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Innovation and cooperation are essential to sustainable economic growth. The Provincial Development Agency West Flanders is strongly committed to this through ‘Quick Wins Factories of the Future 2021’. The aim of this initiative is to promote entrepreneurship and economic development.

The Coastal scan is an annually recurring event that combines a walk along the coast with interesting presentations related to the sea. The third edition took place on 18 June. This year, we stayed in the Ostend region.

The sustainable blue economy is booming internationally. In Belgium too, the importance of this sector is increasingly recognised. This leads to growing interest from policy makers.

Sustainability is more than just a buzzword to Blue Cluster. We are therefore actively taking steps to help our members move towards more sustainable forms of business and provide relevant instruments to do so. One such example is the CO2 performance ladder.

The world’s population keeps growing. That brings us to the question of how we can produce more food without putting an extra burden on the environment. Sustainable aquaculture may be a solution.

Setting up innovative projects around energy and climate is not easy for small and medium-sized enterprises. Fortunately, the EU provides financial resources through various programmes to make this possible. One such example is CrossRoads2 Sustainable Energy.

Top-level science, competitive businesses and solutions to societal challenges are central to Horizon 2020. The programme works with targeted funding to minimise the time to market and society.

The European Union supports companies committed to sustainability via various programmes, but the focus is often on large companies and not on SMEs. The DigiCirc project aims to change that and focuses specifically on international cooperation between SMEs.

Are you working on a market-oriented innovation and are you looking for additional financial support? Then the EIC Accelerator might be something for you.

EnzyMares is committed to developing a toolbox to accelerate the discovery of marine enzymes and shorten the time-to-market for new enzymes. The toolbox will contribute to the success of enzymes as sustainable biocatalysts and help companies make their processes and products more sustainable.

Apply for the second edition of our Blue Innovation Awards and give local and international exposure to your project, product or service to entrepreneurs, experts and professionals in the blue economy.

The blue economy is a driver for economic growth, innovation and employment in the European Union. A strong growth has been noted in both traditional and emerging sectors. The European Commission is therefore strongly committed to it.