Entrepreunership tour
Objectives
The entrepreneurship tour along the Atlantic coastal fishing and tourism routes aims to exchange experiences and best practices on fisheries diversification, coastal tourism, and blue entrepreneurship. Through this action we will achieve the following results:
Co-design the roadmap of fishing-tourism locally dynamization networking itinerary with the Atlantic Network Advisory Board (business forum, seminars, conferences and product/services presentations, and fisheries heritage literacy events).
Trigger emulation processes by showing concrete examples of the benefits of attracting tourists to local areas and sharing traditions and products, as well as connecting to pre-existing tourist flows.
Increase awareness and engagement of coastal stakeholders, including public authorities and tourism offices, regarding fisheries diversification activities and environmental protection.
Promote activities related to blue economy SMEs/start-ups and other stakeholders.
Promote a regional cooperation framework on fishing tourism promotion initiatives at the local level in different countries.
Increase social acceptance of fisheries diversification and the benefits derived from them.
Identify and promote innovation projects among partners.
SAILING TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The sailing route from France to Portugal will include strategic stops where visits and exchanges will take place along with other network initiatives, such as the business forum and others seminars, conferences, and fishing heritage literacy events.
This route will be co-designed with the Atlantic Network Advisory Board. A joint starting point will be chosen in France and strategic stops will be made along the Atlantic coast in each territory. At each stop, various activities will be organized to promote the project, including public and business events, as well as talks and workshops in schools.
Main activites:
Exchange B2B with other Fishing-Seaside Tourism initiatives in Portugal, Spain, and France
Visits to local companies in the fishing and coastal tourism value chain to exchange best practices with project entrepreneurs.
Regional workshop/Forums seaside fishing promotion in Portugal, Spain, and France
Conferences with keynote speakers and round tables with quadruple helix actors in Portugal, Spain and France to promote fishing tourism.
Demonstrative open days of seaside fishing tourism activities in Portugal, Spain, and France
Itinerant events to promote fishing-tourism initiatives in Portugal, Spain, and France. Open days will allow the public to participate in a wide range of activities that contribute to the promotion of the maritime-fishing heritage. The purposes of these activities are reinforcing partnerships between the members of the network and strengthening the maritime-fishing tourism sector along the entire value chain.
Workshops in primary and secondary schools in Portugal, Spain, and France
Workshops in local primary and secondary schools to raise awareness and disseminate the importance of the blue economy on the Atlantic coast, focusing on the fishing and tourism sector.