European projects

European projects

Overview

ENSM participates in educational or research projects with international or European partners. These projects help to improve teaching methods, create new courses, develop intercultural skills, and support ENSM research topics.
These projects are mainly funded by the Erasmus+ programme, but also by the Horizon Europe programme, and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

 

ENSM, in association with European partners, participates or has been participating, in the following European projects:
  • MAR-Lang European project
  • Skillsea or Futureproof Skills for the Maritime Transport Sector European project
  • CMES West-Med or Common Maritime Education Standards in the West Mediterranean European project
  • BLUE4SEAS project
  • MET-NET project

Projects

OVERHEAT (2024-)

OVERHEAT is a 19 partners European collaborative project that aims to propose an innovative digital solution for firefighting on container ships.

Project funded by the European Union (Horizon)

Contact

Pedro Merino-Laso

 

MAR-Lang (2023-)

The MAR-lang project, led by ENSM, is a strategic partnership to develop the learning of maritime French in maritime higher education.

The Romanian Naval Academy (Mircea cel Batran) and the Maritime Academy of Lithuania are ENSM’s partners.

This two-year project is co-financed by the European Union with for total amount of €250,000.00.

 

Contact

Christelle Nicolas

It aims to:

  • Establish a robust cooperation partnership by organising transnational meetings and training sessions for teachers, as well as cross-sectoral work by implementing linguistic diversity in European maritime higher education institutions;
  • Build and share common curricula for the teaching maritime French and maritime English by designing the curricula and course content;
  • Improve the quality of practice and learning of French-English maritime terminology by designing and developing a learning platform to generate digital transformation;
  • Open up to new actors by extending the training offer to third parties in French-speaking maritime universities and port management training programs.

The project was launched on 2 February 2023, in a hybrid format, allowing interested parties to better understand the teams and the programme.

Informations : mar-lang@supmaritime.fr

MET-NET (2023-)

MET-NET is the first European network for cooperation among higher maritime education institutions. It aims to improve the training of navigators and ensure their skills match the needs of the sector (notably through mobility), to anticipate emerging issues in the maritime sector and incorporate them into training programs, and to facilitate discussions with social partners.

STC Group

Svendborg International Maritime Academy

Liverpool John Moores University

Hamburg School of Business Administration

University of Rijeka

Tallinn University of Technology

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Constanta Maritime University

University of Cadiz

Eugenides Foundation

UNIRI University of Rijeka 

ESTI Merekool

Contact

Gersende Le Dimna

The project was launched on 31 May 2023, during the closing ceremony of the SkillSea project. On 30 June 2024, it includes 16 European maritime higher education institutions, among which ENSM is a founding member.

Informations :
Article on the launch
Press release on the launch of the MET-MET network 
LinkedIn

SkillSea (2019-2023)

The SkillSea project was proposed to ensure that European maritime professionals have key digital, environmental, and soft skills for the fast-changing maritime labour market. Its goal was not only to develop a sustainable skills strategy but also to increase the number of these professionals, in order to improve safety and efficiency.

Made up of a consortium of national maritime authorities, shipping companies, shipowners’ associations, maritime trade unions, and maritime education providers from 16 European countries, SkillSea was funded by Erasmus+.

More information available on the project website: www.skillsea.eu.

Read the strategy paper, published during the closing of SkillSea: click here
Read the press release: click here

View newsletters: click here
See the information sheet: click here

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Contact

Gersende Le Dimna

Blue4Seas (2020-2022)

The project was developed with the aim of enriching the offer of European universities by contributing to their competitive advantage through the sharing of best practices and knowledge within their network. Its main goal was to improve educational skills related to the protection of the marine environment and simulation-based learning methods. To do so, the project established a foundation for excellence in teaching and skill development.
Aware that the risks of incidents that could lead to massive pollution by hydrocarbons or other hazardous substances remain high, it was imperative to have organised, well-equipped, trained, and qualified human resources able to collaborate with all stakeholders.
To achieve these objectives, the project relied on the use of digital technologies and innovative teaching methods in the field of maritime higher education. An online virtual training platform dedicated to environmentally friendly maritime transport industry was developed. Finally, intensive and multidisciplinary courses were designed to prepare future maritime graduates to succeed in an increasingly demanding international job market.
Teaching activities are based on models and simulated scenarios drawn from real-life examples. The courses, built on information and communication technologies (ICT), are modular. Assessment is conducted both online and face-to-face, relying on the collaborative practices of all partner universities involved in the project. The target group teams are composed of students and professors from the five institutions participating in the project.

Contact

Caroline Pons

Protection of the Maritime environment

The risks of an incident likely to cause major pollution by hydrocarbons or other hazardous substances remain high, and it is absolutely necessary to have organised, equipped, well-trained, and qualified human resources capable of cooperating with all stakeholders.

Moreover, differences between national maritime education systems can lead to problems in the recognition of degrees obtained in other countries and periods of study undertaken abroad.

Regional cooperation and mutual assistance are therefore essential to cope with a serious marine pollution accident.

Finally, in the current context of the health crisis created by COVID-19, it is even more important to focus on the development of online courses and the creation of online virtual simulation platforms. The project has set up a strategic partnership between five maritime higher education institutions located on the coastlines of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. It aimed to share good practices and knowledge to improve teaching skills and simulation-based learning methods.

The BLUE4SEAS project has also increased the coordination of maritime higher education institutions by implementing the principles of the Bologna Process, i.e., by awarding and recognising ECTS credits.

Ultimately, BLUE4SEAS has facilitated the use of digital technologies and innovative teaching methods.

 

European Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices

The main objectives of BLUE4SEAS are:

  • The creation of a strategic partnership between 5 maritime higher education institutions located in countries bordering three of the four seas of Europe.
  • The set up of a research and innovation network on the protection of the maritime environment to support academic exchanges, share of knowledge, promote research activities among these maritime institutions, with the aim of extending them at the European and international level.
  • Strengthening the cooperation of institutions by offering joint courses with the issuance of ECTS credits.
  • Joint research on the effectiveness and efficiency of simulation for maritime training.
  • A competition for students.
  • Video tutorials to improve the learning process by accessing digital resources.
  • Common curricula and course materials using simulators in accordance with the STCW Convention.
  • Conferences and transnational meetings.

 

Video of ENSM students involved in the B4S project during a trip to Lithuania.

Meet the Blue4Seas team from ENSM

CMES West-Med (2019-2021)

The CMES West-Med project, Common Maritime Education Standards in the Western Mediterranean, was developed to establish a sustainable network of maritime academies, public authorities, and private sector stakeholders in maritime transport in the Mediterranean.

The network is based on the commitment to adopt a common methodology for developing new training courses for seafarers.

The academy is associated with two partners who are training centers: the Italian “Fondazione Accademia Italiana della Marina Mercantile” and the Mediterranean Institute for Maritime Trades Training (IMFMM) in Tunisia.

The duration of the project is two years starting from 1 January 2019. The total budget is €500,000.

Read our newsletters:

Newsletter n°1
Newsletter n°2
Newsletter n°3
Newsletter n°4
Newsletter n°5
Newsletter n°6

  • Watch the video presenting the project: click here
  • Watch the video on instructor-assessor training created by Caroline Pons: click here
  • Read the press release on the programme to support the development of the maritime economy: click here
  • Read the press release on the instructor-assessor course created by Caroline Pons: click here

Follow CMES West-Med on social networks:

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Contact

Caroline Pons