar represents the fundamentals of national excellence in research and consultancy on marine, coastal, river, and lacustrine geology, geophysics, and geo-ecology, as well as a reference center for Marine and Earth Sciences. The main scientific fields of GeoEcoMar are geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, geochemistry, mineralogy, grain size analysis; coastal researches and integrated management, geophysics, environmental quality investigations, real-time monitoring and study of marine geo-hazards, geo-archaeology and geological mapping of the Romanian Black Sea continental shelf.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99c07a6\" data-id=\"99c07a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b16dc0\" data-id=\"8b16dc0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6aba1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6aba1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.network.crowdhelix.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CROWDHELIX.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3b0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f3b0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CROWDHELIX LIMITED (CHX) <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d46bbf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8d46bbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-175b9aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"175b9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Crowdhelix Network (CHX) is a pan-European Open Innovation Network that enables Research Technology Organizations (RTOs) and businesses to collaborate, innovate and grow. Crowdhelix is based in Ireland at University College Cork\u2019s Tyndall National Institute. The network membership is reported to have won more than \u20ac7 billion of funding under Horizon 2020, highlighting the quality of its membership base. The network is structured around virtual technology clusters known as Helixes. There are currently 24 live Helixes in areas such as Digital, Health, and Energy, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5967e6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5967e6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d8881c\" data-id=\"0d8881c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6c62b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0b6c62b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4332318 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4332318\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac7d01d\" data-id=\"ac7d01d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c144025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c144025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c83313 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c83313\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51fe092\" data-id=\"51fe092\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9658451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9658451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uliege.be\/cms\/c_8699436\/en\/uliege\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ULIEGE.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6147bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6147bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE (ULIEGE)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60ae64 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d60ae64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821f8c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"821f8c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Located in the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Wallonie-Bruxelles of Belgium in the Euregio region, The University of Li\u00e8ge is the only public and complete university institution in the French-speaking region of Belgium. With 2977 lecturers-researchers and 24688 students, a wide variety of fundamental and applied research projects have emerged from about 43 Faculty and 11 interfaculty Research Units. On the international level, the University of Liege is actively involved in research projects with more than seventy countries worldwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2de1cf5\" data-id=\"2de1cf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0ea784\" data-id=\"f0ea784\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e555f67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e555f67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aueb.gr\/en\/content\/aueb-research-center\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AUEB.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8298a32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8298a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (AUEB)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11795ce elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11795ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-720ecdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"720ecdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Athens University of Economics and Business has been established 100 years ago. According to international rankings and external evaluations, Athens University of Economics and Business is the top institution among Greek Universities and Research Centers and in the top 2% of European Union Institutions in the field of Economics. AUEB\u2019s Research team on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability (ReSEES) lab does socio-economics and policy-relevant interdisciplinary research on environmental, natural resources, and energy issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71cbade\" data-id=\"71cbade\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11dda7c\" data-id=\"11dda7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d69003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d69003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockholmresilience.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SU.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db1d276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db1d276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY (SU)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0178a2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b0178a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70a9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b70a9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stockholm University (SU) is one of the leading centers of Europe for research and higher education and ranked among the world\u2019s top 100 universities. SU has the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) is a transdisciplinary center that advances the understanding of complex social-ecological systems and studies phenomena, such as ecosystem resilience, ecosystem service production, food security, and adaptive governance. SRC concentrates on making a difference for sustainable development by building a world-leading research center that takes the interdisciplinary research on linked ecological and social systems significantly forward and provides insights and means for the development of sustainable management and governance practices to secure ecosystem services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f4dce\" data-id=\"44f4dce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93da984\" data-id=\"93da984\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10dd4f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10dd4f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cetmar.org\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CETMAR.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e11766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e11766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CENTRO TECNOL\u00d3GICO DEL MAR, FUNDACI\u00d3N CETMAR (CETMAR)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6858a88 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6858a88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9199338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9199338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CETMAR is a non-profit Public Foundation promoted in 2001 by the Regional Government of Galicia together with the Government of Spain. CETMAR aims to improve the conditions for more sustainable use of marine resources and environment and, in this framework, to increase the efficiency of related economic activities considering both traditional and emerging sectors in the context of the Blue Economy. CETMAR plays a key role in engaging and mobilizing stakeholders of the marine economy through research and innovation, policy support, capacity building, and technology and knowledge transfer services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59586de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59586de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f4c7f4\" data-id=\"5f4c7f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0783160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0783160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4773895 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4773895\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27275a9\" data-id=\"27275a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f668a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37f668a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indigo-med.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/INDIGO-MED.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a81c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31a81c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INDIGO MED<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5561eaa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5561eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a38a7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a38a7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>INDIGO MED SMPC a Science Communication &amp; Ocean Literacy SME based in Greece. It provides effective marine science communication and education solutions through creative and entertaining means. With experience and expertise for over 10 years in the communication and education activities of European projects focusing on the marine and maritime environment, INDIGO MED has cooperated internationally with distinguished research centers, scientific and educational organizations, as well as universities and science centers, aiming to provide professional communication support, effective dissemination of scientific knowledge, and outputs to the general public and the interested stakeholders as well as sustainable communication networks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-686d8df\" data-id=\"686d8df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eb3c65\" data-id=\"3eb3c65\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc7a995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc7a995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nanotech.md\/en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IEEN.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b359a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16b359a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GHITU INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES (IEEN)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-106327f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"106327f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb6a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb6a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IEEN is a public organization in the science and innovation sphere, founded by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova through merging of three Centres: International Laboratory of Superconductivity and Solid-State Electronics, Specialized Design and Technology Bureau of Solid-State Electronics, and Centre of Medical Equipment of the Academy of Sciences of RM. The basic activities of the Institute are focused on high-tech research, such as fundamental and applied studies in the field of solid-state physics and electronics, material science and engineering of new materials, elaboration of new physical methods and technologies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07c1e4f\" data-id=\"07c1e4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75d30ff\" data-id=\"75d30ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-943f31c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"943f31c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtu.dk\/english\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DTU.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2627f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b2627f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DENMARKS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (DTU)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d25336 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3d25336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db014df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db014df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Technical University of Denmark is a self-governed university that operates at a high international level in a wide array of research areas within science and technology. The institute researches a wide range of marine disciplines, principally focusing on ecosystem interactions, sustainable fisheries production, and the underlying processes. The Section for Oceans and Arctic, and Marine Living Resources within DTU Aqua conduct basic research on oceanography, climate, ocean biogeochemistry, plankton, and fish production as well as developing process-based and statistical models of the marine environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1de6c25\" data-id=\"1de6c25\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cf0f77\" data-id=\"7cf0f77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3845b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3845b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsec-organization.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BSEC-01-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BSEC-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BSEC-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BSEC-01.png 625w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f94d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f94d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION (BSEC)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58c46f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a58c46f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06de21b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06de21b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BSEC is the oldest (established in 1992) and most representative regional organization promoting economic cooperation in the wider Black Sea area. Aiming at fostering interaction and harmony among its members, encouraging friendly and good neighborly relations in the Black Sea region, today BSEC serves as a trusted vehicle for cooperation in a wide range of areas such as environmental protection, agriculture, culture, tourism, science, and technology, education, energy, SMEs, emergency assistance, and transportation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9be845 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9be845\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f93051\" data-id=\"0f93051\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4245d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4245d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af8842a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af8842a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b112dbc\" data-id=\"b112dbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb60d7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb60d7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategies-marines.fr\/en\/sml-en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sml-logo-01.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243866b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"243866b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>STRAT\u00c9GIES MER ET LITTORAL (SML)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a28ff09 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a28ff09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ce9fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ce9fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SML is a French SME providing consultancy services established in 2010, which builds upon more than 40 years of accumulated high-level maritime experience in the public and private sector in project, program, and policy engineering. SML brings a recognized strategic and prospective expertise, a broad vision, well beyond the traditional maritime world, a recognized mastery in the implementation of integrated approaches in support of policies and projects. SML offers a distinctive combination of technical and scientific expertise and high-level experience in the formulation of policies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c37c08c\" data-id=\"c37c08c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb9f3b0\" data-id=\"eb9f3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7de504a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7de504a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpmr.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CPMR.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb5342f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb5342f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CONFERENCE OF PERIPHERAL MARITIME REGIONS (CPMR)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5efc5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bd5efc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dd6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58dd6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions brings together more than 150 Regions from\u202f24 States from the European Union and beyond. Representing about 200 million people, the CPMR campaigns in favor of a more balanced development of the European territory. It operates both as a think tank and as a lobby\u202ffor Regions. Through its extensive network of contacts within the EU institutions and national governments, the CPMR has,\u202fsince its creation in 1973, been targeting its action towards ensuring that the needs and interests of its Member\u202fRegions are considered in policies with a high\u202fterritorial impact. It focuses mainly on social, economic, and territorial cohesion, maritime policies and blue growth, and\u202faccessibility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea0ec07\" data-id=\"ea0ec07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1e0565\" data-id=\"b1e0565\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44c8647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44c8647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tubitak.gov.tr\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUBITAK-MAM.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ab6180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ab6180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY, MARMARA RESEARCH CENTER (TUBITAK-MAM)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06fb37 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f06fb37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f0847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4f0847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Marmara Research Center (MRC) is the largest research organization under TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). The Center consists of seven institutes including the Environment and Cleaner Production Institute (ECPI). Based on the research interests, the institute can be divided into five different groups, one of which is the Marine and Inland Waters Research Group (MIWRG). MIWRG currently has 46 personnel, including marine scientists, engineers, IT personnel, R\/V crew members, and technicians, who are involved primarily in coastal and marine research and management projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92a5ec9\" data-id=\"92a5ec9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c8b824\" data-id=\"4c8b824\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263e05f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"263e05f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecluster.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MCB.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78637e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78637e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>MARINE CLUSTER BULGARIA (MCB)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a1dca8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1a1dca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4d8b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc4d8b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marine Cluster Bulgaria (MCB) is an NGO involving SMEs, branch associations and chambers, educational institutions, and R&amp;D organizations covering a wide range of marine and maritime activities in the value chain of the Blue Growth sectors in Bulgaria: shipping, ports, logistics, and complimentary services; shipbuilding and ship repair, ship design; environmental R&amp;D; education and training, etc. The Cluster is aiming at the promotion and coordination of initiatives and activities to achieve an integrated, sustainable, and competitive business environment for the sectors of the Bulgarian maritime economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac30fad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac30fad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d6e23a\" data-id=\"2d6e23a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a504764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a504764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57def0a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57def0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae600a3\" data-id=\"ae600a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f72a18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f72a18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tepav.org.tr\/en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TEPAV.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd9167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acd9167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>THE ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF TURKEY (TEPAV)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9b0c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bb9b0c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aea9e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0aea9e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>TEPAV was established by a group of businesspeople, bureaucrats, and academicians to conduct data-based policy analysis and policy-making contributions, with the support of The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). As a private, nonpartisan, and non-profit think tank devoted to independent research and project implementation, it became operational in December 2004 intending to enrich the content of information\/data in ideological discussions and arguments. With its full-time staff and program-based capacity building, projects have been conducted in 49 provinces of Turkey and 21 countries across the world, TEPAV helps ideas come to life through concrete projects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95d5113\" data-id=\"95d5113\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d89c1\" data-id=\"62d89c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24e6b5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24e6b5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/arastirma.tarimorman.gov.tr\/sumae\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SUMAE.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82cc31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c82cc31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CENTRAL FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SUMAE)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-611d691 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"611d691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c6122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9c6122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SUMAE is a governmental organization and belongs to the General Directorate of Agricultural Research (TAGEM) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF).\u00a0 The main aim of the institute is to carry out scientific research on aquaculture and fisheries in marine and inland waters and to collect and evaluate data for the research studies. The institute not only carries scientific research, but also gives practical, applicable, and economically suitable information to the private sector. Besides, under the light of obtained results of research, the institute helps also the decision-makers. The SUMAE is organized in the following departments: Aquaculture; Fisheries Management; Environment and Resource Management; Breeding and Genetics; Fish Health; Economics; and Administration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21e3fff\" data-id=\"21e3fff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fa2109\" data-id=\"6fa2109\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76bbd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d76bbd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tudav.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/TUDAV.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a0019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72a0019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>TURKISH MARINE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (TUDAV)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec6bc9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"eec6bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d6c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0d6c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Established in 1997, TUDAV conducts scientific research on marine environments, protects marine life, and shares the love of seas &amp; oceans with the people. For this purpose, TUDAV has created a data bank for information exchange, published more than 50 books on the subject, hold seminars and workshops regularly to educate people and bring together scientists and experts from many fields and collaborate in various national and international research projects. Objectives of the foundation are described as Conducting, encouraging, and supporting all manner of scientific, economic, social, and cultural research and studies in Turkey\u2019s seas, coasts, inland waters, streams, and lakes, conservation of biodiversity, scientific and technical research to maintain a natural balance, exploring issues with health and education of amateur and professional divers working underwater.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2673c0\" data-id=\"e2673c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3956610\" data-id=\"3956610\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e2429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95e2429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istanbul.edu.tr\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Istanbul-University.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37fd6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c37fd6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (IU-IMSM)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd5e1bd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bd5e1bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c402fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c402fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The institute was founded in 1982 as a successor of the Hydrobiological Research Institute founded in 1951. The institute researches in the fields of marine biology, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, marine geology and geophysics, coastal engineering, coastal management, and marine economics and policies by using R\/V ALEMDAR 2, equipped with oceanographic survey equipment. The scientific studies conducted in the institute focus on various research topics including; anthropogenic impacts on the Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus, and the Black Sea; environmental problems resulting from shipping accidents and oil pollution; shallow seismic studies; fish stock assessment, topography, and sedimentology studies; remote sensing and GIS applications; marine biodiversity surveys.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbbdd2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbbdd2f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f0696f\" data-id=\"2f0696f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8341a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8341a02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-864dd33 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"864dd33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19695f5\" data-id=\"19695f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f04a9df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f04a9df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emsea.eu\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMSEA.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a598e5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a598e5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>EUROPEAN MARINE SCIENCE EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION (EMSEA)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e259a36 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e259a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ad6a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54ad6a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Established in 2011, EMSEA\u2019s overall mission as a network of marine science educators acting as one voice across Europe and beyond is to be a hub for the European marine education community to promote and deliver ocean literacy across society by working with scientists, teachers, policymakers and the public. EMSEA is experienced in raising teachers and educators\u2019 awareness of ocean issues and the need for a sustainable future for our coasts, seas, and ocean; promoting best practices in the fields of marine (science) education; encouraging cross-border networking and cooperation between individuals, institutes and government bodies engaged in the fields of marine (science) education; and developing policies designed to advance ocean literacy in Europe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33ef039\" data-id=\"33ef039\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8eff25e\" data-id=\"8eff25e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b805f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45b805f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinop.edu.tr\/homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SNU.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba2228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ba2228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>UNIVERSITY OF SINOP (SNU)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215b09d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"215b09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07f3fb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07f3fb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sinop University is a state university located in the norths point of Turkey. The Aquaculture Graduate School, the first higher educational institution of the city was established within the structure of Ondokuz May\u0131s University. Sinop University is a legal entity and is a non-profit organization and the separate organization from other state governmental organs, which operates independently. The Fisheries Faculty of Sinop University has risen to national prominence as a center for teaching research in Marine Biology and Ecology, Fishing Technology, Fish Processing, and Aquaculture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f982706\" data-id=\"f982706\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c1d8a9\" data-id=\"5c1d8a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc3d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cc3d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marineboard.eu\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/EMB.png 1250w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725b680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"725b680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>EUROPEAN MARINE BOARD IVZW (EMB)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7939984 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7939984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e7ba5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26e7ba5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The European Marine Board (EMB) facilitates enhanced cooperation between European marine science organizations towards the development of a common vision on the strategic research priorities for marine science in Europe. By providing a unique pan-European forum for our members (mainly major national marine and oceanographic research performing institutes, funding agencies, and national university consortia) we develop marine research foresight, initiate state-of-the-art analyses, and translate these into clear policy recommendations to European institutions and national governments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c74df28\" data-id=\"c74df28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8ea805\" data-id=\"e8ea805\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85805f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"85805f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifremer.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IFREMER.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8076b9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8076b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>INSTITUT FRAN\u00c7AIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L&#8217;EXPLOITATION DE LA MER (IFREMER)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00100c0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"00100c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea5f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eea5f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With 1800 employees, 211 M\u20ac annual budget, 25 mainland and overseas locations in France, IFREMER was created in 1984 as a \u201cpublic industrial and commercial institution\u201d (EPIC) under the joint supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and the Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Sea. Through research, studies, and expert assessments performed on main current socio-economic questions (e.g. climate change, marine biodiversity, pollution prevention, sustainable fishery, and aquaculture), IFREMER contributes to increasing knowledge about the oceans and their resources, to the monitoring of marine and coastal zones, and the sustainable development of maritime activities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51fa047 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51fa047\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-259abd5\" data-id=\"259abd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027912e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"027912e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4674355 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4674355\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c86105\" data-id=\"3c86105\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bf5e29\" data-id=\"0bf5e29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c8498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06c8498\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icbss.org\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ICBSS.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cafb2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cafb2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"FR-BE\">INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR BLACK SEA STUDIES (ICBSS)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2669ac9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2669ac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a33f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3a33f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 1998 as a non-profit organization, the International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS) has since fulfilled a dual function as an independent research and training institution focusing on the wider Black Sea region, as a related body of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) serving as its acknowledged think-tank. The ICBSS capitalizes on its dual role to advance multilateral cooperation among the countries of the Black Sea region, and with international partners, through policy-oriented research and advocacy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc4bbca\" data-id=\"fc4bbca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9011f89\" data-id=\"9011f89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c039355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c039355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcmr.gr\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HCMR.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e4429b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e4429b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH (HCMR)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93898bb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93898bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b3b90e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b3b90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) is a governmental, highly active research organization operating under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of the Ministry of Development and Investments. HCMR comprises three Research Institutes; The Institute of Oceanography (IO), The Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), and The Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW). It aims to research technological and experimental development in all fields of the aquatic environment while emphasizing the dissemination and implementation of knowledge and adoption of produced results by the scientific community and the public\/end-users.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdbaef0\" data-id=\"fdbaef0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ce8aa5\" data-id=\"5ce8aa5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bebc9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bebc9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnr.it\/en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CNR.png 1251w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2205fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2205fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add8584 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"add8584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fffb8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fffb8b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the largest Italian research organization, CNR aims to promote, transfer and improve the knowledge in the main sectors of the scientific, technological, economic, and social research activities with more than 8,000 staff members distributed all over Italy. CNR has been establishing for long-time business relations with private firms and public bodies through joint ventures that are new organizations managed by subjects of law, who are financially independent and act in close relationships, to share the means necessary to the execution of a particular activity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-14 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec0cca7\" data-id=\"ec0cca7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (METU-IMS) COORDINATOR Coordinating Organization; Middle East Technical University (METU), founded in 1956, is an international research university, which seeks excellence in serving the country, region, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/consortium\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Consortium&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"pgc_meta":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":99,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11016,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions\/11016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeblacksea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}