Margherita Cappelletto

Technologist at the Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy with a background in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a Master in Science Communication, Margherita Cappelletto works at the interface of science and policy, including cooperation programmes and projects targeting marine and maritime science in collaboration with national, European, and international organizations. Since 2016, she is the project manager of the BlueMed Coordination and Support Action, a project funded by the European Commission to support the BlueMed research and innovation Initiative for blue jobs and growth in the Mediterranean area, joined by 16 countries of the area. Recently, she started supporting the activities of the Italian Oceanographic Commission for developing a Mediterranean Programme in the framework of the United Nation Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).