IKAT TOURISM – 2ND CALL FOR SMES IN EUROPE
The Second Call of the IKAT Eurocluster aims to provide solutions that address and are in alignment with the priorities of the European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism, as well as to recover pre-pandemic Gross Domestic Product (GDP), contributing to re-establishing broken value chains, collaboration and increasing the resilience of tourism SMEs.
The IKAT project presented at the Joint Cluster Initiatives, in the Ecosystem Strands Tourism aims to contribute to the achievement of the updated tourism strategy put forward by the EC, following the conclusions reached by the Parliament and the Council pre-post pandemic for the European tourism industrial ecosystem, especially maritime and coastal in the Med and Black Sea area.
To this end, an Euroclustering IKAT has been set up to tackle the different sectors and agents that make up the industrial ecosystem of Tourism in Europe: Maritime and Logistics Clusters, Tourism Clusters and Innovation and Water Quality Control Clusters. The work packages offered to SMEs in the tourism ecosystem (acceleration, innovation, digital and green adaptation, access to finance and internationalisation), were designed according to the level of regional vulnerability and their economic dependence on the tourism sector based on the RIS3.
WHO IS IT DIRECTED TO?
We are looking for SMEs in the tourism sector that want:
- Activate diversification towards new products and services
- Accelerate and grow new ideas
- Apply open innovation to your business
- Promote the green and digital transition in your company, as well as improve cross-cutting aspects such as gender, CSR, among others.
- Improve your options to obtain financing in investment rounds
- Improve the internationalization of your company
- Improve your knowledge and training regarding previous challenges and improvements.
In conclusion, SMEs who need support to participate and develop their production, innovation and internationalization activities.
How to participate?
Register in the platform, fill and upload your proposal.
Selected SMEs
We are pleased with the enthusiastic response from coastal and maritime tourism SMEs across Europe to our 2ª call for SMEs.
A big thank you to all the SMEs that have shown interest and are ready to drive innovation in the coastal and maritime tourism sector. Following the evaluation approval by the Consortium Evaluation Committee in June 2024, please find below the list of selected SMEs per country, listed alphabetically.
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