The main goals of the BLUESKILLS are meant to:
- Promote capacity building on Blue Economy sectors in the Euro-Mediterranean region
- Promote knowledge transfer among the blue stakeholders
- Boost transferable skills and promote employability for young professional and researchers in the Mediterranean
- Raise awareness on ocean governance, sustainable blue growth challenges and opportunities in the region ₋ Strengthen regional cooperation and networks on blue growth in the Euro-Mediterranean region
The identified specific objectives are:
- To provide an advanced interdisciplinary higher education and up-skilling training offer on Marine Science and Maritime Sectors for a Sustainable Blue Growth through short-term and long term programmes
- To promote institutional capacity building and circular mobility in order to develop specific research and professional skills boosting transfer knowledge among the experts via circular mobility, access to infrastructure and traineeship opportunities;
- To raise awareness on blue growth main opportunities and challenges in the Mediterranean region through the proposal and/or the participation to high-level seminars and specific thematic workshops related to the blue growth
- To boost existing networks in the field of enhancing capacity building in the Mediterranean for a sustainable blue growth such as the 5+5 Dialogue, the BlueMed and similar initiatives and networks.