The project aims to enhance the human resources of the nautical sector, answering to the new market in the global scenario. In the field work about 100,000 companies in the world, 1mln direct employees and about 25,000 marinas. Worldwide demand is represented by 142mln boaters in USA and 36 mln in Europe, with a total fleet of 30mln pleasure boats. Europe is leader in the superyacht (over 30 mt.) market, registering a big growth in last five years, and playing an important role in the global trade. The Mediterranean, with its landscape, turistic attractives and luxury crafts, became a crossroads for these boats. Most of the yachts circulating in the Mediterranean are directly related to Tuscany (IT), which is leader for the production, and to Malta, from which most of the boats are flying their flags, while Greece and Albania are developing their markets. The need for integration of the shipbuilding production chains and the increasing importance of port and tourism services generate the need to offer proper trends in employment and skills needs. A marina generates medium 89 jobplaces, 12 in the port, 54.5 in the port area and 22.5 in the territory, and every 3.8 boats one job in tourist activities and services is generated. For this reasons a public training centre (IT), 2 excellence centres of nautical firms (IT, GR) and 2 foundation on tourism and local development (MT, AL) face this challange conceiving the professional profile of the "Manager of integrated services for boating and coastal tourism", aimed at managing, promoting and activating integration processes between different sectors and services. The ECVET mutual recognition, the work-based learning embedding international mobility, the access to qualification for young unemployed people under 35 will be included. The Partner Country offers a new developing nautical market to test the path for the staff members, and through the path digitalization and its adoption can favour the young people employability. The project goals: - developing an international level training programme matching the new sector's needs and take advantage of ICT, applying the ECVET credit transfer system; - improving the management competencies for staff/future workers and their capacity to operate in the international context. The objectives: - design the path "Manager of integrated services for boating and coastal tourism" and test it on 100 employed/unemployed young people in IT, MT, GR, AL - enhance the competencies of 100 people by non-formal and learning work based approach by the LTTA in IT, MT, GR, AL - provide the mutual recognition and the validation of the compentecies by the ECVET credit transfer system - provide a digital path of the new profile - increase the competitivity of HR in the sector - improve the employability of young unemployed. Participants: - 60 unemployed people under 35 (20 IT, MT, GR) - 40 employed in the partners's staff (10 IT, GR, MT, AL) - 300 stakeholders/businesses in IT, MT, GR, AL They will be involved in the activities: - 1 training class path and DL lessons in IT,GR,MT,AL - 5 days mobility for employed people in IT,GR,MT - 15 days virtual and physical mobility for unemployed people in IT,GR,MT - local meetings and 5 Multiplier Events. The project will be carried on following a PCM approach in a Quality Management Plan. Will be developed: Man&Co, dissemination, monitoring and evaluation, 4 Intellectual Ouputs, 5 Multiplier Events, 100 LTTA. Expected results are related to the modernization of the education and training system in the marine sector, contributing to the economic growth and the employment of the countries involved and through Europe. Results during the project life: created a training path tailored on the new sector's needs and on the approach of the supply chains developed a joint VET qualification in IT, GR, MT, AL embedding the international mobility recognized and validated by ECVET the knowledge, skills and competences acquired through formal and non-formal learning for 100 people 60 unemployed young people in IT, GR, MT enhanced their knowledge in practical workplace situations and improved levels of skills for their employability 40 employed in the staff/partners's networks n IT, MT, GR, AL increased opportunities for professional development 300 businesses in IT, MT, GR, AL increased competitivity on the global market increased synergy among VET providers and businesses a new qualification path program available to VET providers and businesses in the sector After the project complection is expected that: increased quality of training in the field, combining levels of excellence and attractiveness with increased opportunities for young unemployed people increased cooperation among Mediterranean horbours and marine businesses created networks for joint training and non formal learning programmes among the involved countries strenghtened the link between VET and the opportunities offered by LM
The project objectives were focused on: a. developing an international level training programme matching the new sector's needs, with high quality expertises and applying the ECVET credit transfer system b. improving the competencies for the workers’ staff and networks and of the future workers, icreasing their capacity to operate in the international context. In detail they were: - designing the path "Manager of integrated services for boating and coastal tourism" and test it on 100 employed/unemployed young people in IT, MT, GR, AL - enhancing the competencies of 100 people in IT, MT, GR, AL by non-formal and learning work ba-sed approach by the LTTAs - providing the mutual recognition and the validation of the compentecies by the ECVET credit transfer system - providing a digital path of the new profile - increasing the competitivity of workforce in the sector - improving the employability of young unemployed.
The partners from Mediterranean countries with the MaQuaM proposal aimed at facing the need to create and test an International professional profile, ECVET recognized, to update the workforce in the boating and tourism in the Mediterranean Sea. In all the countries there was lacking of professional profile on boating, and none related to the needs of the new growing segment of yacht and superyacht. The Mediterranean is an excellence place for the yacht production and circulation: Tuscany is a global centre for production, in Malta are registered most of the boats sailing in the area, Greece and Albania are increasing their market in boating and tourism with the emerging of new marinas. The yacht market at the global level is increasing year by year offering big opportunities to work. The yacht’s customers require specific services, from the green refitting to the on board technologies to the mooring and docking operations, and to discover the heritage and natural resources of the coastal areas. As there weren’t structured training programs internationally conceived and being recognized in more than one country, the partners created and tested the course for “Manager of the integrated services on boating and coastal tourism”.