Hub Azul, Infrastructure Network for the Blue Economy, is part of the Recovery and Resilience Programme and its main objective is to contribute to the decarbonization and digital transformation of the blue economy, making it “more competitive, more cohesive, more inclusive and more sustainable”, taking advantage of the opportunities opened up by the energy and digital transitions.

Several regional hubs were created based on a set of infrastructures and skills that allow the organization of innovation ecosystems in the area of the blue economy, covering the entire national territory, which must be leveraged and articulated, in a network, to exploit complementarities and synergies.

The overall management of this network of regional hubs is the responsibility of Hub Azul and its Strategic Management Board, as provided for in the governance model of the National Strategy for the Sea 2021-30 and set out in Order no. 12495/2021, of December 22, “Determines the governance model of the “Hub Azul, Infrastructure Network for the Blue Economy” (TC-C10-i1) and configures one of the functional articulation mechanisms provided for in the governance model of the National Strategy for the Sea 2021-2030″.