EU maritime know-how project concludes
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Nautilus is taking part in a conference in May which concludes a European Union-funded project to investigate ways of improving the recruitment and retention of merchant seafarers.
The three-year KNOWME project has tackled topics such as the image of shipping, retention in the maritime industry, improving working and living conditions for seafarers, innovative maritime education and training policies, and the future of maritime education and training.
Launched in line with the EU’s Maritime Transport Strategy 2009-2018, the 11-partner project was set up to address the growing shortage of European maritime professionals, and investigated ways of improving the image of shipping and the attractiveness of careers at sea and in the maritime sector.
The final KNOWME conference, which will take place on 20 May 2014 from 1000 to 1500hrs in the German city of Bremen, will showcase the results of the project and demonstrate some of the synergies with other projects or studies.
These include Go-Maritime e-portal which was recently launched to highlight career opportunities in the sector. The project team is keen to get feedback from various user groups, including seafarers, and Nautilus members are invited to take part in the short Go-Maritime online survey.
Nautilus will also be taking part in the KNOWME conference, via a follow-on discussion panel addressing the future of maritime education and training and its role in improving the competitiveness of the maritime industry.
08/04/2014