Join the BlueSkills and Ocean Literacy workshop at EMD 2025 | Cork, Ireland
Join us on 23 May in Cork at the European Maritime Day (EMD) 2025, for the workshop ‘Maximising support for blue skills and ocean literacy.’
This event will explore how the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism can play a stronger role in supporting blue skills development and ocean literacy across all three Sea Basins that have a Sea Basin Strategy in place: Western Mediterranean, Black Sea and Atlantic.
The workshop highlights the growing interest from various Sea Basin Strategy Presidencies and Coordinators to foster more cooperation on this topic; not only at the policy level but also through concrete, technical actions on the ground with support to projects.
The workshop will briefly presents the state of play in this area with practical examples and the ongoing study on blue skills by DG Mare and CINEA, while further exploring opportunities and untapped potentials.
The experts
This workshop will feature several distinguished experts:
Matteo Bocci: Central team Member of the EU Sea Basins Assistance Mechanism, who will moderate the workshop, contribute to discussions on enhancing cooperation and explore synergies between the strategic blue economy initiatives.
Olga Mashkina: (ACTeon) coordinator of the EU4Ocean Coalition who will emphasise the role of ocean literacy by involving younger generations and training educators.
Alessandro Pititto: (Cogea) will present the recent study for a Framework on Blue Skills and Competencies across the EU | Preliminary results
Paul Hegarthy: Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland who will focus on the importance of providing agile education and training for skills development by collaborating through partnerships
An interactive Q&A session will allow the audience to finetune the work of the EU Sea Basins Assitance Mechanism for the years to come, including shaping the agenda for the upcoming EU Macro-regions and Sea Basins Day which will take place in September 2025 in Brussels.
When: 23 May 2025 | 13:30-14:45
Where: European Maritime Day 2025 | Cork-Irelend | Cork City Council – Millenium Hal
More information: visit the EMD website
