MariFuture Objectives

  • Identifying key competencies for the waterborne sector
  • Identifying the education and training needs of the maritime industry
  • Identifying areas where research and development is needed
  • Working closely with stakeholders in industrial and educational institutions
  • Developing innovative solutions to problems faced by the maritime industry
  • Conducting appropriate research to target these problems
  • Initiating development work based on cutting-edge research
  • Promoting good practice in maritime education and training
  • Making optimal use of European and national funding in research projects
  • Offering advice and guidance to maritime education and training institutions
  • Becoming a point of contact for national and EU maritime institutions
  • Promoting harmonisation of standards within European maritime sector
  • Supporting programmes to make the shipping industry more competitive again serious competition from outside Europe
  • Encouraging and helping organisations to form or join partnerships
  • Maintaining a platform where interests and concerns regarding the EU’s maritime industry can be raised and action taken