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International Conference on SEAFARERS’ EDUCATION, TRAINING & CREWING 24 th of April 2013 Odessa. CPMR, SET UP IN 1973 ON THE BASIS OF A THREE FOLD OBSERVATION. Need for greater involvement of the Regions in European integration
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International Conference on SEAFARERS’EDUCATION, TRAINING & CREWING 24thof April 2013 Odessa
CPMR, SET UP IN 1973 ON THE BASIS OF A THREE FOLD OBSERVATION • Need for greater involvement of the Regions in European integration • Disparities in competitiveness between the central part of Europe and its peripheries • Insufficient enhancement of Europe’s maritime interfaces
MEMBERS • 150 Regions • 28 EU member and non-member States • 200 million inhabitants • 6 Geographical Commissions
A COMMON ORGANISATION AND 6 GEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSIONS Conférence des Régions Périphériques Maritimes North Sea Commission BalticSea Commission Islands Commission Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe Balkan and Black SeaRegionalCommission Atlantic Arc Commission Intermediterranean Commission
LOBBYING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME • European Commission • European Parliament • European Council • Committee of the Regions • Global bodies ( IMO, IOPC Funds)
Key issues currently at stake • EU Budget negotiations and Cohesion Policy • Infrastructure investment for all regions ? • Macro regions in or out? • Future of cross-border cooperation within future neighborhood and pre-accession policies • New cycle of strategies and programs : an occasion not to miss!
Maritime Policies What are we doing ? • Acting for better maritime safety • Training : Vasco da Gama initiative • Promoting views of maritime Regions on ICZM-MSP • Promoting maritime industries • Promoting marine research in Horizon 2020
Transport Policies What are we doing ? • Lack of maritime ambition in the EC proposals to meet EU commitments on carbon emissions. CPMR offers to assist the European Commission in developing a new EU instrument to support Short Sea
TEN-T/CEF and neighbourhood • The CPMR notes the limits regarding the intervention of the CEF outside the EU. Consistent with its high expectations vis-à-vis the EU’s policy towards its neighbours, it should mobilize for a better consideration of neighbouring, pre-accession and candidate countries in EU transport infrastructure policy.
TEN-T Maps • Map of the Core network, proposed by the Commission on 19 October 2011. • CPMR proposes the following additions to the Core Network: • Rail and Road sections • Ports • RRT Rail and Road Terminals
A key event : Sulphur and Maritime Transport22nd of March 2013
Neighbourhoods, Macroregional strategies SINOP DECLARATION • 22 June 2012 in Sinop, Turkey: “More 4 More”- More support for the Black Sea Strategy, More activities in the Adriatic, More coherence between macro-regions and neighbourhood programmes, More Regional involvement at EU level !
BBSRC CONTEXT : Black Sea Synergy • BLACK SEA SYNERGY
A Key priority for BBSRC : participate to the ENI Black Sea Basin Program 2014-2020 • Partnership with the Joint Management Authority • Lobbying the AFET Committee in European Parliament • Proximity with DG Devco • Launching a BBSRC technical committee
VASCO DA GAMA for boosting the maritime economy (“bluegrowth”) • Boostingbluegrowthcannotbedonewithoutinvesting in jobs • In 2010 in Aberdeen, the CPMR launched Vasco da Gama, an umbrella initiative contributing to this objective • European regions usually have significant powers in the fields of education and training.
Design and implementation ofVasco da Gama • 1 - Establishing a geographically balanced core network of partners • 2 – Preparing responses to EU calls for projects (now) • 3 – Next steps : Vasco da Gama as a label - regional implementation in Sea Basins
2 – Preparing responses to EU calls for projects (now) • Leonardo multilateral network: proposal prepared in January 2013, currently under evaluation. “Vasco da Gama -Training and Employment in Ports”, gathering 13 partners from 6 Regions from 5 different EU Member States and from various European sea basins (Atlantic, Channel, Baltic, Mediterranean). • DG Move call for proposals with a view to introducing mobility in the field of maritime transport : CPMR response currently being finalized, named “Vasco da Gama: Training for greener and safer maritime transport”
Vasco da Gama: Training for greener and safer maritime transport
VDG -Training for greener and safer maritime transport : Work Package Maritime Erasmus Core Group: Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) – Work Package Leader Two regional authorities with skills and responsibilities in the field of technical maritime and maritime education: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and a Region from the South of Europe; ENSM Kalmar Maritime Academy Odessa Maritime Academy 1 representative from the maritime economy. To be identified following the approval of the project.
PROJECT LEADER : CPMR • EU Institutions • Professional stakeholders • Training institues • Maritime Clusters • Regions (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bretagne, 1 regionfrom South Europe) • Project leader, CPMR Leaders’ Group group Work Package 1 Training for Maritime Safety KALMAR UNIVERSITY Work Package 2 Training - Maritime Simulators ENSM Work Package 3 Greening Maritime transport CSI Work Package 4 Maritime ERASMUS CPMR Work Package 5 Dissemination CPMR Work Package 6 Management CPMR • Monitoring Committee • DG Move • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • Work Package Leaders (5) • Core Group • Work Package 1 • Universityapplied Sciences, HoschuleBremen, DE • Lithuanian Maritime Academy , Klaipeda, LT • Oceano XXI, PT • Clean Shipping Index, SE • A Mediterranean MET • Core Group • Work Package 2 • Maritime Univesity of Gdynia, PL • Varna naval Academy, • Maritime Simulation Centre, Warnemunde, DE • Aboa Mare, Turku, FIN • Antwerp Maritime Academy, NL • - • - • Core Group • Work Package 3 • ProseaFoundation, SE • Merchant NavyAcademy, IoniaNisia, GR • 1 representative of Seafarers • 1 representative of Shipowners • IVL, SwedishEnvironmentalResearch Institute • - • Core Group • Work Package 4 • Mecklenburg Vorpommern, DE • 1 Region from South Europe • Kalmar Maritime Academy, SE • ENSM, FR • Odessa Maritime Academy, UKR • A representative from the Maritime Economy General Work packages OperationalWork packages
Eligible area 3 – Next steps : Vasco da Gama as a label - regional implementation in Sea Basins : up to you !