The work developed in this guide consists of presenting different types of cooperation between maritime transport companies and maritime educational and training providers, by presenting the methodology implemented and illustrating the results through specific cases as examples. Through the exchange of information concerning the different educational structures in the partners’ countries, it became obvious that – though not fully in line with what was suggested in the application – most of the partner countries in SkillSea were having some form of cooperation/partnership between maritime transport companies and maritime educational and training, or (as they were called in the application) business/education partnerships. For this reason, this guide offers both companies and education providers a basis for different types of cooperation, as if such cooperation does not yet exist.
The guide describes the steps to be taken to successfully realise the partnerships that play such an important role in updating the skills of current and future maritime professionals. Thanks to this guide, companies and educational providers have a frame of reference that has been previously applied in real cases with good results, enabling them to follow the process of elaboration and execution of the different desired partnerships. The steps to be followed have been presented based on real examples carried out by the partners who have participated in the preparation of this guide, adapting the entire process to a common format so that anyone interested can apply it to their particular region, country or economic sector.
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