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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.