<< Objectives >>The project KA220-HED - Cooperation partnerships in higher education on Linguistic diversity in European Maritime Higher Education Institutions - MAR-LANG, 2 years duration is required 250000 euro for implementation.The project objectives are:•Building of a strong cooperation partnership •Building and sharing common curricula for teaching Maritime French and English •Increasing the quality of the practice and learning of French-English maritime terminology •Opening to new actors.<< Implementation >>The partners are 3 Maritime Higher Institutions-MHEI that complement each other both in terms of specialists and learning facilities. In order to implement linguistic diversity in European MHEI, to stimulate innovative learning and digital transformation, the following activities will be performed: glossary elaboration, curricula design, course with ECTS on FEMT and virtual campus platform development, organizing of public events, and Short term joint training events for teachers and students.<< Results >>The outcomes consist of 3 training sessions for teachers3 training sessions for students27 student trained27 teachers trained1 Virtual Campus Platform3 jointly designed curricula3-course content development1 bilingual glossary of maritime terms in French and English5 transnational meetings3 public events.Impact on enhancing graduates competitiveness, strengthen the cooperation between 3 MHEI, increase the competencies of the teachers in the field of teaching/learning/assessment method

Most breakthroughs in our understanding of the basic mechanisms of information processing in the brain have been obtained with local field potentials (LFPs) and single neuron recordings in freely moving animals. Up until now these recordings have been performed with silicon probes and/or tetrodes, which capture the electrical fields generated by the flux of ions through ion channels localized in the cell membrane. The technology of silicon probes or tetrodes suffers from several limitations, which slow down the process of furthering our understanding of brain function. A technological breakthrough is now necessary, to drive the field to another level of possibilities. In particular, it is crucial to design multimodal technologies facilitating the harvesting of a maximum of the different signatures of network activity, and to decrease the invasiveness of the recording devices. The purpose of MUSIC is to develop a new generation of chronically implantable biocompatible probes displaying multi-sensing recording sites. MUSIC will make use of the most recent technology to address these issues: It will use organic electrochemical transistors which have recently been demonstrated as highly sensitive ion-to-electron converters. As such, they can measure ionic currents through ion channels with high fidelity, enabling a new mode of probing brain function. Moreover, these devices can be functionalized by appropriate biorecognition elements to yield biosensors for a variety of analytes, including metabolites such as glucose. MUSIC will make available an advanced biomedical tool that will have a major impact on neuroscience research. In this sense, it is not purely a technological project. The Inserm partner is interested in information processing in temporal lobe structures during spatial memory tasks in physiological and pathological (epilepsy) conditions. Epilepsy is the second neuronal disorder after migraine; it affects 1-2% of the population worldwide. The Inserm partner already uses the technology described above, i.e. silicon probes and tetrodes. In epilepsy, the limitations of these techniques become very important. The design of these new probes will allow for the first time to investigate the relationship between energy utilization and electrical activity in situ at the microscopic scale in physiological and pathological conditions. MUSIC brings together three partners who are at the forefront of their respective fields: The team at Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, with expertise in organic electronics and microfabrication, the epilepsy group of INSERM UMR 751, which will validate the probes and use them for leading research in epilepsy, and Microvitae Technologies, with expertise in design and fabrication of wireless electrophysiological data acquisition systems and commercialization of biomedical technologies.

BLUE4SEAS project aims to build a strategic partnership between five maritime academic institutions “to bridge” the Baltic, Black, and Mediterranean Seas, to place a “brick” in the foundation of European universities in order to obtain competitive advantages through the exchange of good practices and the exchange of knowledge within the network in improving teaching skills and learning methods through simulation, providing a solid ground for excellence in teaching and skills development processes. Maritime officers are educated and trained in naval academies and maritime universities and the specific curricula have also to comply with Bologna higher education requirements and their related quality standards. The differences between national education maritime systems can lead to problems with the recognition of educational qualifications from other countries and of periods of study taken abroad. Into the maritime European space BLUE4SEAS will lead to an increase in the competitiveness of maritime higher education institutions (MHEI) providers supporting the implementation of the Bologna principles, implicitly by giving and recognizing ECTS credits and developing a successful EEA.The protection of environment has now become a topical issue and IMO initiatives provides ample opportunities and catalysts for MET institutions to review their provisions while at same time incorporating changes in STCW requirements. The risks of an incident likely to cause massive pollution by oil or other hazardous substances continues to be high and organized, equipped, well-trained and competent human resources able to cooperate with all stakeholders is absolutely necessary. Regional cooperation and mutual assistance are indispensable when dealing with a major marine pollution accident. Also, in context of current crisis created by COVID 19, it is even more important to focus on developing online courses and creating virtual online simulation platforms. A prerequisite for such cooperation are best practices and knowledge sharing, education, keeping up with new technological achievements and development of information system.BLUE4SEAS will facilitate the use of the digital technologies and of innovative and open pedagogies in MHEI through virtual online training platform (VOTP) on the environmentally friendly maritime shipping industry as an open source. The innovative educational resources and training facilities developed could be shared as a pilot module to other interested MHEI. The intensive training courses are multidisciplinary (Europass) recognized in all HEI involved in this project, facilitating exchange of students through ERASMUS + programs and flatting the skills gaps and mismatches in maritime education and training system, based on networking with a high potential not only in education but also in research. These courses will use new innovative tools for teaching, research and innovation to prepare future maritime graduates to deal successfully in increasingly demanding international labor markets. Models and scenarios simulated in teaching activities are based on real-world applications. Courses are based on ICT being designed to be modular; the assessment will be both online and face to face; based on the collaborative practices of all partner universities involved in the project. Target groups teams are made of students/professors from all 5 countries participating in the projectMain objectives of the BLUE4SEAS are:- Creation of strategic partnership between the 5 MHEI located in countries bordering on three of four seas of the Europe. The creation of Network of research and innovation on maritime environment protection is designed to support academic exchanges, to share knowledge, to promote infrastructure facilities and research activities between these maritime institutions with aim to be extended at European and international level.- Enhancing the capacities of MHEI participating in the project through cooperation in the field of marine environment protection with a view to their modernization and internationalization, to promote innovation and to exchange best practices and know-how materialized by the VOTP, common courses with ECTS credits, joint research studies on simulating environment efficiency and effectiveness for maritime education and training, a student competition, video tutorials in order to enhance the learning process by accessing digital resources, common syllabuses and course materials to be harmonized with STCW where the simulators are used, conferences and transnational meetings, and training courses.Expected impact consists in the logical project's follow-ups which would be the expansion of the common syllabus to joint study programmes and also the building of research. BLUE4SEAS results can eventually offer possibility of starting consistent joint degree study programmes between the partners and could be replicated at the European and international Maritime Higher Institutions.

Maritime transport represents the centre of global trade with about 90% of the goods’ volumes and values worldwide. Nowadays, containerships are built with the same basic design principles as the older smaller container ships, without accounting for possible consequences that could impact safety. Cargo fires represents one of the most important threats of this kind of ships (also for ferries with container on the truck). On one hand, fire causes large losses of humans and/or cargoes, on the other hand fire is impacting coastal zone and marine protected areas. Currently, there are no requirements for the installation of fixed fire detection systems above the weather deck of a container ship. Innovative strategies for containership fires prevention and management (OVERHEAT) main goal is to prevent and manage, in case of occurrence fire accidents on board of containerships. OVERHEAT brings novel fire management solutions for Prevention, Early Detection and Response which are key aspects to assure safety of people and the protection of the environment. The development of a Digital Solution (DS) will provide the overall situational picture on board and surrounding the vessel. Furthermore, integration of IoT sensors (fixed and mobile) and UAS will provide the ad-hoc system for the prevention, early detection and rapid response of fire. Best practice and assessment of safety culture will be conducted to prevent fire and understand how people perceive safety. Hence, OVERHEAT prepares a truly new generation of digital fire management solutions: complete, seamless, real time and in line with IMO regulations (integrated in the vessel IT infrastructure). The impact of the proposed solution will be initially evaluated by performing validation activities in simulated environment and then executing demonstration activities in a real environment, with use cases that will be identified, described and detailed during the research activities, to prove the feasibility and benefits.

Skillsea will foster cooperation on a European level between the industry, education and training providers and authorities to develop a strategy to make the education and training for maritime professionals future proof, adaptable and attractive, to provide maritime professionals with the correct skills for the labour market and to ensure sustainability of the European maritime industry. Besides development of the strategy, the project will support implementation of the strategy and products developed during and after the lifetime of the project. Thereby, Skillsea will provide a concrete, sustainable solution for the qualitative and quantitave mismatch between demand for and supply of labour, will increase labour mobility within the sector (horizontal, vertical and geographical) and enhance attractiveness of the sector. Skillsea follows the approach of skills needs identification (current, medium term and long term), design and delivery of VET, the development of strategy as well as stakeholder mobilisation and awareness raising as sustainable implementation.