๐ฌ๐ท Strategis – Maritime ICT Cluster welcomed the ENMC in the historic city of Athens for two days of an intense program, during which we held our ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐.
๐ The General Assembly addressed essential topics such as the ENMC roadmap for the year ahead. It reviewed past activities and upcoming ones. Members shared news from the Blue Economy of their countries and expressed their expectations.
We were delighted to have the Scottish Maritime Cluster โ Duncan Cunningham and Brian Fulton,ย as special guest, which presented its activities and discussed the current state of the maritime industry in the UK.
๐ For the attendees on-site, the assembly was followed by several activities such as a tour of the Port of Piraeus and Marina Zea, networking dinners, and an accompanied visit to the maritime fair Posidonia.
Our member Baltic Sea & Space Cluster was well represented during the fair with a national pavillon. The ENMC attended the ยซย ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บย ยป conference. Posidonia was also an opportunity to meet and discuss with Karin Orsel, Chairman of European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), and their General Secretary Sotiris Raptis, on sustainable blue economy and cluster issues.
โ๏ธ For our Chairman, Fabrice Maireย โ Cluster Maritime Luxembourgeois, it was an opportune moment to meet H.E. Elisabeth Cardoso, Ambassador of Luxembourg to Greece, Cyprus, Romania, who also visited Posidonia, and to inform her about the ENMC and collaboration with Greek stakeholders.
We thank our members for their active participation and a special thanks to Strategis – Maritime ICT Cluster โ Gregory Yovanof for hosting and organizing these day in Greece!
๐ช๐ธ The European Network of Maritime Clusters (ENMC) organized its ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ during the ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ in Seville. On October 4th, the ENMC Vice-President, Frederic Moncany de St-Aignan โ Cluster Maritime Franรงais, participated in the roundtable for the ๐ฝ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ organized during the Congress. He discussed the French maritime policies and the role of the ENMC at the European level. Then, the members of the ENMC had the luck to attend a Gala dinner in the iconic place of the ๐๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ.
๐ On October 5th, the ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ was organized at the ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข ๐๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข, and we are grateful for the warm welcome from the authorities. Then, the members visited the ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆโ, which retraces with its maritime museum the centuries of history of Spain with the sea.ย After, they had the luck to visit the offshore patrol vessel named Vigรญa.ย
The ship is used for oceanic patrol, fishing control, escort, and maritime rescue.
๐ During the meeting, the members present on-site and online reviewed the past and future activities, communication strategy, and collaborations to strengthen. It was the first General Assembly of the ENMC as an official association โ created on January 1st, 2023. Also, the ENMC welcomed its 12th member with Strategis – Maritime ICT Cluster โ Gregory Yovanof, which will represent Greece.
๐ The ENMC is continuing to grow and reinforce its dynamism. We thank the Cluster Marรญtimo Espaรฑol for welcoming us to Spain and organizing these two activities days. The ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ will be held the first week of June, during Posidonia in Greece, in collaboration with Strategis – Maritime ICT Cluster. ๐ฌ๐ท