Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur Maritime Cluster

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Maritime Cluster - Pôle Mer PACA

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur “Sea, Safety and Security” and the Brittany region “Seanergie” clusters are principally dedicated to maritime safety and security, engineering, maintenance and shipyard services, leveraging marine energy sources, recycling marine biological resources, environment concerns and coastal engineering. These two geographical clusters also concentrate almost all France’s naval tests.

Region / Cities

Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur / Marseille

Sector of activity

Maritime: Oceanography, maritime construction

Objectives

Position the cluster as an international center for expertise in marine knowledge and management and environmental risks
Develop “homeland security” protection systems
Develop a full range of innovative security products and services for the coastal, leisure, offshore sectors
Develop sustainable marine energy resources to satisfy energy (deep sea petrol and gas) and food requirements

Advantages offered by the cluster

Iinter-regional: partnership with the Brittany Maritime Cluster and links to the DOM-TOM overseas regions
Concentration of facilities for marine and sub-marine tests, unique in Europe
“Marine and sub-marine science and technologies” cluster, officially recognized by the CIADT (Inter-ministerial Committee for Regional Development) in September 2004
Approximately 60 000 jobs linked to the marine economy (excluding tourism) in the PACA region

Main partners

Companies

103 industrial groups with a total revenue of 3 billion euros and 19 500 direct jobs
Among these, domestic and world market leaders: Thalès, DCM, CNIM, Oceanide, Doris, Saipem, Technip, ECA, Veolia…

Research and training

52 research laboratories, schools and universities, 800 research scientists, IFREMER, CNRS, INRIA, CTSN, OOV, COM, etc.
Renowned centers of excellence: USTV, Nice University, Marseille University, EGIM, ISEN, ENSAM, ISITV.