EMFAF – Blue careers for a sustainable blue economy – 2022

Objectives:

• To contribute to the development of the next generation of blue skills and to provide opportunities for attractive, sustainable maritime careers.

Priorities:

• Priority 1: developing innovative educational material, skills development modules, content, learning outcomes and curriculum, such as micro-credentials, to build and enhance digital, green, soft, transversal, interdisciplinary, managerial and entrepreneurial and project management skills
• Priority 2: developing and piloting innovative teaching and training approaches (at both higher education and VET levels) and promoting career development in any sector of the sustainable blue economy
• Priority 3: establishment and maintenance of structured collaboration frameworks between blue industries/sectors and education/VET providers
• Priority 4: pooling and sharing of resources
• Priority 5: proposing, testing and piloting mutual recognition schemes (of training and/or qualification development) to enable an efficient uptake of graduates into the labour market.

Among financed actions:

• Traditional trainings, hybrid teaching, e-learning, practical placements, apprenticeships, mentoring, and/or job shadowing schemes

Additionnal information:

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 36 months

Eligibility:

• Be legal person (public or private)
• Be established in one of the Member States or in countries eligible to the programme
• A consortium composed of at least minimum 3 entities from 2 different EU countries including at least an educational/training organisation, and an industry representative body must be constituted

• Total budget of the topic: 7.5 million euro
• Amount of the grant: 1 million euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs