NAVANTIA
Navantia is a high technology company with a particular focus in defence, naval shipbuilding and green energies.
A reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers. Its activities in defence include complex systems integration and smart services, such as data based predictive sustainment or augmented reality enabled training. Navantia is adopting 4.0 technologies in shipyards and products.
Spanish and state owned, Navantia is commited to support sustainable development both economic, social and environtmentally. It is a member of Spanish network for UN Global Compact.
With a long track record of collaboration with Universities, Navantia has launched a network of centres of excellence (CoEx) with a focus in diferent technologies and an initiative to foster and attract open innovation (Monodon).
Contact:
Paula Ochoa Nava – Competence Manager (pochoa@navantia.es)
Paula Garrido Dos Santos – International HR Business Partner (pgarridods@navantia.es)
Université de Toulon - Center for Vocational Education and Training
The Center for Vocational Education and Training (Campus des Métiers et des Qualifications d’Excellence – CMQe), hosted by the University of Toulon and specialized in the maritime economy, is involved in the LeaderSHIP project. This involvement is aimed at expanding and diversifying the training offer in the maritime sector, while strengthening European cooperation in the field of education.
As the leader of Work Package 5, the CMQe’s day-to-day work on the LeaderSHIP project focuses on the practical implementation of the Quality and Risk Management System. Activities such as feedback and risk analysis, performance assessment, tracking the achievement of project objectives, and conducting satisfaction surveys are designed to directly support project management and assist partners in achieving the desired outcomes.
The Centre for Vocational Education and Training specializing in the maritime economy has been hosted by the University of Toulon since 2017 and is designed to:
- Connect with companies and offer training tailored to maritime professions;
- Build links between companies, secondary schools, vocational high schools, and universities to deliver relevant training programs;
- Anticipate future skill needs by integrating the latest technological and environmental innovations;
- Support professional skill development by promoting continuing education, apprenticeships, and initial training from high school through to higher education.
Established in 1968, the University of Toulon boasts six faculties — Communication; Literature and Foreign Languages; Law, Economics and Management; Sports Sciences; and Science and Technology — encompassing a wide range of departments. It also includes one engineering school and two institutes for technology and business administration. The University offers a broad selection of programs, with more than 100 degrees and options at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Contact
Philippe Buffe de Mornas, CMQ Executive Director, philippe.buffe-de-mornas@univ-tln.fr
Emilie Descheemaecker, Project manager, emilie.descheemaecker@univ-tln.fr
Marion Leclerc, CMQ communication manager, marion.leclerc@univ-tln.fr
Organisation webpage
Università di Genova – UniGe
DITEN Polo Navale (DITEN - Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Unit)
Education: Founded in Genova in 1871 as Regia Scuola Superiore Navale (Royal Naval High School), then part of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genoa since its establishment in 1935, nowadays DITEN Polo Navale is part of the Polytechnic School of the University of Genova and carries on the tradition of education in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering, graduating more than 50% of the Italian naval architects and of the technical Officers of the Italian Navy. As a member since foundation of WEGEMT, a network of about 30 European Universities operating in the field of Naval Architecture, DITEN Polo Navale organised, among the others, graduate and post-graduate schools attended by students from U.E. and outside. It has cooperation agreements with several universities worldwide, of course under the Erasmus Programme in EU.
Scientific activities: The academic staff of DITEN Polo Navale is active in the fields of:
Hydrodynamics (prediction of ship motions and resistance, numerical and experimental analysis of propellers, numerical modelling of hull shapes, ship and offshore structures stability).
Ship structures (design methods for ship and offshore structures, marine composites, reliability methods, fatigue analysis of ship structural components, noise and vibrations, FSI).
Ship propulsion plants (evaluation of environmental impact of marine transport, dynamic simulation of power plants, diesel electric propulsion, low pollution prime movers).
Research links: In addition to projects funded by the Italian Government and/or by Italian companies, DITEN Polo Navale participated as contractor or sub-contractor in various programmes in co-operation with European and worldwide Industries, Research Centres and Classification Societies.
Available facilities:
Hydrodynamic Lab (IDRO): towing tank and cavitation tunnel for propeller tests.
Marine Structures Testing Lab (MaSTeL): equipment for static, fatigue and dynamic tests on large or full-scale specimens, ship motions and sea trials in general, vibration and structure-borne noise, structural monitoring, development of equipment and specification for unconventional testing.
Drives and Experimental Automation for Marine Systems (DrEAMS) Lab: mechatronics, modeling and simulation of fluid power systems, diagnostics, monitoring and preventive maintenance, testing of non-conventional fluidic units, analysis of vibro-acoustic phenomena associated with drives and vacuum technology.
Contact us:
Prof. Cesare Mario Rizzo cessare.rizzo@unige.it
Prof. Marco Gaiotti marco.gaiotti@unige.it
Prof. Tatiana Pais tatiana.pais@unige.it
Prof. Gianmarco Vergassola gianmarco.vergassola@unige.it
GICAN
GICAN, the French maritime industry association, is the trade association for over 300 manufacturers and organizations in the French maritime sector.
The association, which celebrates in 2024 its 125th anniversary, brings together shipyards, systems manufacturers, equipment suppliers, subcontractors, engineering companies, naval architects, the naval aviation industry, as well as companies and organizations from the maritime ecosystem.
The organisation has three main missions :
- Defend the interests of the French maritime industry with regional, national and european public and political players, to promote an institutional and political environment favorable to the development of our industry, in both the civilian and military arenas.
- Promote French maritime technological and industrial expertise by highlighting the expertise of its members, both in France and abroad.
- Support the development and competitiveness of the maritime industry by participating in the structuring of the sector to meet the challenges faced by manufacturers : innovation and its financings, training and skills with support to CINAV, The National Campus for the sea industry.
GICAN is involved in LEADERSHIP in several work packages and in particular WP 2 with to realize the mapping of upskilling and reskilling support and financing schemes, that includes the identification at EU, national and regional level, and the highlight of best practices to be upscaled.
Groupement des Industries de Construction et Activités Navales (GICAN)
Contacts
Philippe MISOFFE, Managing Director
Mélanie VERON FOUGAS, European Policy Manager
Anne-Hélène LAOT, Project Manager skills and attractiveness, anne-helene.laot@gican.asso.fr
Turku Vocational Institute
Turku Vocational Institute (TAI) is a vocational education institution with 10,198 students annually and 641 staff members. TAI has been operating in Turku, Finland since 1998. Vocational upper secondary qualifications further vocational qualifications and specialist vocational qualifications in various fields, including mechanical engineering and production technology, building services engineering and electrical and automation engineering.
TAI’s primary missions are:
- Developing individuals’ skills
- Serving and developing the working life
- Fulfilling social responsibility through its services
TAI is involved in LeaderSHIP in several work packages, particularly WP3 and WP4, which focus on designing a European sector-wide agreed “core” curricula and training programs and delivering these core curricula and training programs.
Contacts
Mikko Hauninen, Training Manager for Mechanical and Metal Engineering and Building Services Engineering
Hannu Immonen, Managing Director/ Service Area Director, Vocational Education
Transnational meeting in Bilbao!
4th Transnational Meeting of the Erasmus+ KA2 LeaderSHIP Project in Bilbao!
The Basque Maritime Cluster is hosting the fourth transnational meeting of the LeaderSHIP – Skills of Tomorrow in the European Maritime Sector project on June 10–11 in the city of Bilbao, Spain!
This key event is organized by the University of Deusto, BASQUE MARITIME CLUSTER & Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
For two days, partners from across Europe are gathering to:
Present the results of the Report on Upskilling and Reskilling in the maritime sector (WP2)
Dive deep into WP3 (Curricula Design) and WP4 (Training Provision)
and much more....!
The aim of the Report on upskilling and re-skilling in the maritime sector is to design and implement post-secondary and tertiary training for upskilling and reskilling current and future workers in key areas to support the maritime technology industry in meeting the targets of digitalisation and green transition.
Together, we are shaping the future of maritime education and training to meet the evolving needs of the industry and empower the next generation of maritime professionals.