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BLUE PORTS | D2.1 BLUE PORTS Baseline Report 24safety, environmental awareness, security, and emerging technologies.%u2022 Innovation and technology: Many projects emphasize the importance of innovation and technology in shaping the future of maritime industries. This includes initiatives to promote green shipping, digitalization, and the adoption of sustainable practices in ports, themes directly related with the scope of BLUE PORTS.%u2022 Stakeholder engagement: Collaboration among stakeholders is a recurring theme, with projects working to establish networks, partnerships, and collaborative frameworks involving industry, academia, and public authorities.In terms of the synergies between BLUE PORTS and the projects reported to the extended mapping study and analysis performed by ReSEL TUC and FV, the following potential areas of collaboration and joint actions have been found:%u2022 Online/Social Media presence and dissemination of the results from both projects: This actionfocuses on leveraging online platforms and social media channels to raise awareness, share findings on blue economy trainings, and engage with a wider audience regarding the progress and outcomes of both projects. It involves creating engaging content such as articles, infographics, videos, and posts that highlight achievements and insights. Additionally, digital collaboration efforts, thematic campaigns, and active engagement with followers and stakeholders are key aspects of this field.%u2022 Exchange of knowledge and technical information: The objective of the technical information section focuses on the exchange of knowledge in areas that both projects share. Topics where synergies could exist include: blue economy, energy transition, decarbonization of maritime traffic and ports, training and certification schemes, etc.%u2022 Joint events/networking: Joint events represent collaborative efforts to host or participate in onsite/online events that benefit both projects. This can include industry conferences, seminars, workshops, and networking events where project teams can present findings, share insights, and connect with a wider professional community, thus enhancing results dissemination, knowledge exchange and cross-promotion. Both projects can benefit from each other%u2019sestablished networks for collaboration and transferability.%u2022 Training development: This area aims to support effective knowledge transfer and exploitation/sharing of existing materials, programs, training methodology, learning environments and tools, educational resources, information about certifications from similar courses, and even exchange certain insights about market needs diagnostics in the field of blue economy. Exchanging information on market needs diagnostics will enhance understanding of the current landscape in blue economy, guiding the development of future educational offerings and project focus areas.The identification of projects has been carried out with a twofold perspective. On the one hand,