International Qualification on Marine and Tourism for the Mediterranean harbours Erasmus Project

Project Title

International Qualification on Marine and Tourism for the Mediterranean harbours

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship)

Project Summary

The project aims to enhance the human resources of the nautical sector, answering to the new market in the global scenario. In the field work about 100,000 companies in the world, 1mln direct employees and about 25,000 marinas. Worldwide demand is represented by 142mln boaters in USA and 36 mln in Europe, with a total fleet of 30mln pleasure boats. Europe is leader in the superyacht (over 30 mt.) market, registering a big growth in last five years, and playing an important role in the global trade. The Mediterranean, with its landscape, turistic attractives and luxury crafts, became a crossroads for these boats. Most of the yachts circulating in the Mediterranean are directly related to Tuscany (IT), which is leader for the production, and to Malta, from which most of the boats are flying their flags, while Greece and Albania are developing their markets.
The need for integration of the shipbuilding production chains and the increasing importance of port and tourism services generate the need to offer proper trends in employment and skills needs. A marina generates medium 89 jobplaces, 12 in the port, 54.5 in the port area and 22.5 in the territory, and every 3.8 boats one job in tourist activities and services is generated.
For this reasons a public training centre (IT), 2 excellence centres of nautical firms (IT, GR) and 2 foundation on tourism and local development (MT, AL) face this challange conceiving the professional profile of the “Manager of integrated services for boating and coastal tourism”, aimed at managing, promoting and activating integration processes between different sectors and services. The ECVET mutual recognition, the work-based learning embedding international mobility, the access to qualification for young unemployed people under 35 will be included.
The Partner Country offers a new developing nautical market to test the path for the staff members, and through the path digitalization and its adoption can favour the young people employability.
The project goals:
– developing an international level training programme matching the new sector’s needs and take advantage of ICT, applying the ECVET credit transfer system;
– improving the management competencies for staff/future workers and their capacity to operate in the international context.

The objectives:
– design the path “Manager of integrated services for boating and coastal tourism” and test it on 100 employed/unemployed young people in IT, MT, GR, AL
– enhance the competencies of 100 people by non-formal and learning work based approach by the LTTA in IT, MT, GR, AL
– provide the mutual recognition and the validation of the compentecies by the ECVET credit transfer system
– provide a digital path of the new profile
– increase the competitivity of HR in the sector
– improve the employability of young unemployed.
Participants:
– 60 unemployed people under 35 (20 IT, MT, GR)
– 40 employed in the partners’s staff (10 IT, GR, MT, AL)
– 300 stakeholders/businesses in IT, MT, GR, AL
They will be involved in the activities:
– 1 training class path and DL lessons in IT,GR,MT,AL
– 5 days mobility for employed people in IT,GR,MT
– 15 days virtual and physical mobility for unemployed people in IT,GR,MT
– local meetings and 5 Multiplier Events.
The project will be carried on following a PCM approach in a Quality Management Plan. Will be developed: Man&Co, dissemination, monitoring and evaluation, 4 Intellectual Ouputs, 5 Multiplier Events, 100 LTTA.
Expected results are related to the modernization of the education and training system in the marine sector, contributing to the economic growth and the employment of the countries involved and through Europe.
Results during the project life:
created a training path tailored on the new sector’s needs and on the approach of the supply chains
developed a joint VET qualification in IT, GR, MT, AL embedding the international mobility
recognized and validated by ECVET the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through formal and non-formal learning for 100 people
60 unemployed young people in IT, GR, MT enhanced their knowledge in practical workplace situations and improved levels of skills for their employability
40 employed in the staff/partners’s networks n IT, MT, GR, AL increased opportunities for professional development
300 businesses in IT, MT, GR, AL increased competitivity on the global market
increased synergy among VET providers and businesses
a new qualification path program available to VET providers and businesses in the sector

After the project complection is expected that:
increased quality of training in the field, combining levels of excellence and attractiveness with increased opportunities for young unemployed people
increased cooperation among Mediterranean horbours and marine businesses
created networks for joint training and non formal learning programmes among the involved countries
strenghtened the link between VET and the opportunities offered by LM

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 345204 Eur

Project Coordinator

PROVINCIA DI LIVORNO SVILUPPO SRL & Country: IT

Project Partners

• IBIS
• NA.VI.GO. SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA
• Strategis – Maritime Center of Excellence
• Mediterranean Tourism Foundation