BlueInvest: Unpacking Investment Strategies for the Blue Economy

The interactive masterclass - Unpacking Investment Strategies for the Blue Economy - will show how to design dedicated blue funds and explore successful blue fund case studies with industry experts. Participants will leave the training with a better sense of investment instruments and de-risking approaches that can make sense for blue economy investments.

Format: online on the BlueInvest Community platform

Indicative agenda:

14:00 – 14:10 Welcoming remarks

14:10 – 14:30 The importance of clearly defined blue investment strategies in scaling finance for the blue economy.

14:30 – 15:10 Designing blue economy funds: some key considerations

15:10 – 15:45 Blue economy fund case study  

15:45 – 15:55 Break

15:55 – 17:00 InvestEU Blue Economy case study and investment criteria

17:00 – 17:25 Blue bonds and blue credits: relevance and potential to finance blue economy companies and projects in Europe 

17:25 – 17:55 Role of blended finance in de-risking blue investment

17:55 - 18:00 Concluding remarks

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