Acronym BLUEfasma
Category
Aquaculture
Title Empowering innovation capacity of SMEs, maritime clusters and networks in MED islands and coastal areas to support blue circular economy growth in fishing/aquaculture Programme Interreg V
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Thanasis Koukounaris Coordinator email bluefasma@gmail.com
Coordinator institution
UPATRAS - University of Patras (Greece)
Institutions involved
NA - CEEETA-ECO, Energy Consultants Ltd
(Portugal) ,
NA - Chamber of Economy of Montenegro (Montenegro) ,
DUNEA - Dubrovnik-Neretva County Regional Development Agency (Croatia) ,
NA - Dynamic Vision P.C (Greece) ,
IMC - International Marine Center (Italy) ,
ANETEL - Larnaca District Development Agency (Cyprus) ,
NA - Maritime Cluster of Balearic Islands (Spain) ,
NA - MEDCITIES (Spain) ,
NA - Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Animal Rights (Malta) ,
NA - Region of Crete (Greece) ,
NA - Strategem Energy Ltd (Cyprus) ,
NA - Taormina Etna Consortium (Italy) ,
TVT Innovation - Toulon Var Technologies (France) ,
Start year 2019 End year 2022 Funding (€) € 2,811,585 Website https://keep.eu/projects/23491/Empowering-innovation-capac-EN/ Summary BLUEfasma integrates and implements Circular Economy(CE) principles in the key blue growth sector of fishing/aquaculture to benefit MED insular/coastal areas in a novel/innovative way. Project team tackles the transnational challenge of continual depletion of natural resources and the below-EU-average MED CE innovation performance in fishing/aquaculture. Its overall objective is to empower innovation capacity of SMEs, maritime clusters/networks, PAs to boost blue CE growth in insular/coastal areas. CE prevents depletion of resources by closing energy & materials loops, leading to smart/sustainable growth as a key MED joint asset. Currently PAs/SMEs are cautious to embrace CE practices, which PAs perceive as cumbersome & SMEs as non-profitable. BLUEfasma approach will change current thinking on circularity by:-replicating effective CE work (eg in efficient use of waste & by-products), mainly from North-EU&MED projects-testing the upgraded circularity self-assessment tool in 11 participating MED territories and monitoring business readiness/willingness to invest in R&I -organising Blue Living Labs & targeted transferring activities -shifting policy towards CE-systematizing funding opportunities for blue CE innovation business investmentMain outputs: -BLUEfasma online platform-Blue Living Labs-BLUEfasma Capacity Building Instrument-Capitalization eventsThe outputs will increase innovation capacity and transnational activities among blue actors of Inter. MED Community.
Keywords
Blue economy;
Aquaculture development;
Fisheries development;
Blue growth;
Economy;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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