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ocean friendly legal entities

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Help create waves

As an Business Associate you help introduce sustainable practices across industries. Your contribution will help us support new innovation and visionary entrepreneurs making a positive impact through ocean friendly solutions to critical human lifestyle challenges.

  • Leadership: Show your alignment with sustainable practices and ocean healthy solutions.

  • Amplify your impact: Collaborate with forward-thinking organizations to make a real difference.

  • Ride the innovation wave: Share your ideas, present challenges and access insights and cutting-edge resources that can propel sustainable practices.

  • Step into the arena: Get involved through events, seminars and conferences tapping into the global shift towards future-proof business models.

Birds Eye Boat

Our requirement is that you support our Vision & Mission

Vision

A united community transforming ideas into solutions protecting the ocean, supporting coastal communities and boosting the sustainable blue economy.  

Mission

We provide a platform for ocean advocates to connect, learn, and take action, while empowering innovators and entrepreneurs to develop and scale ocean-friendly solutions.

Business Associate benefits
 

  • Access our community network of ocean passionate people, companies and organisations, startups, top R&D centres and universities.

  • Promote your logo and company on our Website. 

  • Participate in events organised or promoted by Ocean Community.

  • Co-arrange events and meet-ups.

  • Receive knowledge and regular updates about the state of our ocean, ocean innovation opportunities and bluetech solutions.

  • Access the international entities, clusters and networks within Ocean Community's partner network.

  • Get support for Blue Economy relevant calls under financial instruments within European Union.

  • Tap into funding program opportunities to leverage innovative solutions in your business.

  • Take the opportunity to launch and communicate internships attracting highly skilled Ocean Innovators.

  • Ask support from Ocean Community to organise company presentations, seminars and other events.

  • Consider other customised services delivered together with our global best practice partners based on your individual requests;

    • ​Knowledge and training tailored to business areas

    • Support services to entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs

    • Innovation programs from ignition to venture studios and enterprise transformation

    • Supply chain- or value chain assessments identifying and targeting blue transformation opportunities

    • Technological screening, matching with R&D groups, optimising strategies for promotion, tech transfer and deployment.

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business Associate categories


2024 Annual fee € 

Associate fees from small to large businesses, sports-clubs and universities, advance our community platform and programs, extend our global reach, foster knowledge sharing, and fuel the innovation necessary to cultivate and accelerate ocean-friendly solutions. 

Micro or Start-Up

100€

<10 employees or less than 5 years of activity

Small / University

250€

10-50 employees

Medium

500€

51-250 employees

Large

1000€

>250 employees

Category Sponsor

2000€

Business Associate Application

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