PRR – Portugal Blue Digital Hub Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique

The Portugal Blue Digital Hub (PBDH) aims to promote the digital transformation of SMEs and public entities in the national blue economy sector, favouring interoperability between companies, stimulating entrepreneurship and attracting foreign investment, with a special focus on developing services based on artificial intelligence (but not exclusively). At the same time, the PBDH also intends to focus on promoting the digitalisation of the public sector in the area of the sea, especially with regard to simplifying access to data.

The PBDH has 3 strategic objectives:

Test before you invest;
Attract investment, funding and develop the innovation ecosystem;
Developing the skills and training needed for the digital transition of the Portuguese Maritime Cluster;

ENIDH is a partner of ISQ in the development of PBDH Work Package 7 activities.

Objectives of Work Package 7 (WP7):

Identify skills needs and training profiles in the maritime sector (Task 7.1);
Ensure the implementation of a digital platform with training to support the digital and green transition of SMEs and public sector organisations in the blue economy (Task 7.2);
Promote the qualification and training of seafarers in digital skills in accordance with the STCW Convention, to reflect their inclusion in ANQEP's National Qualifications Catalogue (Task 7.3);

Activities and Services

The PBDH will focus on facilitating access to 8 groups of digital services (developed with Artificial Intelligence as a priority), innovation, training and investment support:

Digital services for systemic and environmental eco-management of the blue economy;
Digital prototyping services (digital simulation and additive manufacturing);
Services for interoperable access to data, adoption of European and international standards and public information services in the blue economy;
Data analysis and data science for process modelling and forecasting, with a view to optimising industrial processes (in terms of productivity and environmental efficiency);
Data science, mining and market business intelligence services to optimise knowledge of export markets and consumer profiles;
Digital services to measure and monitor the impact generated by ESG investments in blue economy sectors;
Acceleration services for digital SMEs (start-ups and scale-ups) in the blue economy, provided in conjunction with private investment funds and public EU instruments;
Training services in the digital area;

Total project value
4.45 million €

Start date
22.11.2021

Completion date
30.09.2025

Dimension
Digital Transition

Component
Companies 4.0

Investment
Catalysing companies' digital transition

Operation code
03/C16-i03/2022.P861

Digital Hub

Co-financed by: