Upcoming Event

Due to the situation that Portugal and the World are going through, after much consideration, it was decided to postpone the Conference and Award Reception in order to achieve the objectives that preside over its organization. The Event new date will be 22nd and 23rd April 2021. We will be organinising 3 webinars, until the date of the Event, information coming soon.

The Sea Economy

WEBINAR SEA ECONOMY – 22 January 2021

The role of Sea Economy in Sustainable Development and Job Creation. Its relevance in the development and deepening of economic relations between the United States of America, Portugal and Africa.
The importance of Portugal’s geostrategic position within this axis is enormous. We will look at 4 key areas of this industry: fishing, aquaculture and the fishing industry; shipping, ports and logistics; shipbuilding, maintenance and repair; tourism and leisure activities linked to the sea. The state of these 4 key areas is very different according to the sectors considered. In general, the recent positive dynamics felt in the fish processing, ports, naval maintenance and repair and tourism sectors should be
highlighted.
Portugal has an important EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) besides a proposal to extend its continental platform. It encompasses a diversity of resources with an enormous potential for exploitation, namely through the development of new products and new applications, namely in the areas of Health, Cosmetics, Food, Renewable Energies, Environment, etc. These emerging sectors are particularly
demanding in terms of know-how, technology, skills, investment, business capacity.

Portugal is taking the first steps in these areas, such as for example off-shore wind energy, in a prominent position with relevant projects such as the Windfloat Atlantic. The consolidation of these sectors and activities takes time but their contributions to the economic growth of the USA/Portugal/Africa axis can be very important. Technology is transversal to all sectors of Sea Economy, and in this area there is still a lot to do, such as the fisheries, aquaculture, ports, shipping and energy area digitalisation. However, a window of opportunity opens up for start-ups and microenterprises.