Services offered by GICAN

HOW DO WE SUPPORT MEMBERS?

GICAN, the French Maritime Industry Association, is a trade association representing over 300 manufacturers and organizations in the French maritime sector.

Its members include shipyards, systems manufacturers, equipment suppliers, subcontractors, engineering companies, naval architects, the naval aviation industry, as well as companies and organisations involved in the maritime ecosystem.

SERVICES
Knowledge is the key to our support GICAN offers its members access to strategic information, so that companies have as much information as possible to make informed decisions. Committees, Clubs and Task Forces These bodies are the lifeblood of GICAN. By participating in their work, members benefit from the most...
Access to strategic information
How can we support our members' exports? International development is a major challenge for the Groupement, as it is a fact that our sector can only grow through its ability to export. For this reason, GICAN offers a number of services designed to support companies in their internationalization, often repeated/explained...
Export support
We promote the sector to public decision-makers. As the industry's representative union, GICAN represents the sector in dealings with public authorities (ministries, central, regional and local administrations) and elected representatives (members of parliament, associations of elected representatives, etc.), at both national and European level. Our aim is to raise awareness...
Public affairs and communication
Supporting the development of productivity and competitiveness
GICAN organizes thematic events on various subjects: Major support
Supporting the development of naval innovation
How can we support our memberson attractiveness? In line with the needs of its members, GICAN is fully mobilized to promote the professions of the "Industriels de la mer" and to ensure that training courses meet the needs of industry. For several years now, the French shipbuilding industry has been...
Supporting attractiveness
HOW CAN WE PROVIDE REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR OUR MEMBERS? GICAN participates in regulatory bodies such as the Central Safety Commission, regional safety commissions, specific working groups with French administrations, the Defense Standardization Committee, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and committees set up at European level. These meetings are reported to...
Support for regulatory affairs

SEAstart ACCELERATOR

The SEAstart programme, France's only naval start-up accelerator:

  • Supporting and promoting technological developments and value propositions for the development of the naval and maritime industry, particularly in relation to the R&D priorities of the marine industry sector
  • Develop coordinated, visible and intermediary action with our members, partners and start-ups for the benefit of our industry and collaboration between its members
  • Ensure the development and industrialisation of sovereign French solutions and their integration into the French naval industrial fabric.

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