The delegate of the Consortium, Fran González, attended the assembly of the Spanish Maritime Cluster, where the video summary of the congress was projected and the potential of the forum, which is already a reference in Spain, was exposed.
On the same day, he attended the delivery of the Maritime Cluster-Federico Esteve 2024 awards, during an institutional lunch that continued with the assembly of the national entity.
The State delegate in the Cádiz Free Trade Zone, Fran González, presented today in Madrid to the members of the Spanish Maritime Cluster the success of the Blue Zone Forum-Innovazul 2024, the blue economy meeting that was recently held in collaboration with the UCA and CEI-mar and is already a national reference. Thus, during the assembly of the maritime entity, it has been able to provide details of the event and project the summary video, inviting attendees to the next edition of a meeting that has made it possible for Cádiz to become the epicenter of the blue sector and that the Bay of Cádiz has become visible both nationally and internationally as the great hub of the Blue Economy.
On the day, in addition to participating in the assembly of the Spanish Maritime Cluster, he attended the presentation of the Maritime Cluster-Federico Esteve 2024 awards, which was held during an institutional lunch. Thus, the Ibaizábal Group has been recognized (Competitiveness Award); to Abance (International Projection Award); to the Polytechnic University of Madrid (Training Award); Satlink (Technology and Innovation Award); and Pérez y Cía (Communication Award).
Fran González has reaffirmed in the Madrid forum the basis of his Blue Economy strategy, which has allowed us to return to the sea as a fundamental instrument of the province's economy, which has historically depended on this sector, but with the perspective of the economy. blue, which is not only an identified way of generating wealth and attracting talent, but also a responsibility towards maritime systems and sustainability.
The delegate of the Free Trade Zone thanked “the opportunity given to us in forums like this since for us it is very important to share the synergies and experiences that other members of the cluster offer us, in addition to giving us visibility that is very important to strengthen our strategy.”
Fran González added that “being part of the Spanish Maritime Cluster is an element of great value for the ecosystem that we are creating around the Blue Economy and our new industry model. We are able to say that we have established ourselves as a hub of the blue sector in Bahía and the province of Cádiz and creating synergies and alliances at the national level is very important for the future development of our work model.”
The 46th assembly of the Spanish Maritime Cluster was held today in Madrid, where a meeting of all the regional clusters was also held. The Cluster, under the presidency of Javier Garat, has reviewed its activities, events and communication actions.
The Spanish Maritime Cluster has been operating since October 2007, the date on which the founding act was signed and the statutes were approved. This entity includes activities such as maritime transport; shipbuilding and repair; maritime engineering and auxiliary industry; extractive fishing and marine aquaculture; the recreational nautical industry, marinas and marinas; energies of marine origin; the army; ports and port services; maritime services, as well as regional clusters; marine research; the agents of the R&D&i system; training organizations; unions and professional associations; culture, heritage and social well-being.
