{"id":273265,"date":"2025-09-12T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barcelonacapitalnautica.org\/sustainable-ocean-economy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:07:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:07:46","slug":"sustainable-ocean-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barcelonacapitalnautica.org\/en\/sustainable-ocean-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Ocean Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Barcelona becomes the world capital of ocean economy with the establishment of the Ocean Decade Collaborative Centre on Ocean Economy\u00a0(DCC-OE Barcelona) in the framework of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) (the Ocean Decade) coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Project<\/h2><\/div>

Barcelona has been selected by the United Nations to host the Ocean Decade Collaborative Centre on Ocean Economy to address Challenge 4 of the Ocean Decade, namely:\u00a0Develop a sustainable, resilient and equitable ocean economy<\/strong>.

The DCC-OE Barcelona is the result of a joint effort led by the Barcelona City Council, in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bthe Generalitat de Catalunya, the CSIC \u2013 Institute of Marine Sciences, BlueNetCat and the support of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain.\u00a0

The DCC-OE Barcelona is a recognition of the potential of the city and Catalonia to become a strategic hub of the blue economy at global level, capable of generating real impact on the environment, society and the economy.

The DCC will be operational until at least 2030 and will depend on the Barcelona Capital N\u00e0utica Foundation<\/strong>, which will be the implementing partner.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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