Through the implementation of joint supportive and coordination actions, BLUEandGREEN is enhancing the Science and Technology capacity and staff’s research profile of CIIMAR, as well as of the other institutions involved, in the field of marine biotechnology.
COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF EUROPEAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INDUSTRIES
BLUEandGREEN is contributing to efficient networks between research centres and industry that are though needed in Europe so as to create sustainable ways of exploiting marine resources in a competitive manner.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
BLUEandGREEN is providing synergies and added value in Marine Biotechnology area, envisaging reducing fragmentation and duplication and optimizing the use of European infrastructures towards common programs on converting research results in proofs of concept and valorization.
Several projects have been prepared and submitted, including some or all the partners of BLUEandGREEN Twinning project. Recently, an Innovative Training Networks (ITN) of the Call: H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 was submitted. It involved all the BLUEandGREEN partners (CIIMAR, University of Helsinki, University of Bergen, Geomar and Fundación Medina), plus other academic and non- academic European partners.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EU BLUE GROWTH STRATEGY
BLUEandGREEN is aligned with these strategies that also applies at national (PORTUGAL 2020) and regional levels (NORTE 2020). Our action is imbibed with the strategies defined by the EU European Bioeconomy Strategy (2012), the ROME declaration (2014), the European Marine Board, the ERA-NET Marine Biotechnology and the guiding principles of the European Research Infrastructures EMSO and EMBRC. The Blue Bioeconomy Roadmap for Portugal, prepared in the framework of the BLUEandGREEN, and that involved all partners with the coordination of GEOMAR, gives an important contribution for the implementation of the Blue Growth Strategy, at regional, national and European levels. This roadmap, resulted from multiple and joint tasks taken together with the BLUEBIO ALLIANCE (BBA, a Portuguese network of the blue biotechnology and marine bioresource sectors in Portugal), with the support of the Oceano Azul Foundation. Such tasks provided the data and insights needed to draw a detailed picture of the Portuguese Blue Bioeconomy sector and to propose a roadmap for the future developments of this sector. The roadmap has the endorsement of the Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, and was the first to map the involved stakeholders in Blue Bioeconomy, the value chain and used bioresources in Portugal.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE INNOVATION CAPACITY AND STAKEHOLDERS
BLUEandGREEN is potentiating the innovation capacity of all consortium members by the cross-fertilization activities along the project development. Stakeholder collaboration and knowledge transfer between research and industry is being the key to track market trends and needs, identify opportunities for innovative technologies and products and fast-track product commercialization and the impact of the emerging biotechnological SMEs. In this perspective a database was constructed with a large set of data from the Portuguese Blue Bioeconomy stakeholders. This database will be an important tool for the Blue Bioeconomy stakeholders in Portugal and Europe.
