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Capacity building for Blue Growth and curriculum development of Marine Fishery in Albania

Enhancing the Marine Fishery industry in Albania

                       

What is ALMARS?

ALMARS is a three-year Erasmus+ capacity building project (Key Action 2) with a focus on Enhancing the Marine Fishery industry in Albania.

Coordinated by the University of Split, the project will responds to the increased demand in skilled personnel in the fishing industry in Albania by opening a professional Master Program in the field of marine fisheries.

ALMARS will also address the national priorities of enhancing university-enterprise cooperation (thus fostering graduates employability) and improving the quality of education in Albania by developing in the beneficiary universities the graduates’ platform, improving of educational supply and the matching of the demand for and supply of qualified labour in the Blue Growth sectors.

ALMARS runs from January 2019 until January 2022.

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Objectives
The development of a new joint professional Master Degree in Marine Fishery that will meet market needs
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Curriculum will provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills that are required by the labour market needs in that segment, which will have a positive impact on employability of students and matching of the demand for and supply of qualified labour in the Blue Growth sector. Furthermore, the new curriculum will offer more practice oriented opportunities than some previous study programmes, which will have a positive impact on the university-enterprise cooperation, opening door to new research opportunities and in general the exchange of knowledge and information among industry stakeholders and the academics. In long run, this can increase Albania’s competitiveness in marine fishery industry and internationalization of its products and know-how.

Enhancement of collaboration among Blue Growth stakeholders through the development of networking platform

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The creation of the networking platform which will unite all stakeholders active in marine fishery field, from education institutions, graduated students, private business and organizations, will further contribute to that since it will provide the stakeholders with opportunities for new partnerships, the exchange know-how, the access to most actual market information, trends, qualified staff and/or employment opportunities.

Improvement of maritime training centres which provide professional training to seafarers operating on fishing vessels.

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Improving the maritime training centre for professional seafarers operating on fishing vessels is another objective of the project since it allows us to penetrate and shape the marine fishery industry from another angle which is the field of exploitation and fishing. The current state of the training centres are not in accordance with IMO standards and EU legislation, for which reason currently trained seafarers do not own competences and skills which are recognized internationally and/or satisfy safety needs, environmental concerns or overall maritime security standards. Developing new basic and advanced courses for seafarers that are in accordance with IMO standards would have positive impact on environment protection, improving fishing and exploitation efficiency and international collaboration opportunities.

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ALMARS FINAL EVENT

ALMARS FINAL EVENT

Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania, 11-12 January 2023 Final Event of ALMARS Project was organized by Agriculture University of Tirana at 11th and 12th of January 2023. The event was held in the premises of Agriculture...

ALMARS PLATFORM

ALMARS PLATFORM

Capacity building projects are transnational cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between higher education institutions (HEIs) in Europe and outside Europe. They aim to use HEIs as a vector to meet the knowledge requirements for economic development...