Croatia-Cyprus Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Seas project’s main goal is to strengthen Croatian and Cyprus place-based innovation ecosystems and improve access to excellence for R&I actors by cross-border collaboration on a common strategy and alongside value adding chains within the area of ecoinnovative technologies for healthy and productive seas, focusing on 5 sectors such as Aquaculture and fisheries, smart ports, maritime security and protection, research and Education and Maritime technologies. All of the above are aligned with Croatian and Cypriot Smart Specialization Strategies and have been identified as emerging and established sectors in the EU Blue Economy Report 2021.

The EU funded project entitled Croatia-Cyprus Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Seas (SeaTecHub) focuses on key objectives such as to facilitate long-term cross border and inter-sectoral collaboration to advance eco-innovative technologies for healthy and productive seas, to perform joint research work to close knowledge gaps, consolidate and reinforce quadruple-helix linkages, and validate strategy and action and investment plans (AIPs), to implement a set of mutual learning and skills development measures, and to raise visibility of Croatian-Cyprus innovation ecosystems by implementing strategic measures in the form of organizing networking, knowledge and experience transfer events.