Key Information
Total project cost: € 935,007.00
Total project funding: € 748,006.00
Duration: 01/11/2020 – 31/12/2022
Website: https://seaofexperience.org/
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Project challenge & objective:
Sea of Experience is a regionally-oriented project that aims at establishing a training/mentoring network; the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Network (EMReN), for professionals and youngsters related to maritime transport, shipbuilding and ship repair, ports, and the cruise industry. It also targets to bridge the skills gap between education offers and labour market needs, especially with regards to technological developments and innovation, strengthen cooperation between industry, academia and public authorities, encourage mobility of students, teachers and professionals, raise societal awareness and provide guidance and advance knowledge about blue professions. The activities of the Sea of Experience project exploit the results of the MENTOR project.
Role of CMMI:
The role of CMMI is to lead the establishment of a Blue Career Centre Secretariat in Cyprus with representations in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. The Institute will also coordinate visits to schools for mentoring and career guidance to students (age 15-18) for the Blue sectors in schools in Cyprus, creation of introductory e-learning courses for the maritime transport sector, cruise tourism and related service industries and set up of Career Fairs in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Consortium:
The project has received funding from the European Union’s “European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)”, one of the five European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds under Grant Agreement No. 863551.
