Next BlueGeneration

Navigating Opportunities: Careers in the Blue Economy

The goal of this project is to improve the age balance of the blue economy workforce and lower youth unemployment by providing teachers, educators, and instructors in secondary, vocational, and tertiary education with the adequate tools and data. The goal will be met through the following objectives:

-Build an up-to-date dataset on career and training pathways in 5 sectors of the Blue Economy (Nautical Tourism, Maritime Transport, Marine Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Marine Conservation)
-Provide career guidance to youth in the 5 blue sectors of focus by creating a gamification tool for skills self-assessment
-Support students and teachers in finding individual career pathways in Blue 
Economy through the development of a data-based interactive tool
-“Train the trainers” by providing teachers, educators, and instructors with background knowledge on Blue Careers through an open, online course (MOOC)
Co-Funded by the European Union.