• LIFE COSTAdapta will feature an official stand at the Networking Village of the 2026 Macro-regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days
• Finnova will participate in Brussels with the European projects LIFE COSTAdapta and One Blue
• Juanma Revuelta, CEO of Finnova, and Pilar Santamaría, Director of Communication and International Relations at Finnova, will attend the event on behalf of the project

Brussels, Monday 6 June 2026. The European project LIFE COSTAdapta will participate with an official stand at the Networking Village of the 2026 Macro-regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days, one of the leading European events focused on maritime cooperation, macro-regional strategies, territorial sustainability and governance, organised by the European Commission through the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE). The event will take place on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July at the SQUARE Brussels Meeting Centre in Brussels.

The European Commission has officially confirmed the allocation of the exhibition space to LIFE COSTAdapta, which will be represented by Juanma Revuelta, CEO of the Finnova Foundation, and Pilar Santamaría, Director of Communication and International Relations at Finnova. The stand will be active during the Networking Village and the institutional activities scheduled between 17:00 and 22:00 on Wednesday 8 July, as part of a programme that will include working sessions, strategic meetings and an official dinner organised by the European Commission.

In addition, Finnova will share exhibition space with the European project One Blue, an initiative focused on protecting marine ecosystems and promoting a sustainable blue economy in Europe, thereby strengthening European synergies between climate innovation, coastal resilience and maritime sustainability.

Brussels brings together Europe’s leading maritime and macro-regional strategies

The Macro-regional & Sea Basin Strategies Days celebrate their third consecutive edition in 2026 as one of the main European forums dedicated to territorial, maritime and regional cooperation. Over the course of two days, representatives from the eight European macro-regional and maritime strategies — Alpine, Danube, Adriatic-Ionian, Baltic Sea, Atlantic, WestMED, Black Sea and Greater North Sea — will share projects, experiences and innovative solutions linked to sustainability, territorial cohesion and climate resilience.

The participation of LIFE COSTAdapta represents important European recognition of the work carried out by the project consortium in the field of nature-based adaptation and the protection of coastal areas against climate change. The exhibition space will provide an opportunity to showcase the solutions developed in Gran Canaria to institutional representatives, policymakers, experts, researchers and European organisations involved in climate action and coastal governance.

Finnova strengthens the project’s European dimension

The Finnova Foundation, the entity responsible for the communication and dissemination of LIFE COSTAdapta, will coordinate the institutional participation and networking activities planned during the event. The presence of Juanma Revuelta and Pilar Santamaría will reinforce the project’s European visibility, foster new opportunities for international cooperation and help build strategic alliances with key stakeholders from the European maritime, climate and territorial sectors.

In addition to the exhibition area, the event will feature high-level sessions on maritime cooperation, regional innovation, territorial sustainability and multilevel governance, consolidating its position as one of the leading European platforms for dialogue on maritime and macro-regional strategies.

LIFE COSTAdapta has a total budget of €3,337,563 and is co-funded by the European Union through the LIFE Programme. The project is coordinated by the Gran Canaria Island Energy Council and includes the participation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), the University of Cantabria, INGECID, Raley Coastal Studies, ECOncrete AQUA, the Canary Foundation for Recycling and Sustainable Development, and the Finnova Foundation.

More information: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/whats-new/conferences/EU-strategies-days-2026_en