Blue Generation Project updates

Join the BlueGeneration MOOC platform and learn about the jobs in Blue Economy

What is the Blue Economy? What are the jobs and the prospects related with it? What skills do i need for each job? You can find the answers and much more in the BlueGeneration MOOC platform.

The BlueGeneration MOOC platform aims to inform youth & future promoters about the job and training opportunities that exist for young people in the 7 different sub-sectors of Blue Economy in Europe, i.e. coastal tourism, aquaculture, ocean energy, marine biotechnology, shipbuilding, maritime transport, and fisheries.

What will you learn about each subsector?

  • Facts & recent data
  • Specialties, Roles & Working conditions
  • Job opportunities in different countries
  • Training & Education required
  • Regulatory environment in Europe

This course is geared towards:

  • Youth who want to develop their career path and find job and training prospects in the Blue Economy in Europe
  • Mentors who want to promote to young people the opportunities in the Blue Economy

Structure

The BlueGeneration MOOC platform consists of 10 independent modules.  Each module includes an introductory text, a short video by an expert in the specific subsector, the video with the core training material, further information & resources, and a final quiz per subsector.

Duration

The total duration is approximately 3 hours. The modules are independent, and you can complete them in any order according to your personal interests.

Below some of the latest activities of the Blue Generation Project:

Militos Consulting S.A held the 3rd blueTALK on 16th of February on the employment prospects in Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture.

The third blueTALK highlighted the strong demand for young workforce in Fisheries, the career opportunities that are created in the growing sector of Aquaculture and the sustainable ways for economic growth in these fields of the economy.

BlueTALKS is a series of online discussions with Blue Economy experts and it is yet another innovative initiative by Militos Consulting S.A.in the frame of #BlueGenerationProject to raise awareness and inform young people on #job_opportunities in the rapidly growing sector of the Blue Economy. In the 3rd blueTALK participated Mr. Savvas Smirnakis, Chairman of the Association of Fishmongers of the Central Seafood Market of Piraeus, Ms. Ismini Bogdanou, Communication and Public Relations Director, Hellenic Aquaculture ProducersOrganization(HAPO) and Mr. Nikos Therapos, Director of Policy and Economics, Enaleia.

Some of the points stated by the experts: Fisheriesoffer a wide range of jobs in all stages of production, processing, wholesale and retail distribution, and there is a strong demand for young workforce. Aquaculturewhich develops rapidly and steadily, offers various career opportunities with local presence of enterprises in 11 of the 13 prefectures in Greece especially to young women, who prefer to work in their local environment. Meanwhile, by developing sustainable and alternative ways of growth in Fisheries and in Aquaculture new job opportunities are born for specialized but also non specialized youth, i.e in planning and law or collection of plastics.

The BlueGeneration Project consortium is welcoming into their Blue Generation Family two new beneficiary partners, HELMEPA and T4E.

The Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA) is a non-governmental, non-profit-making organization with a membership community of 1,955 Greek-owned vessels of all types, 230 shipping companies and organizations in Greece and abroad and 14,000+ Greek seafarers and maritime professionals.

Its mission is to develop and nurture an environmental consciousness within shipping by informing and educating the human element, ‘from shipowner to seafarer’. Educational and refresher training initiatives include seminars and webinars, technical publications, e-bulletins and ship-board motivational material, an e-learning platform, and a wide range of seminars at the Centre’s Full Mission Bridge Simulator.

As Technical Advisor of the Greek Delegation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Partner of the United Nations Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP), it supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a recognition for its impactful action since 1982, HELMEPA won the Sustainability Award at the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards 2021.

In terms of public awareness, HELMEPA has been implementing since 1983 in Greece annual campaigns for Clean Seas and Beaches including permanent and mobile environmental exhibitions, workshops and environmental education programs. In total, more than 575,000 youth and 7,700 teachers in 2,500 schools throughout Greece have been engaged in HELMEPA’s activities towards protecting the marine environment, thus promoting Goal 14 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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TEAM4Excellence (T4E) is an NGO founded in 2017 at Constanta, SE Romania. T4E strives to improve the socio-economic conditions & the quality of life through education, research & consulting to address societal challenges. T4E produces & transfers innovation, experience & knowhow through cooperation with domestic & international social, academic & business partners. The main strategic directions of T4E are:

  • EU projects and alike, to develop people & organizations
  • Business training, assessment, consulting using the EFQM Model & Business Model Canvas

T4E delivers personal professional development training courses for individuals, private & public organizations in the areas of STEAM, blue economy, entrepreneurship, digitalization, and training methods. For example, T4E hosts practical workshops where people turn their business idea into workable business models with market validation.

Key people at T4E have a wealth of experience in the blue economy, including marine and nautical engineering, offshore oil and gas project management, casualty investigations and expert report writing for courts and arbitrations, academic teaching as well as project evaluations for the EC. As a result, T4E cooperates with training centers, blue professionals, and industry partners to strengthen the intra and inter sector mobility of young people in the blue economy.

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