Blue Cluster
De Blauwe Cluster vzw
Overview
About us
Blue Cluster is a Flemish organisation aimed at developing and promoting economic activities linked to the sea. It groups private companies who believe that cross-sector partnerships and cooperation with knowledge centres and government institutions will lead to innovative projects and investments in the Belgian North Sea and beyond, as anticipated solutions for several global challenges. Blue Cluster is recognised as a spearhead cluster by VLAIO. This means that sustainable innovation-driven growth at sea is structured and supported by both companies and government institutions so as to create new value chains, open up export markets and improve the competitiveness of the companies involved.
Established - 16 May 2017
Staff in the management team - 11-20
Cluster composition
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212Cluster Members
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118SME's
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15Number of start-ups among SME's
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68Large Companies
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17Research Organisations, Universities, Technology Centers
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9Number of civil society members
Legal form of the cluster organisation
Languages spoken
Link to the team description on the cluster organisation website
Management team
Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral industries
Sectoral Industries (NACE 4 digit)
Cross-sectoral industries
Industrial Alliances and Ecosystems
Technology fields
S3 EU priority areas
Key members
| Profile name | Location | |
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| DEME | ||
| Jan De Nul | ||
| Flanders Marine Institute | ||
| Sioen Industries |
Services
Support services provided
Further information
Support programmes
EU Programmes
Name & description
ZEETEX: Interreg France-Wallonie-Flanders project (2012-2014) Zeetex was a partnership between 2 clusters from Belgium and 2 clusters from France in order to develop and promote innovative textile applications in the marine/maritime sector.
ENERGETIC ALGAE: Interreg IVB North West Europe project (2011-2015) EnAlgae was a four-year Strategic Initiative bringing together 19 partners and 14 observers across 7 EU Member States with the aim of developing sustainable technologies for algal biomass production.
AQUA-VALUE (2014-2015): project funded under the Flemish new industrial policy program. 11 partners from industry and academia developed a roadmap for integrated aquaculture for Flanders
Inn2POWER (2016-2020) : Interreg North Sea Region project
FACET: Interreg 2 Seas project (2020-2023)
Project name
See above
Cooperation activities
International cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational cooperation
Targeted countries
Transnational support activites
International support activites
Participation at missions/events/study visits/fairsMembership in cluster networks, meta clusters and national associations of clusters
| Profile name | Location | Network type | |
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| Europe Leading Blue Energy | |||
| The Flemish cluster network |
Belgium
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| Europe Leading Blue Energy |
Spain
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