Acronym REMCAP
Category
Aquaculture
Title Resource Efficient Maritime Capacity Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Coordination (or Networking) Actions
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
INFRASTRUCTURES – Research Infrastructures
Specific Programme (FP7)
Capacities
Funding source European Coordinator Jonathan Williams Coordinator email jw@mseuk.org
Coordinator institution
MSE - Marine South East International (United Kingdom)
Institutions involved
NA - Association Baltic valley (Lithuania) ,
NA - Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) ,
NA - Cork Chamber of Commerce (Ireland) ,
CIT - Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland) ,
KSTP - Klaipeda Science and Technology Park (Lithuania) ,
KU - Klaipeda University (Lithuania) ,
OCEANO XXI - Oceano XXI - Association for the Knowledge and Economy of the Sea (Portugal) ,
NA - Portsmouth City Council (United Kingdom) ,
SWRA - South Western Regional Authority (Ireland) ,
SMTF - Swedish Marine Technology Forum (Sweden) ,
TVT Innovation - Toulon Var Technologies (France) ,
NA - University of Southampton (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Vastra Gotaland Regional Council (Sweden) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 2,065,976 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/319855 Summary The global maritime market is on a strong growth trajectory, and this project aims to harness that growth to create economic and employment benefits for Europe. On the one hand, growth is driven by commercial megatrends such as demand for marine/offshore renewable energy, fish products and emerging potential for blue biotech products. On the other hand, there is high demand for efficient use and management of the ocean resource, as described in the EU Integrated Maritime Strategy. Increasing Europe's innovation capacity in maritime resource efficiency will underpin successful exploitation of these growth opportunities. Traditionally, the maritime industries have been slow to explore how demands for resource efficiency would impact on them. Fish stock depletion and rising fuel costs have, of course, risen quickly up the political and commercial agendas, and shipping companies as well as builders and engine manufacturers have invested in improving fuel efficiency. However, the wider needs for maritime resource efficiency are posing challenges which, in many cases, lack viable solutions. Emerging marine activities (for example in exploiting marine renewable energy) are presenting new opportunities for innovation, but are also highlighting areas where further improvements in resource efficiency need to be achieved. European member states contain a number of Regional Research Driven Clusters (RRDCs) which are active in the fields of maritime development and marine & coastal resource management. This project will add significant value to this existing cluster infrastructure, via three main approaches that will support their long-term development and sustainability: 1. Facilitating interaction and knowledge exchange between RRDCs each focused on its world-class strengths (Smart Specialisation); 2. Raising the effectiveness of RRDCs by strengthening shared approaches to innovation support; and 3. Using RRDC activities to stimulate involvement of supply chain companies.
The principal goal is to: Substantially increase the innovation capacity across the EU for achieving efficient extraction of marine resources, and thereby position European businesses to create world-leading products and services for marine resource extraction and marine operations. This will be achieved via the following subsidiary objectives: (1) Generating information on the market potential in maritime resource efficiency and the opportunities this presents for growing business, together with the innovation priorities supporting sustainable, cost-effective use of resources; (2) Understanding of the current capabilities relevant to such innovation, including research facilities and research projects, and the capability gaps that need to be filled; (3) Defining action plans that address these capability gaps and facilitate innovation, and understanding how regional clusters could be mobilised and strengthened to expand innovation; (4) Enacting inter-regional and regional measures to implement these action plans, highlighting the ways that cluster organisations can assist this implementation.
Keywords
Aquaculture industry;
Economy;
Fishing industry;
Market;
Sustainability;
Marine Region
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