ATLANTIS Consulting S.A. participates in uBlueTec project, which is implemented under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
The Kick-Off Meeting of uBlueTec project took place in Aix-Marseille University on Wednesday 19th of October 2023. The meeting was hybrid, with members of Atlantis participating both in presence and virtually. Representatives of all partners participated in the meeting, planning the project’s first steps and having a fruitful collaboration.
This project emphasizes on the creation and dissemination of underwater technologies, offering digital/blue courses and skillsets to achieve a sustainable and decreased carbon footprint Blue Economy. uBlueTec is based on a participatory approach with durable partnerships among universities, VET providers, clusters and SMEs; all active members of blue economy value networks. During the project, among others, a dedicated platform will be created to mitigate the existing skill gap and the respective matchmaking in blue jobs and cooperations of the blue sector.
Main objectives of the project:
- Development of educational material and curriculum, linked to micro-credentials, and enabling skills-building in state-of-the-art UW technologies from a green/digital perspective.
- Piloting the developed assets at HE & VET levels.
- Establishment of a Hub on UW Tecs, as a permanent capacity-building structure nurturing the long-lasting collaboration of the involved stakeholders.
- Deployment of recruitment platform for blue jobs offering online courses and facilitating demand-supply matching between current/future labour force and industries, while intelligently identifying and publishing the skills-gap at regional-national-EU levels.
- Attraction of young talents in terms of Career Days and Entrepreneurial Bootcamps.
The total budget of the project amounts to 1.143.006€ and its duration is 30 months. The project’s consortium consists of Aix-Marseille University (coordinator, France), Universita della Calabria (Italy), University of Zagreb (Croatia), Atlantis Consulting (Greece), Beia Consult International (Romania), Αssociação Natureza (WWF, Portugal) and Maritime Technology Cluster FVG (Italy).
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