Innovation is a driving force of the blue economy and sustainable, regenerative development, going far beyond the creation of new products—it involves new processes, business models, services, and ways of organizing.
Innovation has a clear goal—to make things happen. And it is people who make things happen, through knowledge, collaboration, and care (leadership, resources, communication, trust), supported by financial capital.
“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.”
Theodore Levitt (1925–2006)
March 2026
B-learning After work
900€
The course Sustainable Innovation, Investment, and Project Financing clarifies the concept of useful innovation and emphasizes its importance for sustainable and regenerative development, identifying types and models and outlining sources of investment and financing support.
Useful and sustainable innovation is a broad and strategic topic for companies, governments, and entrepreneurs seeking positive transformation and competitiveness. It involves the creation and implementation of solutions that balance economic development, social well-being, and environmental preservation, with the goal of ensuring a better future.
Useful and sustainable innovation thrives in innovation ecosystems, which foster connections between businesses and centers of knowledge and science; business networks and internationalization; as well as access to capital and talent-attracting environments.
This course is part of a Postgraduate Program consisting of seven modules. If you are interested in participating in any of the other modules, please contact us or refer to the Postgraduation Blue Economy Sustainable and Regenerative.
This course is part of a Postgraduation Program consisting of seven modules. If you are interested in participating in any of the other modules, please contact us or refer to the Postgraduation Blue Economy Sustainable and Regenerative.
Course Content:
Define the concept of useful and sustainable innovation, identifying global challenges and opportunities;
Differentiate between incremental, radical, and disruptive innovation; emphasize the value of open innovation;
Identify and describe innovation ecosystems, including collaborative labs, technology centers, blue hubs, and technological free zones;
Define the concepts and regulatory framework of startups and scaleups;
Characterize traditional and emerging solutions for project investment support and financing.
The course Sustainable Innovation, Investment, and Project Financing aims to emphasize the importance of sustainable and useful innovation as a response to global challenges linked to the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
Sustainable innovation involves risks and uncertainties, requiring policies and investment support mechanisms that provide the appropriate and necessary financing to turn innovative ideas into market realities.
Investment support may come from public policies and specific instruments, including tax incentives, subsidies, and sectoral funds, as well as technical and financial support from national and international organizations.
Project financing may originate from traditional sources, including personal equity, family and friends, angel investors, venture capital, bank loans, accelerators and incubators, and public funding programs. It may also come from emerging sources such as crowdfunding and crowdlending platforms.
This Postgraduation Program is aimed at individuals and organizations seeking to take advantage of the professional and organizational development opportunities offered by the sustainable and regenerative blue economy.
It is particularly relevant for:
Organizations:
Public and private companies, municipalities, strategy offices, associations, law firms, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), investment funds, educational institutions, and media outlets.
Public sector professionals:
Administrators, municipal executives, advisors, department directors, senior technicians, researchers, and professors.
Private sector professionals:
Administrators, executives, managers, planning officers, investors, consultants, lawyers, researchers, professors, journalists, and entrepreneurs.
Students and researchers:
Higher education, including bachelor’s degrees, postgraduate programs, master’s degrees, and doctoral studies.
Founder and CEO of the Blue Economy Centre of Competence (C2EA)
Álvaro Sardinha is an international consultant and trainer, specialist in blue economy and sustainable and regenerative development, founder and CEO of the Blue Economy Centre of Competence (C2EA).
Master in Law and Economy of the Sea: Governance of the Sea, with merit, from the Faculty of Law of NOVA Lisbon University (FD-UNL). Completed a postgraduate degree in Digital Strategic Communication at the University of Lisbon (UL). Completed a postgraduate degree in Sustainable Strategies for Tourism and Hospitality at the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA Lisbon University (NOVA FCT). He holds a bachelor’s degree in maritime engineering (ENIDH).
His recent work includes the authorship of the INOVSEA Action Plan (Innovation and Competitiveness in the Maritime Economy of Alto Minho and Baixo Mondego Coastal Regions); the authorship of the Strategy for Innovation and Training in Ocean Energy and Technologies; and collaboration in projects developed in Angola, Brazil and East Timor.
He has extensive professional and entrepreneurial experience, being the founder and coordinator of blue economy development events – the Blue Careers Job Fair; and the FINA Blue Business and Innovation Fair.
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