In the frame of the Black Sea Action Day, on 28th of October 2021, Mariana Golumbeanu and Ana Serafia represented SMARTSEA consortium at the online Workshop: BLUE GROWTH INITIATIVE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE BLACK SEA, organized by the National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” and National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geo-Ecology GeoEcoMar.