NAVIGO FOUNDS THE “YACHTING WEST MED CLUSTERS” WITH RYN RIVIERA “YACHTING NETWORK FRANCE AND BMC BALEARIC CLUSTER SPAIN”

The three main West Med clusters, NAVIGO, Riviera Yachting Network and Balearic Marine Cluster, have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for international collaboration.

The Western Mediterranean is the world’s leading area for yacht navigation and refitting. Every year, over 50% of the world’s fleet of yachts transits through this maritime area, where they are refitted and maintained. Italy, France and Spain, in more or less equivalent proportions from one country to the other, hold the international record in this respect; Italy is also a base for new shipyards – with 6 of the 20 largest in the world.

The lines of the transversal collaboration signed today concern some fundamental themes such as: training, to imagine professional development and training paths suitable for integrating our pool of skills, enriching it with transversal experiences; the collective promotion of the West Med as a leading yachting destination, which will allow the 3 clusters to organize events or participate in them when appropriate, jointly; European planning, study and programming of innovative projects; joint work on regulations and their harmonization; the strengthening of the network between the 3 countries.

The close and formalized alliance today already sees 400 companies in the network, thanks to the sum of the companies associated with the 3 clusters, which will have the opportunity to strengthen their transnational network and generate important and profitable connections.

“This agreement between the three most important regions in the world for the production and refit of yachts, in terms of the number and type of companies represented, will provide increasingly precise data on the business sector, B2B exchanges useful for the development of companies and a place for proposals and comparison of innovations and ideas” declared Katia Balducci, President of Navigo.

“Being stronger together is the fundamental philosophy of each of our clusters; it is the same that guides our transversal agreement Yachting West Med Clusters – added Laurent Falaize, President of Riviera Yachting Network – in fact, even if we are competitors, we can share common ambitions for attractiveness and sustainable development”.

“As leading clusters in our respective regions, we have identified common challenges that will weigh not only on our companies but on all sectors. In the next 10 years, companies will have to face important challenges such as the ecological transition, the management of big data and the transgenerational transition – says Antonio Salom, President of the Balearic Marine Cluster – as leading groups and with the belief that unity is strength, we have signed this Memorandum of Understanding”.