Juliana CARVAJAL

Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique (PMBA) is a sea innovation cluster which has a specific expertise in supporting the development of collaborative projects and foster partnerships between stakeholders from the quadruple helix (Policy, Business, Research & Academia and Society). PMBA manages a network of more than 400 organisations on a triple helix approach in which industries (SMEs, start-ups, major companies), research centres and academia work together to develop innovative projects around the maritime innovation. The PMBA cluster aims to enhance the capacity of companies to innovate, to stimulate growth and to increase employment in promising markets.

It has a specific expertise in supporting innovation within the fisheries, aquaculture and the upstream seafood sector, but also in environmental and maritime innovation. PMBA’s transnational experience is based on 2 pillars: support to internationalisation mainly provided through the organisation of overseas visit in targeted countries and transnational cooperation through the participation in European Projects.

The PMBA intervenes in various strategic action areas such as,

- Maritime safety and security

- Shipbuilding, naval and nautical activities

-Marine energy and mining resources

-Marine biological resources

- Environmental and coastal planning and development

- Maritime ports, infrastructure and transport

The PMBA main actions are:

• Enhance skills of its members by promoting innovation and the adoption of new technologies

• Foster synergies between research and training centres and companies

• Encourage the development of the maritime economy in France and in Europe, mostly, through the development of innovative SMEs

• Ensure national and international collaborations

• Participate in knowledge transfer process

• Validate projects' outcomes, assess projects' results and feed them into the regional innovation stakeholders