The Second Call of the Eurocluster IKAT aims to provide solutions that address and are in line with the priorities of the European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism, as well as to recover the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) prior to the pandemic, contributing to reestablish broken value chains, collaboration and increase the resilience of tourism SMEs.
The IKAT project presented in the Joint Cluster Initiatives, in the Threads of the Tourism Ecosystem, aims to contribute to the achievement of the updated tourism strategy proposed by the EC, following the conclusions reached by the Parliament and the Council pre and post pandemic for the European tourism industrial ecosystem, especially maritime and coastal in the Mediterranean and Black Sea area.
To this end, an IKAT Eurocluster has been established to address the different sectors and agents that make up the tourism industrial ecosystem in Europe: Maritime and Logistics Clusters, Tourism Clusters and Innovation and Water Quality Control. The work packages offered to SMEs in the tourism ecosystem (acceleration, innovation, digital and green adaptation, access to financing and internationalization), were designed according to the level of regional vulnerability and their economic dependence on the tourism sector based on RIS3.
WHO IS IT FOR?
They are looking for SMEs in the tourism sector who wish to:
Activate diversification towards new products and services.
Accelerate and grow new ideas.
Apply open innovation to their business.
Promote the green and digital transition in their company, as well as improve transversal aspects such as gender, CSR, among others.
Improve their options to obtain financing in investment rounds.
Improve the internationalization of their company.
Improve their knowledge and training regarding previous challenges and improvements.
In conclusion, SMEs that need support to participate and develop their production, innovation and internationalisation activities.
How to participate?
Register on the Ikat platform, complete and upload your proposal.
Resolution
We are very pleased with the enthusiastic response from coastal and maritime tourism SMEs across Europe to our second call for SMEs.
A big thank you to all the SMEs that have shown interest and are ready to drive innovation in the coastal and maritime tourism sector. Following the approval of the evaluation by the Consortium Evaluation Committee in June 2024, below is the list of selected SMEs by country, in alphabetical order.
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