BEAP-MAR

BEAP-MAR will tackle key challenges of the Blue Bioeconomy sector in the Atlantic Area - the limited knowledge of marine organisms, namely those non-traditionally commercially exploited, e.g., new algal strains, marine fungi and sponges, valorising them to develop new, innovative bioactive compounds and products for various industries. The research on these untapped organisms will lead to new methodologies for their industrial implementation. This will be done through Product Tests, envisaged as in-company knowledge transfer processes to provide new cost-effective and sustainable products of high-added value from new compounds. The Blue Bioeconomy is still in its infancy, so exchanging knowledge and best practices at a transnational level is needed. BEAP-MAR will establish cooperation schemes among partners and Quadruple Helix actors to share the lessons learnt in the project, increase knowledge of new marine organisms and their potential and reinforce the AA competitiveness.

The project consortium includes partners from Spain, France, Ireland, and Portugal, who will identify and present good practices and participate in shared learning events towards policy improvement in their respective regions. The project is lead by partner in USC - Pharmacology in Spain. The remaining partners include University of Galway (Ireland), GPROJ Instituto Politécnico de Leiria (Portugal) , DMTS/SIMoS (France), DEPUTACIÓN PROVINCIAL DE PONTEVEDRA (Spain), Universidade do Algarve (Portugal), French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (France), WestBIC (Ireland), NERLEI (Portugal), ASSOCIAÇÃO OCEANO VERDE (Portugal), Université Paris Cité (France), Valorial (France) and Área de Servizos (Spain).

Project start date: 01/12/23 

Project end date: 30/11/26

Total Project budget: €215,180

This project is funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area

If you are interested in getting involved in this project, contact us at info@westbic.ie