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IBIA supports Metavasea project.
METAVASEA (*) is an ambitious five-year project aiming to train and upskill 1,500 seafarers, shipping professionals, and port workers in new fuels, digital awareness, sustainability and soft skills. It also seeks to boost the involvement of shipping companies and ports in maritime decarbonization initiatives, offer insights into shipping and community readiness for new fuels, identify region-specific opportunities, gaps, and challenges and raise climate awareness among 10,000 schoolchildren, 750 teachers and 2 million residents of the East Mediterranean, a climate change hot spot.
METAVASEA is coordinated by HELMEPA, in cooperation with 6 partners and 12 associate partners, and supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
(*) Metavasi is the Greek word for transition
A proactive collective initiative that:
Provides a region-specific overview of the state-of-play with regards to maritime decarbonization.
Identifies necessary skills and competences to support the green/digital transition.
Develops flexible training/upskilling/reskilling toolkits for seafarers, port workers.