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Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hubs in EU Widening Member States

Project description

Blue technologies for underwater cultural heritage

European seas have considerable Underwater Cultural Heritage (UWCH) sites and assets. However, only a few are exploited sustainably through scientific research and tourism valorisation. The EU-funded BCThubs project will build R&I capacities in the Blue Economy sector by establishing Blue Culture Technologies (BCT) Excellence Hubs in Greece, Malta and Bulgaria to support UWCH's sustainable exploitation. BCThubs will provide BCT Excellence Hubs with new innovative solutions and products. Each Excellence Hub engages actors related to Blue Culture and UWCH, reinforcing their capacities and effectiveness towards raising the innovation excellence in sustainable Blue Economy/Culture in line with regional or national strategies. BCThubs will also establish an EU-wide BCT Cluster to connect hubs after the project.

Objective

BCThubs project aspires to build R&I capacities in the Blue Economy sector of the participating Widening countries, focusing on Blue Culture Technologies (BCT) supporting the Underwater (UW) Cultural Heritage (CH) scientific research and tourism valorization. Although the European seas are reach in UWCH sites and assets, only a few of them are exploited sustainably towards social welfare, cohesion and growth. BCThubs aims to build BCT Excellence Hubs supporting with new innovative solutions and products, the sustainable protection, restoration, valorisation, management, accessibility and promotion of UWCH. Each Excellence Hub brings together actors related to Blue Culture and UWCH, including research/academia, businesses, public sector, and societal actors (i.e. quadruple helix approach); mutually reinforcing their capacities and effectiveness towards raising the innovation excellence in sustainable Blue Economy/Culture in the respective regions; aligned with regional or national smart specialization strategies. Although the new Hubs will be scoped regionally, they will be interconnected pursuing cross-border collaborations on common strategic goals and new value chains aligned with RIS3 and other EU policies (i.e. Green Deal). The wider ambition of the project is the establishment of an EU-wide BCT Cluster that will create a formal connection among hubs, after the project.

Main outputs of BCThubs would be: 1) Establishment of BCT Excellence Hubs in Greece, Malta and Bulgaria and preparatory actions for the establishment of an EU-wide BCT Cluster, 2) Development of a cross-border joint R&I Strategy for the Hubs’ operation, 3) Preparation of an Investment Strategy & Plan for the implementation of the joint R&I Strategy, 4) Implementation of specific innovative R&I prototype solutions, critical for UWCH in Hubs’ regions, 5) Design and planning of new pilots and demonstrations in the Hubs’ regions, 6) Cohesion and outreaching activities.

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04

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Coordinator

PERIFEREIAKO TAMEIO ANAPTYKSIS PERIFEREIAS THESSALIAS
Net EU contribution

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€ 475 625,00
Total cost

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€ 475 625,00

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