#InvestEU Investment in the Blue Economy Claus Schultze European Commission Directorate General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Blue Economy at a glance Traditional and Emerging Sectors shipbuilding renewable energy fishing aquaculture biotechnology desalination blue economy coastal protection innovative aquaculture shipping oil and gas marine technology tourism circular economy
Growth opportunities Winners and Losers: Oil and gas sector: affected by the falling oil prices Shipbuilding, ports and repair industry are facing a long stagnation period. Blue bio economy is the main driver of growth for the established sectors, with almost 30% increase since 2008.
Growth opportunities Emerging sectors: The real potential comes from innovative emerging sectors which are projected to create a sustainable growth pattern for the coming years.
Drivers of opportunities Expanding demand and innovation Expanding demand drives persistent output increase AND innovation in traditional and new sectors for instance, food and health products. Profit-seeking investment in sectors with high demand will create a solid background for further research and innovation together with public sector support.
Drivers of opportunities Innovative ideas lead to sustainability circular economy waste to 3D printers energy efficiency fuel saving 5-30% food security sustainable live feed
Towards an EU Blue Economy Investment Platform Public & Private Investors Assistance Platform: Investment Readiness & Matchmaking EU conditional grants Blue projects pipeline
Towards an EU Blue Economy Investment Platform Phase I Q2-Q3 2018 Blue Economy market study -> by August 2018 Assessment of projects pipeline -> 600 projects so far Phase II Q4 2018/ Q1 2019 Assistance platform -> Q4-2018 / Q1-2019 Conditional grants -> Q4-2018 / Q1-2019 Outreach to public & private investors -> 2018-2019 Blue Economy Investment Platform
blending EMFF grant impact investor private equity EIF Promotional Bank SME
Outreach Blue Invest event Vice President Katainen, Commissioner Vella, Vice President Taylor (EIB) 17 May 2018 Investment dossier August 2018 EFSI (advisory hub) September 2018 Assistance and blending End 2018
2018 BLUE ECONOMY Calls See DG MARE WP https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheries/ files/c-2017-8146-annex_en.pdf 3 complementary strands 18,44 Mio Strand 1: Blue Labs 5 Mio Strand 2 Blue Careers 6 Mio Strand 3 Demonstration 7,44 Mio
See DG MARE WP https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheri es/files/c-2017-8146-annex_en.pdf
Objectives DEMO PROJECTS - EMFF 2017 Supports demonstration that helps bridge the 'valley of death' from research to commercialisation and harness new business and investment opportunities in the blue economy; Builds on results of research and innovation projects, focusing on opportunities and needs at sea basin level in a specific blue growth related technology, domain or value chain; Open to projects with High Technology Readiness Levels TRL 6 to 9. Focus on key enabling technologies and tech transfer as drivers
DEMO PROJECTS EMFF 2017
Core activities DEMO PROJECTS - EMFF 2017 Testing/deploying and scaling-up of new industry and service applications, i.e. Projects must undertake concrete activities in at least one of the following categories : Produce new materials, products or devices, install new processes, systems and services, improve substantially those already designed, produced and/or installed; operate precommercial pilot manufacturing system, test and validate manufacturing process of first batch of pre-commercial products, fine-tune on site, gather and analyse the data necessary for the development and/or improvement of the planned solutions; Consult, obtain feedback and validate with relevant stakeholders the technologies/services/products being tested/deployed/scaled-up and/or prepare internal and external organisations for full manufacturing, prepare for full commercialisation.