Hicenter, alongside the Haifa municipality and the Israeli government, established the National Center for Blue Economy in January 2022.

The vision of the National Center for Blue Economy is to lead the innovation and entrepreneurship in all aspects of maritime space, in Israel. A crucial component of the vision recognizes that Israel, with its existing development, innovation, and technological entrepreneurial capabilities, can and should be a provider of global solutions for maritime space and climate crisis.

The National Center for Blue Economy's primary goal is to create a framework that will support the development of innovative sea-oriented technologies, based on creating a broad partnership of all infrastructure in Haifa, including knowledge, research and information, institutions, and marine infrastructure.

HiCenter – The Business Technology Entrepreneurship Center in Haifa’s Innovation District

Meet Haifa

Haifa is Israel’s third largest city, home to the largest port in Israel. It is the only city in Israel with 4 hospitals and 4 ports within its jurisdiction. Two of Israel’s leading academic institutions are located within the city: The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and the University of Haifa. Haifa also contains multiple high-tech centers and technology accelerators.  

Our Mission

To accelerate the technological entrepreneurship ecosystem in the city of Haifa in a synergic corporation with the city’s infrastructure. 

Hicenter is leading the entrepreneurial business-technology growth in the innovation district, supporting startups and entrepreneurs in creating excellent companies, and developing the accurate business climate to leverage their success. 

Our vision is to enable these successful companies to grow within the city, as catalysts of Haifa’s technological industry and economy. 

Since its establishment, HiCenter is leading the startup ecosystem in Haifa; initiating and promoting public events and managing an Investors Club, creating a community of investors from all over the world. 

HiCenter is a municipal company connecting the city’s infrastructure (industry, ports, hospitals and universities) to promote startups as the growth engine of the city.

As part of this framework, we support startups in their business and fundraising efforts, and provide them direct financial incentives, through InVENTech and HiFund programs.

Launching the National Center of Blue Economy and Innovation

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 The National Conference of Blue Economy and Innovation

4.7.22 | 10:00-16:00 | The Bahá’í World Centre Golomb 16, Haifa

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About the conference

The prosperity and security of many nations rely on the maritime space in their region. For several decades now, this space has been undergoing major geopolitical and environmental changes. Population growth and rising living standards are increasing the pressure on maritime spaces, due to the need to discover and extract new resources.

In light of these challenges and conflicts, the field of the blue economy has emerged, reflecting the need to realize the great economic potential of marine space in an intelligent and sustainable manner, while maintaining balance and committing to minimizing the damage to marine ecology and conserving marine resources for future generations.

In recent years, the maritime economy has been labeled as a crucial economic sector of coastal countries and a key component of the global economy. The EU expects it to be the fastest growing component, both in terms of its contribution to national accounts (in terms of monetary value) and its contribution to the job market. According to the World Bank, the market value of maritime resources and industries is $3 trillion a year, constituting nearly 5% of global GDP.

Meanwhile, the EU, together with the United For Mediterranean organization (UfM), has promoted a joint initiative to devise a blue growth strategy for the countries of the eastern and southern Mediterranean basins.

The Blue Economy policy (also known as "Blue Growth") was adopted by the State of Israel and implemented in the policy document prepared by the Planning Administration for the "Management of Israel's Maritime Space", which were approved in 2019.

The rise in environmental initiatives has led to a growth of over one trillion dollars in the green bond market! This paved the way for blue bonds, which foster an innovative avenue for financing solutions in the maritime arena, and sustainable business opportunities.

Participants

The conference will be attended by government ministers and senior officials from the public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors; representatives of the European Union and international organizations promoting the blue economy in the Mediterranean; mayors, key municipal and government officials, CEOs of leading companies in the maritime space, CEOs of start-ups and top academics and oceanographers; stakeholders in the field and thought leaders.

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