Blue Career Centre Romania – training opportunities for marine fisheries and aquaculture sectors

The Blue Career Centre Romania was established within the MENTOR project – a partnership comprised of 7 partners from 4 countries, that aimed to support businesses in finding the right staff with proper qualifications and to provide prospects for young jobseekers in key Blue sectors: maritime transport (shipping, ports, ship-repairs and shipbuilding), cruise and nautical tourism, aquaculture and offshore oil and gas.
The project was developed in the context in which there was a frequent mismatch between training/academic qualifications and practical experience needed by the fisheries and aquaculture industries. Therefore, it can be considered a common effort to close the skills gap, tackle unemployment and make “blue careers” more attractive to the young people of Europe.
These objectives were achieved through the establishment of a Blue Career Centre Secretariat in Cyprus and representatives in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, development of re-training schemes for blue professionals in the maritime sector, aquaculture and offshore oil and gas, development of e-learning courses, mentoring and career guidance to students, organizing Blue Career Fairs, balancing the demand and supply of maritime, aquaculture, cruise tourism and offshore oil and gas professionals.
The main beneficiaries of the MENTOR project were: employees in the maritime and aquaculture sectors, people that wanted to work in the mentioned sectors, students.