MARITIME UK SW – PARTNERING AND SPONSORSHIP 2022

Maritime UK SW works to increase:

• levels of SW sector influence to national government,
• visibility of forthcoming sector opportunities and investments,
• links to and delivery of national programmes such as the Maritime 2050 Strategy, National Shipbuilding Office and Clean Maritime Programmes and a wide range of skills and careers programmes.
• opportunities to promote our strengths, such as hosting the Maritime UK awards, trade delegations and presenting at London International Shipping Week.

The mission of Maritime UK SW is to bring together the breadth of our ocean economy, working in partnership to champion, grow and clean the sector.

We hope you also see the value of this activity and want to join us in making it a reality.

We offer two levels of engagement or buy-in to the work of the cluster:

Strategic Partners – for those who want to participate in delivering our objectives while also benefiting from increased exposure. Members should have a strategic interest in the work of the cluster and therefore will be subject to board approval.

Sponsors – for those who want to contribute financially and in exchange obtain exposure for their organisation via the cluster network and its marketing activity and collateral.

In supporting the cluster you will create benefit for your organisation while also contributing to achieving the following:

Strategic Aims and Objectives:

Champion and promote our sector, internally, nationally and abroad.

– Create evidence based strategy, profile and lobbying

– Promote regional excellence by fostering collaboration between business, research and government and brokering access to support.

Drive clean growth by fostering collaboration between business, research and government and brokering access to support.

– Drive collaboration, investment in R&D and clean growth

– Increase investment in skills and promote careers in maritime

Harness our assets to build centres of excellence to maintain regional competitive advantage in a clean, prosperous maritime future.

– Build supply chain capability in offshore renewables and bring forward investment in floating offshore wind

– Create a world leading centre for marine autonomy and geospatial data innovation

– Drive investment in our Sustainable Ocean Economy:

• SW to become an early adopter of clean propulsion and charging
• South West Aquaculture Network to drive a vibrant aquaculture sector

To find out more and get involved our action plan for 2022 provides detail against each of the above themes.

To understand more about the offer visit our sponsors page.