It's great to see fruitful collaboration and coordination between key stakeholders in the region. Proud that we can contribute to adressing some of these challenges by implementing the 'Blue Bijagos' project in Guinea-Bissau through the BlueActionFund grant to PRCM.

Thanks SteffiLemke for your personal leadership to attend Our Ocean Greece. Great to hear about 🇩🇪€420m commitment from wind park auctioning +additional €10m for BlueActionFund. Well done #OceanOptimism

Breaking: At Our Ocean Greece 🇨🇮🍀 announces latest contribution of €1.75m to BlueActionFund. Crucial part of our partnership. 🙏for continued investments in #OceanOptimism Irish Foreign Ministry Irish Aid Irish Embassy Athens Eoin Leahy

Thanks Bundesentwicklungsministerium for additional €10m to BlueActionFund (total contribution now at €105m). This is pure #OceanOptimism . Our Ocean Greece

An optimistic start to day one of #OurOcean2024 in Athens. Thank you BlueActionFund and 🌊 Markus Knigge 🐟 for the opportunity to engage with ocean leaders on the vital 30x30 targets!

Questions about BlueActionFund Call for Proposals investing €20m in Eastern Tropical Pacific MPAs tinyurl.com/BlueActionETP2…?
Last chance to meet us in person at Our Ocean Greece
#OceanOptimism

Full house at our 'reaching 30x30' side event at Our Ocean Greece, cohosted by Bundesumweltministerium & @blueactionfund. Inputs by 🇩🇪 Ocean Commissioner @oceanunger & @oceanknigge. Plenty of ideas for further cooperation in the room. #OceanOptimism

Funding #30x30 Side event at Our Ocean Greece hosted by BlueActionFund Minderoo Foundation FPA2 & Oceans5, moderated by WWF Oceans 🌊

Great opportunity from the BlueActionFund 👇🏼 #OurOceanGreece #OurOcean2024

Launched👇: we aim to invest additional €20m in NGOs to support MPAs & coastal communities in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Call ➡️tinyurl.com/BlueActionETP2…
#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇳🇴 🇮🇪

🌊 Together for #OurOcean2024 with Sebastian Unger of German Environment Agency and 🌊 Markus Knigge 🐟 of BlueActionFund working in partnership to achieve #30x30 and ratify the #HighSeasTreaty

Meanwhile at Our Ocean Greece in 🇬🇷

Really important issue: BlueActionFund's funders 🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇷🇳🇴🇮🇪 usually register their contributions to us, e.g. at upcoming Our Ocean Greece. As result, we don't register our own Call for Proposals (€20m) to ensure there is no double counting...

In case you attend Our Ocean Greece 🇬🇷: Our management board will be there to present, exchange with grantees & launch our next call for proposals...
🌊 Markus Knigge 🐟 Judith Weigand

Right on time for next Call for Proposals, we simplified our grant programme. Based on 6 years' experiences we took serious look at budget structure, rules & template, eligible costs, mandatory programme indicators... Revised Grant Procedures Manual ➡️ tinyurl.com/BlueActionFund…

Congratulations to Belize on ratifying the #BBNJ agreement! This is of great relevance to us at BlueActionFund as we are currently working with regional partners on future projects that will provide significant funding for marine conservation. #30x30

Next week, we will launch our next Call for Proposals worth €20million. Subscribe to our funding alerts to ensure you don't miss it blueactionfund.org/stay-connected/

#OceanOptimism funded by 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 🇫🇷 🇧🇻 🇮🇪

Meanwhile in Barcelona 🇪🇸...