Blue Growth Clustering workshop held in Mostar

The workshop titled “Blue Growth Clustering” was held on 27/05/2025 at Hotel Buna in Mostar, where one of the main results of the BLUECONNECT project was presented: the Blue Growth Digital Collaboration Platform.

The host of the conference was the Chamber of Commerce of the Federation of BiH, and support was also provided by the other project partners: the Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro, the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro and the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries from Croatia.

The highly interactive lecture involved all participants in the workshop, who were representatives of the real sector of blue growth, relevant federal institutions, local and cantonal governments, as well as representatives of the academic community.

The workshop also served as an ideal opportunity to present progress in the development of the Blue Growth digital platform, which is also one of the main objectives of the BLUECONNECT project, as well as to present the development of the regional Blue Growth Cluster of these three countries, networking of the present stakeholders and exchange of knowledge on the Blue Economy in the region.

The BLUECONNECT project is financed by the Interreg VI-A IPA Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro program.