A consortium agreement was signed on 11 March between the City Council, the University of Lisbon, Docapesca, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, and Fórum Oceano. The project will be submitted for funding under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) in the amount of €31 million.
The ‘Hub of Sea Unicorns’, said the Mayor of Lisbon, will ‘bring together start-ups and science’ and succeed in ‘growing companies in the maritime sector’.
At the end of the ceremony, which was attended by Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea, Carlos Moedas clearly expressed the importance of the project for the city, revealing that ‘if I had to choose one thing to achieve during my term of office, it would be this’.
The future construction, at Doca de Pedrouços, next to the Champalimaud Foundation and the Gulbenkian Foundation, aims to create the conditions for the consolidation of a blue hub of innovation, technology and business, capable of generating and consolidating an ecosystem of excellence, combining skills that ensure and develop synergies, capable of creating a space for dialogue and cooperation between universities and research centres, companies and entrepreneurs.
News published based on the original news item on the Lisbon City Council website: https://www.lisboa.pt/atualidade/noticias/detalhe/hub-do-mar-vai-avancar-na-doca-de-pedroucos