The Italian National Hub in co-operation with the Maltese National Hub and the WestMED Central Team, supported interested stakeholders to gather in a partnership among Maritime Clusters. In July 2019, they backed the submission of a proposal to an ENI-CBC project MED-CLASS-BEST, leaded by Italian CENTRO DI COMPETENZA DISTRETTUALE SOCIETA’ CONSORTILE A R.L., joined by partners from Tunisia, France, Spain, Malta, Jordan, Egypt, Italy.