ICOMIA Continues Partnership with the European Boating Industry

A collaboration agreement  between the European Boating Industry (EBI) and ICOMIA was renewed at the Cannes Yachting Festival. This partnership was formed to bring the interests of the recreational marine industry to the attention of the European Union (EU) institutions and stakeholders with the aim to advocate for the common interests of the recreational marine industry.

The EBI represents the European recreational marine industry. It encompasses all sectors relating to boating such as boatbuilding, equipment manufacturing, marinas and service providers. EBI defends and promotes the interests of its members on key issues ranging from single market legislation to blue growth, tourism and trade policy.

ICOMIA is an international association, whose full members are global marine industry associations. ICOMIA is a longstanding stakeholder in the various relevant working groups of the EU Commission and employs technical and environmental specialists who are already engaged in EU related work. Its mission is to act as the voice of the recreational marine industry worldwide to facilitate, influence, inform and research.

Through this agreement, ICOMIA will continue to provide technical and environmental support and ensure cohesive representation of and communication with EBI and ICOMIA members. ICOMIA will assist EBI with advice and expertise in any statistical work or studies that it wishes to commission, including the provision of the annual ICOMIA Statistics Book. EBI will continue acting as the voice of the recreational boating industry in Europe, providing input to policy discussions impacting the sector.