1. Investing in the Ocean Economy The Roles of Public & Private Sectors

2. Blue Economy

3. Trends in the Blue Economy (EU) Winners and losers

4. Sustainability generates economic rewards

5. Emerging sectors in the Blue Economy
Innovation and growth
Cruise passenger growth
An Updated Review on Marine Anticancer
Compounds: The Use of Virtual Screening for the
Discovery of Small-Molecule Cancer Drugs
Verónica Ruiz-Torres 1, Jose Antonio Encinar 1, María Herranz-López 1,
Almudena Pérez-Sánchez 1, Vicente Galiano 2, Enrique Barrajón-Catalán 1,* and Vicente Micol

6. Jobs created in off-shore wind

7. Protecting the our natural capital
International Ocean Governance
Fighting pollution: Plastic Strategy
Preserving resources: Fisheries policy
Engaging with business
- Blue Finance Principles
- Commitments at Our Ocean high-level events

8. Enablers for the Blue Economy
Maritime Spatial Planning
Marine Knowledge and Data
Research & Development
- €800M invested
New forms of finance

9. Supporting investment
Public funding can spur private investment:
EU "External Investment Plan"
European Investment Bank
- Sustainable Ocean Fund

10. € 44 billion to EU Neighbourhood & Africa
€ 1,3 billion set aside by the EU in 2017
Mobilizing €9 billion of private investment

11. Role of the public sector
protecting natural capital
enabling the maritime economy
spurring private funding
removing obstacles to innovation

12. Thank You Bernhard Friess Director – Maritime Policy and Blue Economy
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
European Commission