Institutions, Clusters & Public Stakeholders:
Co-building Sustainable Maritime Innovation
Accelerate your impact in the Blue Economy with Blue Connection.
Startups and SMEs operating in the blue economy face a dual challenge: standing out in a still-developing sector while navigating an increasingly complex international landscape.
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At Blue Connection, I support visionary entrepreneurs at every stage of their growth journey: from building a strategic positioning to conquering new markets.
With a personalized approach, sharp insight into maritime dynamics, and a collaborative mindset, I help you turn ambition into a concrete roadmap.
Sector-specific expertise for tailored support
You're leading a publicly funded project and need support with communication, facilitation, or impact valorization.
You want to energize your innovation ecosystem and promote cross-disciplinary collaboration.
You’re seeking a fresh perspective on blue innovation, gender equality, resilience, or digital transitions in the maritime sector.
You're preparing your roadmap, your next European project, or a territorial public policy.
I bring a hybrid profile : Blue Innovation expert, strategic facilitator, and ecosystem connector, to catalyze your initiatives and generate tangible results.
What my clients value
Over the years, I have supported institutional actors, clusters, and consortia in structuring strategies, amplifying visibility, and energizing their networks.
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You’ll find below the logos of institutions that have trusted me to clarify their positioning, reinforce their strategies, and increase their visibility.
As a certified BlueInvest coach, I have also worked in support organizations (chambers of commerce, maritime clusters) and on European projects, giving me a deep understanding of your challenges and how to turn them into opportunities.
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I help you identify key levers of action in your maritime territory :
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I provide a tailored strategy to strengthen your positioning in the Blue Economy.
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I support you in addressing sector-specific challenges to generate lasting, documented impact.
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My role is to turn your visions into structured projects, your expertise into convincing narratives, and your partnerships into lasting, collaborative dynamics.
Common pain points
“We needed someone who understands both institutional frameworks and innovation ecosystems and can bridge the two.”
“We’re building a European project and needed support to clarify the value proposition and engage the ecosystem.”
“Our research outcomes are excellent, but we need help to turn them into impactful results.”
“We’re setting up a new project. We know the academic players well, but we lack connections with the industrial ecosystem and sector innovations.”
“We need a proper gap analysis to guide our blue economy strategies and projects.”
“We’re looking for stakeholder and solution mapping to better understand territorial dynamics.”
“We need help finding complementary partners for our consortium, across geographies and profiles.”
“We want to better showcase the innovative projects in our region: success stories, use cases, real-world outcomes.”
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​What you need are useful, field-grounded insights.
And above all, actionable levers to transform them into collaborations, concrete actions, and visible results.
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My support offer to accelerate your journey
Are you an institution, European consortium, innovation cluster or public actor in the maritime sector?
Are you looking to structure your initiatives, better connect academic, economic, and territorial stakeholders, and turn your vision into concrete results?
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My support helps you move from vision to implementation, with clear roadmaps, strategic ecosystem facilitation, and tangible outcomes at the scale of your project or territory.
Representing a public institution, university, research center or EU project consortium?
Download our offer and learn how we support strategic analysis, ecosystem facilitation and sustainable transformation.
What you get
Formats & deliverables
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Tailored missions: on-demand, including ongoing support (1–2 days/month).
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Workshops: online or in-person, from 1 to 3 half-day sessions.
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Outputs: reports, executive briefs, survey analyses, facilitation materials.
Aix marseille university
Shaping the Cité de la Méditerranée​
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Challenge
As part of its ambition to create a University of the Mediterranean Sea, Aix-Marseille University aimed to showcase collaborative maritime projects and strengthen connections beyond academia. While the research ecosystem was well identified, links with businesses and civil society needed to be reinforced.
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Actions taken
Blue Connection carried out a strategic mission to map and activate the university’s maritime potential:
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Mapping of key stakeholders (academia, industry, civil society) in the region.
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Analysis of the regional maritime sectors.
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Inventory of collaborative and innovative maritime projects.
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Development of strategic foresight scenarios, including the concept of a Cité de la Méditerranée, which was selected for further development.
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Results & impact​
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A comprehensive understanding of the regional maritime ecosystem.
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Stronger integration of research, innovation, and territorial impact.
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Better visibility of ongoing and emerging maritime initiatives.
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Validation of the “Cité de la Méditerranée” scenario as a strategic roadmap.
Why choose Blue Connection?
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Multi-stakeholder insight: from science to policy to business.
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Mission-driven: every project aligns with ocean, equity, and climate values.
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Trusted by institutions: EU projects, international organisations, innovation clusters.
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Strong link to industry & innovation: I connect you to emerging tech, market shifts, and key maritime networks.
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Maryline CRIVELLO - Vice-President of the board of Director,
Head of the Interdisciplinarity Mission at Aix-Marseille University
During this year of collaboration, Marilou Suc's skills were highly valued by the project team and praised by both internal and external actors and partners encountered by the service provider. This includes her human qualities, ability to synthesize, oral presentation skills, writing abilities, collaborative work mode with a diversity of stakeholders, and her proactive approach.
Marilou Suc adeptly adapted her working methods, communication, and deliverables to meet evolving demands amidst strategic challenges and political decisions within a complex ecosystem. She made relevant proposals at each stage to maximize the added value of her work, co-producing with AMU a study that serves as a solid and mobilizable foundation for project development.
For all these reasons, we are pleased to have chosen Marilou Suc, who has made a significant contribution through this study to the development of a major project for Aix-Marseille University and its territory. We therefore recommend this provider, with whom we have worked with confidence and pleasure.
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