Summer School 2025 - Application Period Open
Summer School 2025
This year's Summer School is focused on Ocean and Climate: Building Capacity and Developing Skills for a Sustainable Blue Economy. It covers multidisciplinary fields related to the marine and maritime sectors, providing both theoretical insights, practical applications and technological trends.
Particular emphasis will be given to the context of the Euro-Mediterranean Region and to ocean monitoring and forecasting, marine policy implementation, and marine environment management, which are all essential to make informed decisions, also through the use of the Copernicus Marine Service.
In addition, the summer school strengthens scientific dialogue and cooperation through the instrument of science diplomacy, by promoting partnerships and networking amongst individuals, institutions and countries for the benefit of the whole region.
It is organised within the framework of the Western Mediterranean Forum, the 5+5 Dialogue for research, innovation and higher education, with the aim to train young researchers and promising talents from the five EU Member States (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain) and the five Arab Maghreb countries (Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia).
Specific objectives of the summer school are:
- Deepening the scientific knowledge on the connection between Ocean and Climate though data acquisition and processes; models development; decision making based on data and models, also by familiarizing with the Copernicus Marine Service as a tool to foster Sustainable Blue Economy
- Identifying relevant soft and transversal blue skills needed by the labour market: adapting to new labour market skills needs;
- Identifying and addressing skills gaps by working closely with the private sector to promote innovation;
- Reskilling and up-skilling young talents with methodological approach and innovative tools to help developing sustainable blue economy and ocean governance in the Mediterranean region;
- Exposing trainees on necessary skill sets, considering the challenges and the opportunities of the twin green and digital transition for the sustainable blue economy;
- Strengthening science diplomacy through partnerships and cooperation in order to plan joint activities and projects at regional level.
Dates: 10-17 June
Application deadline: 28 February 11.59 PM (CET)
