The councillor of Economy and Competitiveness, Joaquin García, and the Director General of the Trade and Enterprise, Lourdes Cardona, had a meeting this morning with the Balearic Maritime Cluster, chaired by its president, Iolanda Piedra and the president of the Association of the Nautical Enterprises in the Balearics, Margarita Dahlberg. In the first meeting of this group, the councillor expressed his support for the Blue Economy and his interest to strengthen all the related sectors with the help of European funds.
The European Union has defined the Blue Economy as the sector best positioned to create solutions for the current economical crisis and to generate wellbeing and employment in the coming years. Regarding this, it has established a course of actions that include marine energies, aquiculture (growing plants in water/nutrients, without soil), maritime and coastal tourism, cruise liners, mineral resources and blue biotechnology.
"Apart from the nautical sector there are many other complimentary sectors that can be included in the concept of blue economy. Renewables, biotechnology... Many sectors related to the sea that generate activity and thus employment", pointed out councillor Garcia, who has committed to keeping in touch regularly with the cluster to find ways to collaborate in this field.
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