Risorsa Mare 2026

The "Risorsa Mare" Forum

In 2023, TEHA in collaboration with the Minister for Civil Protection and Sea Policies, Nello Musumeci, and under the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, launched a spinoff initiative of the "Verso Sud" platform, aimed at drawing attention on the sea as an inestimable resource.

"Risorsa Mare" focuses on the competitiveness and attractiveness of the whole maritime supply chain, aggregating the different components of the national and European socio-economic political system around the priorities of intervention and promotion for the sector, especially from an industrial perspective: maritime security and the Mediterranean Sea, fisheries and underwater dimension, transportation and cruising, ports, environment and smaller islands, training, sports and nautics.

To this end, the initiative is conceived to be recurrent (being held every year) and itinerant (taking place in a different Italian port city each time). The first edition took place in Trieste, chief town of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (September 15-15, 2023), the second took place in Palermo, Sicily (September 25-26, 2024), and the third in Civitavecchia, Lazio (September 25-26, 2025).

The 4th edition of the ‘Risorsa Mare’ International Forum will be held in La Spezia (Liguria, Italy) on September 17-18, 2026. During the event, the new edition of the ‘Risorsa Mare’ Blue Book, edited by TEHA Group, will be presented.

Topics

• The Mediterranean Sea: between security and growth
• Blue economy, a driver for growth
• Shipbuilding and shipowning as pillars of Italian industry
• Outlines for Italy’s international leadership in diving
• Maritime tourism: boating and cruising
• A history of maritime Italy
• Italy in the global ocean
• Sustainability and protection of the marine environment
• Training and appeal of maritime professions
• Italian ports as logistics hubs in the Mediterranean