Blue Growth

• Indicative allocation to programme areas is in line with the following guiding principles: approximately 50% to the programme area “Green business and innovation”, approximately 40% to the programme area “Research and innovation” and approximately 10% to the programme area “Education, training and youth employment”. The final allocations shall be agreed and set in the programme agreement.
• Partnerships between Donor States and Beneficiary State entities are mandatory in all projects under the programme area “Education, training and youth employment”.
• The National Innovation Agency (Agência Nacional de Inovação - ANI), the Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCT), and the National Agency for Education and Training (Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Educação e Formação (ANE+EF) shall act as Programme Partners for the programme areas “Green Business and Innovation”, “Research and Innovation” and “Education, training and youth employment”, respectively. The Programme Partners’ main responsibility shall be the selection of projects through calls for proposals.
• The programme area "Green business and innovation" shall support investments in innovative green technologies and development of products, services and solutions ready for commercialisation. The programme shall stimulate long-term bilateral business cooperation in the blue and green economy.
• The programme area “Education, training and youth employment” shall support development of sustainable skills in the blue economy and ocean literacy. The programme shall strengthen the capacity of relevant stakeholders within the education sector to fully exploit the opportunities offered by European funding instruments.
• The programme shall increase value creation and sustainable growth in the blue economy by supporting green and blue innovation, research and skills development.
• The promotion of female entrepreneurs shall be included in the programme and the possibility of pre-defining a project with Donor partner(s) shall be explored when developing the Concept Note.
• This programme area shall contribute to harnessing the growth potential that derives from the European Green Deal for maritime enterprises to promote a sustainable blue economy. It will foster value creation through environmentally sustainable practices. It will contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change and to ensuring a transition to a resource efficient circular economy.

No projects have been signed under this programme. That is a real state rather than a gap in the data: bilateral funds and newly agreed programmes both sit here.