What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?
See our showcase of innovative projects and entrepreneurs who are shaping the Blue Economy.
Projects consist of innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.
The graphs below provide an overview of the country distribution, sector, and TRL of projects currently listed in the BlueInvest Project Pipeline.
Selection Criteria:
Your company is EU-based or from an eligible sea basin region (Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Mauritania, United Kingdom, or Norway)
Your project TRL is 4 or higher
Your project sector is in one of the 10 blue economy sectors identified for this initiative
Your solution has a clear sustainable impact on the blue economy
Your project is looking for investment
Project Country
Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented.
Project Sector
Main blue economy sector the project relates to.
Project TRL
Current technology readiness level of the project.
Blue Circular PostBranding Project
Prof. Carlos Duarte and Prof. Isabel Farinha are the Directors of BCpbP. Prof. Carlos Duarte is currently IADEs Vice-Dean. He holds a PhD degree in Production Engineering from University of Beira Interior. He completed his D. Sc. at the University of Trs-os-Montes e Alto Douro. He collaborates with IAPMEI on the Portuguese Strategy for Entrepreneurship. Prof. Isabel Farinha (PhD) is an Assistant Professor at IADE and a Researcher at UNIDCOM/IADE. Her research focuses on in-school marketing, youth marketing and circular blue economy. She teaches Communication & Advertising. She has worked for several years in marketing agencies and as a consultant. Prof. Rui Miguel takes part in the project as a senior researcher. He holds a PhD in Textile Engineering from University of Beira Interior (UBI). He is Associate Professor at UBI, which is a partner of BCpbP, at its Engineering Faculty. He worked for eight years as a textile engineer in the dairy industry.
BCpbP aims to remove fishing nets and marine litter from the ocean with the support of the fishermen, local authorities & associations. Docapesca, the national authority on port infrastructures, will provide bins to fishermen for their boats. The materials are collected and brought to land. Waste will be analysed, cleaned and separated by our partners, who are specialists in waste management and plastics. Fishing nets and plastics will be sent to our industrial partner, which will then be used to produce new products. BCpbPs goal is to set-up a robust supply chain that is capable of (1) creating value from waste while facing the ocean as an opportunity, and (2) promoting sustainable Design alternatives to current consumption patterns, while promoting awareness on the sustainability of the oceans. The project is in line with the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, which aims to transform the way plastic products are designed, produced, used and recycled in the EU.
Our project is a pioneering initiative in the country. At the moment there is no entity/company in Portugal that produces high-quality yarn and upcycled materials from fishing nets and marine litter found at the Portuguese waters and fishing ports. The companies and designers that use recycled yarn, such as SEQUAL and ECONYL, import the yarn already produced and ready to be used. Therefore, we aim to set-up a robust supply chain that, through a wide variety of stakeholders, from fishermen and respective community, to companies, research units and NGOs, is capable of producing such yarn so that we come up with a truly unique product fully made in Portugal