Realising the Potential of the Outermost Regions for Sustainable Blue Growth
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Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Written by COGEA srl, in partnership with AND International, Fundación AZTI and Poseidon Aquatic Resources Management Ltd September – 2017 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) Department A – COSME, H2020 SME and EMFF Unit A3 - EMFF E-mail: [email protected] European Commission B-1049 Brussels Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2017 EUR [number] EN Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) The information given is free, as are most calls (though some operators, phone boxes or hotels may charge you). LEGAL NOTICE This document has been prepared for the European Commission however it reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. More information on the European Union is available on the Internet (http://www.europa.eu). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2017 ISBN 978-92-9202-305-8 doi: 10.2826/765231 © European Union, 2017 Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT — THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Contents Mapping economic activities ....................................................................................... 1 1. Identification and mapping of economic activities .................................................. 1 2. Synergies and tensions between maritime activities ............................................ 21 3. Best practices and flagship projects ................................................................... 25 4. Gap analysis ................................................................................................... 27 Mapping actors and maritime strategies................................................................... 31 5. Mapping public authorities ................................................................................ 31 6. Summary of existing maritime strategies ........................................................... 32 7. Mapping main stakeholders .............................................................................. 34 Mapping Blue Growth and assessing the potential.................................................... 35 8. Growth drivers and barriers .............................................................................. 35 9. Future potential for mature and pre-developing activities ..................................... 40 10. Investments opportunities ................................................................................ 47 Identifying public and private intervention .............................................................. 48 11. Potential financial, legislative and non-legislative measures for stimulating growth ................................................................................................................. 48 12. ORs potential contribution to IMP and BG initiatives ............................................. 55 13. Conclusions on concrete measures by type and timeframe ................................... 57 14. Potential projects for the Atlantic Assistance Mechanism ...................................... 69 Roles and contributions to external initiatives ......................................................... 70 List of interviewees .................................................................................................. 70 1 Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT — THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES List of acronyms ARA Autonomous Region of the Azores CAGR Compound annual growth rate EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EMFF European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ERDF European Regional Development Fund FDI Foreign Direct Investment GVA Gross Value added INE Instituto Nacional de Estatística — National statistical Institute NACE Nomenclature statistique des activités économiques dans la Communauté européenne — Statistical nomenclature of the economic activities in the European Community OR Outermost region OT Overseas territory 2 Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT — THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Mapping economic activities 1. Identification and mapping of economic activities This chapter maps Blue Growth economic activities of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, according to the ‘Methodological notes for the definition of Maritime activities in ORs’. The CAGR (compound annual growth rate) has been computed for GVA, employment and turnover for the period 2010-2014. When 2010 data are not available, CAGR has been computed for the period 2011-2014. However, those figures are not available for all activities. In those cases where data are not available, the activity has been described basing on collected information through interviews. Sea and coastal passenger water transport is composed by cruise transport and ferry transport. According to the ‘Methodological notes for the definition of Maritime activities in ORs’, Ferry transport has been included in ‘Maritime transport’ and cruise in ‘Cruise tourism’. Therefore, the share of the number of ferry passengers and of cruise passengers on total passengers was applied to data on GVA, employment and turnover related to ‘passenger water transport’. As data on cruise passengers are available only for 2014 and 2015, we have considered the shares related to 2014. Table 1 — Evolution of the number of cruise and ferry passengers (2010-2015, No) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Passengers Ferry 480 921 486 149 458 477 463 434 484 058 512 688 Passengers Cruise (transit) na na na na 83 268 117 784 TOTAL 480 921 486 149 458 477 463 434 567 326 630 472 % Ferry / Total - - - - 85% 81% % Cruise / Total - - - - 15% 19% Source: Serviço Regional de Estatistica dos Açores (Regional statistical service of the Azores) The share of GVA, employment and turnover related NACE I 55 Accommodation and I 56 Food was computed by taking into account the annual share of travels made by ‘leisure, recreation and holiday’ on the total number of travels. Table 2 — Travels in Azores, according to the reason (2010-2015, 1,000) Share Leisure, Visit to Professional Other 'Leisure, Total recreation family or Health Religion or business reasons recreation or or holidays friends holidays'/total 2010 174.6 74.3 50.3 26.7 3.2 1.6 18.4 42.57% 2011 172.0 70.8 49.4 28.9 2.3 0.7 19.9 41.16% 2012 196.6 74.9 74.2 30.1 … … 13.2 38.11% 2013 193.2 49.3 102.6 15.5 0.8 5.0 20.0 25.52% 2014 210.4 84.4 84.8 23.0 2.5 1.0 14.7 40.11% 2015 223.2 116.3 68.5 25.0 x 3.9 8.6 52.11% Source: INE — Estatísticas do Turismo (Tourism statistics) Moreover, the share of GVA, employment and turnover related to wave energy was computed by taking into account the annual share of wave energy production on total electricity production. 1 Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT — THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Table 3 — Production of Electricity (2010-2015, KWh) (KWh) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Biogas 255 200 324 337 190 215 116 133 145 464 22 939 Wave Centre 25 571 6 146 10 144 3 20 888 27 441 Wind 33 744 508 32 980 260 62 652 150 68 900 006 72 431 010 61 935 559 Fuel 540 055 040 516 716 530 509 578 220 443 128 437 432 901 444 443 011 289 Diesel oil 70 750 342 71 172 945 69 397 662 73 943 691 69 672 908 72 688 119 Geothermal 173 551 756 185 630 587 134 086 304 174 266 087 182 870 486 182 043 994 Hydric 31 330 052 32 989 229 28 411 044 29 381 600 23 757 340 24 256 396 Micro - Wind 3 864 7 907 3 168 2 374 1 570 1 885 Micro - Photovoltaics 17 260 83 636 190 123 197 722 207 607 220 400 Thermal Fuel 30 228 100 466 21 231 1 839 11 15 Ind. - Photovoltaics 15 634 20 118 17 241 550 17 356 Ind. - Wind 468 2 384 981 6 733 431 6 953 245 Mini - Photovoltaics 125 240 125 836 123 487 Mini - Wind - - Total 849 763 821 840 027 678 804 560 847 792 465 354 788 868 545 791 302 125 Share Wave Centre/Total 0.0030% 0.0007% 0.0013% 0.0000% 0.0026% 0.0035% Source: Serviço Regional de Estatistica dos Açores 2 Realising the potential of the Outermost Regions for sustainable blue growth ANNEX 7 TO THE FINAL REPORT — THE BLUE ECONOMY IN THE AZORES Table 4 — GVA of marine and maritime activities Mature GVA Tab (M) vs pre- GVA Group Sectors le 5 develop.(P) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 CAGR — activity Em Fisheries and aquaculture M 24 872 715 12 517 253 13 451 675 16 389 503 27 410 943 2.46% plo - A 03.11 Marine fishing M 14 168 080 12 517 253 13 451 675 16 389 503 16 402 073 3.73% ym Living (production) ent resources - C 10.20 Processing and in preserving of fish, M 10 704 635 na na na 11 008 870 0.70% mar crustaceans and mollucs ine Extraction of aggregates - B and Non-living 08.12 Operation of gravel M 889 225 1 187 616 233 561 na na - mar resources and sand pits; mining of itim clays and kaolin e Maritime transport M 6 977 609 5 829 466 5 686 645 5 063 570 6 820 913 -0.57% acti - H 50.10 Sea and coastal M 261 937 na na na 669 197 24.43% viti passenger water transport es - H 50.20 Sea and coastal Group