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Description
The Blue Economy has the potential to deliver growth and jobs in the coming years, but an adequate supply of blue skills is mandatory. The international, EU co-financed project MarLEM – Maritime Logistics Engineering and Management has been set up to contribute to fill the gap between the necessary and available skills in the Blue Economy. A result of MarLEM is a new Master in Maritime Logistics (MML). Considering the curricular innovation of the MML and its target audience, different challenges arise: a) to engage graduate professionals into lifelong learning activities and develop innovative learning materials; b) to create facilitating mechanisms for Traineeships in maritime Institutions/Companies; c) to incorporate research into education components; d) to improve Professors/Researchers teaching and research skills in marine and maritime topics.
The M4ML project intends to address these needs by implementing a set of actions to promote and support the bilateral exchange between Portugal and Norway of students/trainees, teachers and lecturers within the domain of MML. The project is composed by two Portuguese universities, one Portuguese company, and one University from Norway (NTNU). The project main objectives will be to provide mobility and exchange opportunities to Portuguese and Norwegian students/trainees as well as Teachers, Lecturers and Researchers within the domain of MML; Contribute to the improvement of the Maritime Logistics Engineering and Management curricula of the involved academic institutions, namely with the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in maritime logistics themes; Contribute to the development of innovative learning materials in the domain of the maritime logistics engineering and management curricula; Encourage mutual learning between European industries and academics in the Blue Economy field.
Summary of project results
Under the umbrella of a singular Blue Economy-oriented master''s degree program in the field of Maritime Logistics, Engineering, and Management, the M4ML project aims to promote and support the bilateral exchange of students, professors, and researchers between Portugal and Norway. The project main objectives are: (1) Provide mobility and exchange opportunities to Portuguese and Norwegian students/trainees as well as teachers, lecturers and researchers within the domain of MML. (2) Contribute to the improvement of the Maritime Logistics, Engineering and Management curricula of the involved academic institutions. (3) Contribute to the development of innovative learning materials in the domain of the maritime logistics engineering and management curricula. (4) Encourage mutual learning between European industries and academics in the Blue Economy field.
ATI1: Project Management - Kick-off meeting (MS1.1); - 5 Coordination meeting, one by semester (MS1.2 to MS1.6); - 8 working meetings to coordinate project activities; - 3 Technical and Financial reports at the end of 1st year, 3rd semester (D1.1.) and this one - 2 Reprogramming requests, being the second in an ongoing status at the end date of this report. ATI2: Preparation - Submitted the Application form for students of the MML and Norwegian Students (D2.1); - Established contacts with entities that are potential traineeship’s providers to MML students in Portugal and Norway, allowing to deliver the Preliminary list with Norway and Portuguese hosting organization available for receiving students in internships (D2.2 & D2.4);
- Completed the Preliminary list with curricular Units from the Master in Maritime Logistics available for Norwegian Students (D2.3); - The list with approved Portuguese students for mobility was made (D2.5). - Achieved the Welcoming manual for Norwegian students in Portugal, being at NOVA SST or Escola Naval, and for Portuguese Students in Norway, at the NTNU (D2.7 &D2.8); - The proposal for faculty/researchers’ mobility projects was performed (D2.9). In synthesis, all tasks, deliverables and milestones were achieved except the ones related to the mobility of a Norwegian Students to Portugal (D2.6, MS2.1 & MS2.2). ATI3: Student Mobility - 4 mobilities for Portuguese students to NOR were accomplished. - Two Portuguese students presented a paper in an international conference. In Short, all planned activities were performed, except the report from the mobility of a Norwegian Students to Portugal (D3.4.5) and the Internal document with the mobility results (MS3.3). ATI4: Faculty and researchers Mobility - 11 faculty/researchers mobilities (D4.3) were performed, 4 from donor country /NTNU), and 7 from beneficiary country (2 from NOVA SST faculties and 5 from Escola Naval). Two of the Escola Naval mobilities were to participate in training courses. - 3 papers and 1 Poster were presented in international conferences. - 1 paper was published in an international scientific journal with peer review. - 2 papers are under review in international journals with peer review. ATI5: Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication - The support material for dissemination and communication related to the project were made, namely flyers, rollup and website. - The Communication Plan was revised. - Of the six workshops, dissemination and academic activities planned, eight have been carried out to date, however, the two planned to be held in Norway, none have been carried out.
Summary of bilateral results
NTNU is the partner from the donor countries.The project has benefited from the active participation of the donor partner in terms of:- coordination and structuring of the different activities of the project, - demonstrated availability to investigate and develop content for the MML, - identification of entities in Norway available for student mobility, - willingness to receive mobility from teachers and researchers.In addition to the project, the collaboration of teachers and technicians from Norway in different MML courses is expected.