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organizations. The FVSF is a nonprofit association of small and medium-sized companies<br />
in the field of the leisure boat industry. From their webpage, we can read that FVSF<br />
research projects include;<br />
Fit & Sail (2009-2010)<br />
Project goal: medical observation, recording and analysis of physical and mental burdens<br />
to develop recommendations on design and equipment for sailing yachts.<br />
Structures of the German boat market (2008)<br />
Project goal: extraction of robust basic data on the boot market and the boat owners in<br />
Germany to development forecasts for the future development of the industry in light of<br />
the specific demographic of the boat owners in Germany.<br />
Equipment with distress-saving appliances (2009)<br />
Project goal: identifying data on the equipment of <strong>boats</strong> and yachts with distress-saving<br />
appliances in Germany.<br />
Norm data (2010)<br />
Project objective: Creation of a systematized and interpreted collection of tables and<br />
graphs to develop target buyers of <strong>boats</strong> and yachts.<br />
Diving in the future (2009)<br />
Project Objective: Identification of nationwide data on the diving market<br />
11.4 Other sector and cluster initiatives<br />
The various industry organization represent the actors in the leisure boat industry with<br />
the DBSV and BVWW as the two most important. In addition, is there several cluster<br />
initiatives that focus on maritime industry. The three largest ones are;<br />
Center of Maritime Technologies<br />
The Center of Maritime Technologies e.V. (CMT) is a nonprofit organization, aimed to<br />
strengthen research, development and innovation in the maritime sector by encouraging<br />
cooperation between the maritime actors, between industry and academia and within the<br />
framework of the European research area. CMT has 80 members from the areas of<br />
shipyards, supply industry, shipping, maritime services, science and public authorities.<br />
The Maritime Alliance Ostseeregion<br />
The Maritime Alliance is an open network of companies in the maritime industry along<br />
the Baltic Sea. The network has about 50 members and the thematic focus is on highly<br />
complex marine system products and system services<br />
The Maritime Cluster Schleswig-Holstein<br />
The Maritime Cluster Schleswig-Holstein is the maritime industry network for Schleswig-<br />
Holstein with the core competencies of promoting innovation, providing support and<br />
assisting with internationalization for small and medium-sized companies.<br />
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