We are pleased to announce that the European Commission has selected for funding the ERASMUS+ project MARMED – MARitime cluster Management Education Development, submitted in March 2022!
ForMare – Polo Nazionale per lo Shipping is the Coordinator of the project! In particular, the project aims at bridging the gap between the existing needs and the current skillset of Maritime Cluster Managers ensuring the re-skilling and up-skilling toward an innovative professional Profile for an increased competitiveness of the Maritime Cluster in the Mediterranean area and, overall, the boosting of innovation and sustainable growth in the Blue Economy Area.
Among the Consortium, there are 5 Clusters from Italy, Greece, Portugal and Tunisia of the WestMED Cluster Alliance, an initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between maritime clusters and supported by the WestMED Initiative: Blue Italian Growth Technology Cluster (Cluster BIG), Federazione del Mare (Associated Partner), Strategis Maritime Centre of Excellence; Forum Oceano, Cluster Maritime Tunisien (Associated Partner); as well as institutes and research bodies from Italy, Greece and Malta; operating in the blue economy sector: Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Metropolitan College, Mediterranean Maritime Research and Training Centre (Maritime MT), Distretto Ligure delle Tecnologie Marittimo (Associated Partner).
We can’t wait to start.
