Best practicesCreated on: 2 April 2026

Dunkirk (France) connects local businesses through its Industrial Web ®

Goal 4.4

Developing collaborative approaches, drawing on scientific and technologic knowledge from the scientific community and civil society to support decision making.

Challenge(s)

How can port authorities promote industrial collaboration?

Best Practice

Establishing maritime clusters necessitates identifying the diverse sectors of activity within the proposed redevelopment zone and involving public and private stakeholders. This process aims to pinpoint all parties’ shared economic and social interests, encouraging them to collaborate in research and development, communication, international outreach, and more. To facilitate this collaboration, a shared portal operated by the port of Dunkirk plays a pivotal role. It provides a space for companies to interact, coordinate, and share information, thereby promoting industrial collaboration in a practical and efficient manner.

This good practice also includes objective 2.1 (Promoting dialogue and cooperation between socio-economic stakeholders to bring their activities closer together, identify potential synergies and encourage better management of natural resources) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.

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