PT INNOVATION 0008 & THE OCEAN WEEK

Através do Acordo sobre o Espaço Económico Europeu (EEE), a Islândia, o Liechtenstein e a Noruega são parceiros no mercado interno com os Estados-Membros da União Europeia.

Como forma de promover um contínuo e equilibrado reforço das relações económicas e comerciais, as partes do Acordo do EEE estabeleceram um Mecanismo Financeiro plurianual, conhecido como EEA Grants.

Os EEA Grants têm como objetivos reduzir as disparidades sociais e económicas na Europa e reforçar as relações bilaterais entre estes três países e os países beneficiários. Para o período 2014-2021, foi acordada uma contribuição total de 2,8 mil milhões de euros para 15 países beneficiários. Portugal beneficiará de uma verba de 102,7 milhões de euros.”

Saiba mais em eeagrants.gov.pt

Goals

• High quality and disruptive sustainable tourism product development
• R&D of sustainable nautical tourism routes
• Integration of various Nautical Services in on product
• Rehabilitaion of natural tourism in Portuguese territory using modern marketing and online platforms
• Awareness of good environmental practices, tourism sustainability and ocean protection

Actions to be Developed

• Online platform restructuring
• Construction, communication and dissemination of brand and innovate tourism product
• Design and construction of vessel with the low dependency on fossil energies for R&D of tourist routes
• Exploration support and environmental awareness workshops
• Exploration, management and quality control of the innovative tourism product

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and all the constraints caused especially in the tourism sector with the cancellation of international trips, it was a very positive year!

• 5 flotilla weeks accomplished

• +200 guests

• +25 nationalities

• 500 people reached

• 3 workshops on good environmental practices

In order to continue to offer a quality tourism product, we must guarantee the preservation of the ocean, our “home”. The problem of plastics in the oceans is very real and action is indeed needed.

We introduce wheat fiber cups, bamboo toothbrushes and 100% cotton caps with sustainable production certification in all our vessels. In addition to contributing to reducing the production of plastic products, which can end up in the oceans, we are showing our customers that there are very valid alternatives to plastic.

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