Coastal communities strategyEU’s strategy to support prosperous, resilient, and liveable coastal communitiesEurope’s outermost regionsLocated thousands of kilometres away from continental Europe, outermost regions are an integral part of the EU.Sea basinsEurope has a 68,000 km coastline along the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the Baltic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea. Events15Aug2026Info daysInternational Youth Day beach cleanup at Pedrógão Beach, LeiriaLeiria, PortugalExternal event25Aug2026Info days#EUBeachCleanup 2026 – Praia de MiraMira, PortugalExternal event01-03Sep2026Conferences and summitsEU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue and Arctic Youth DialogueBrussels, Belgium05Sep2026Info daysEUBeachCleanup – More spaja: Rječina 2026Rijeka, CroatiaExternal eventAll events News News announcement3 August 2026Commission approves €20 million State aid for agricultural, fishing and aquaculture companies in Friuli Venezia Giulia region facing increased fuel and fertiliser prices2 min readNews article29 July 2026Sweden tests light-guided shrimp fishing3 min readSee all
Coastal communities strategyEU’s strategy to support prosperous, resilient, and liveable coastal communities
Europe’s outermost regionsLocated thousands of kilometres away from continental Europe, outermost regions are an integral part of the EU.
Sea basinsEurope has a 68,000 km coastline along the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the Baltic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea.
15Aug2026Info daysInternational Youth Day beach cleanup at Pedrógão Beach, LeiriaLeiria, PortugalExternal event
01-03Sep2026Conferences and summitsEU Arctic Forum, Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue and Arctic Youth DialogueBrussels, Belgium
News announcement3 August 2026Commission approves €20 million State aid for agricultural, fishing and aquaculture companies in Friuli Venezia Giulia region facing increased fuel and fertiliser prices2 min read
