Watever is a French non-governmental association (NGO) composed of professionals from the maritime, transport, and development industries.

It was established in 2010 by Marc Van Peteghem, Yves Marre, Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski[1] with the conviction that boats can be a gateway to development.

[2] The NGO primarily focuses on underprivileged populations living on the shores of oceans and rivers, and provides them access to floating solutions uniquely adapted to their economic, social and climatic situation.

The NGO arises from the encounter of its two founding members in 2004: Marc Van Peteghem (president) and Yves Marre (vice-president).

[5] In 2010,[6] they created NGO Watever with Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski[1] to support the development of shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, working on innovation and transfer of technologies.