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A podcast series by the Magellan Circle, a European Affairs consultancy based in Porto, Genoa and Brussels.
Topic include environment, transport, mobility and other.
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Episode #48 - Blue Economy in the Mediterranean with Stephanie Vella, WestMED
In this episode we talk to Dr Stephanie Vella, who is currently the National Hub for Malta on the WestMED initiative bringing stakeholders together for the development of maritime related projects. She is also an ambassador of the MEDBAN project.
We talk to Stephanie about the WestMED initiative and how to overcome the key issues and challenges the Blue Economy is facing in the Mediterranean. -
Episode #47 - The Rise of Inland Waterways with Tomas Ambra, Inlecom
Tomas Ambra is Technical Director at Inlecom and the project coordinator of the newly launched FOREMAST project, where Magellan Circle is leading the communication. We speak to Tomas about FOREMAST and how it can facilitate the movement of goods in urban and coastal areas.
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Episode #46 - Blue Economy with Antri Theodorou, Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute
Dr Antri Theodorou is Senior Scientist at Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute with a PHD in the sector of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences, at the University of Manchester. She is also an ambassador of MEDBAN - Mediterranean Blue Acceleration Network project. Antri shares her thoughts and experience on the Blue Economy in the Mediterranean.
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Episode #45 - The Mediterranean diet with Tassos Kyriakides, Yale School of Public Health
Tassos Kyriakides is Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at Yale University. Last December 2023, Yale held the 5th International Symposium on Olive Oil and Health in Portugal. We speak with Tassos about the history of the school, one of the oldest of this kind and the future of the Mediterranean diet.
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Episode #44 - Digitalising European transport with Eva Killar, Ministry of Climate of Estonia
In our first podcast of 2024 we speak to Eva Killar, Head of Mobility Development and Investments Department at the Ministry of Climate of Estonia.
Eva is also project coordinator of our new eFTI4EU project (to tag), aimed to digitalise freight transport with the well-harmonised and interoperable European-wide eFTI (Electronic Freight Transport Information) exchange environment.
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#EURegionsWeek Talks with Jorge Barbeiro, AMP
For the second episode our special edition podcast ahead of the #EURegionsWeek in Brussels from 9 to 12 October, we spoke to Jorge Barbeiro, who is Head of Mobility Planning and Management at the Porto Metropolitan Area.
Jorge talks about the main transport initiatives for the Porto Metropolitan Area, which acts as a transport authority in the region and how to increase the ridership of passengers, the main objective of the current strategy.