Risorsa Mare

The 2nd edition of the "Risorsa Mare" International Forum was held in Palermo (Sicily, Italy) on September 25-26, 2024, organised by The European House – Ambrosetti in collaboration with the Italian Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies Nello Musumeci and under the patronage of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, and the support of important companies and Institutions: Fincantieri, Gruppo MSC, Assarmatori, Caronte&Tourist, Marinedì, Confitarma, Ignazio Messina & C., GNV,  Assonautica – Ossermare, Autorità di sistema portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale, West Sicily Gate, RINA, Condorelli.

Topics 

• the perception of the sea
• higher education ecosystems and Nautical Institutes: the sea needs skills
• the Italian sea industry
• the fishing supply chain today, between challenges of growth and sustainability
• nautics sports and sea tourism
• Minor Islands
• maritime industry and ports
• environment and marine protected areas
  
• Italy at the top of underwater dimension

The "Risorsa Mare" Forum

In 2023, TEHA in collaboration with the Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies, Nello Musumeci, and under the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, launched a spinoff initiative of the "Verso Sud" platform, aimed at drawing attention on the sea as an inestimable resource.

"Risorsa Mare" focuses on the competitiveness and attractiveness of the whole maritime supply chain, aggregating the different components of the national and European socio-economic political system around the priorities of intervention and promotion for the sector, especially from an industrial perspective: maritime security and the Mediterranean Sea, fisheries and underwater dimension, transportation and cruising, ports, environment and smaller islands, training, sports and nautics.

To this end, the initiative is conceived to be recurrent (being held every year) and itinerant (taking place in a different Italian port city each time). The first edition took place on September 14 and 15, 2023 in Trieste, chief town of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, in the north-east of the Italian peninsula.