SeaAhead (Sailing Acceleration through Vocational Excellence and Innovation)
About the Project
- SeaAhead (Sailing Acceleration through Vocational Excellence and Innovation) is an international Erasmus+ project implemented under the Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) initiative. The project aims to strengthen the maritime sector’s capacity to adapt to current and future challenges by developing professional competences, fostering innovation, and enhancing cooperation between education and business, while creating an international ecosystem for maritime vocational excellence.
- The project focuses primarily on the renewal of maritime education and vocational training, the implementation of modern teaching methods and digital technologies, the promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation, and closer cooperation between educational institutions and the labour market. It also aims to expand the use of XR and simulation technologies, develop advanced remote learning solutions, and strengthen cooperation among maritime academies.
Project Funding
- The SeaAhead project is funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme under the Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) initiative. The total Erasmus+ grant awarded to the project amounts to EUR 3,999,368.
The project is implemented along four main directions:
- Advancing maritime education and training through the implementation of XR and simulation technologies.
- The development of advanced remote learning solutions.
- The promotion of maritime entrepreneurship and innovation.
- The creation of a shared educational framework among maritime academies.
Project Partners
- Mitropolitiko College Anonymi Ekpaideftiki Etairia (Metropolitan College) – Greece, Project Coordinator;
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Solutions AE – Greece;
- Stichting STC-Group – Netherlands;
- STC BV – Netherlands;
- Platform Zero B.V. – Netherlands;
- Warp Industries BV – Netherlands;
- KOTUG International BV – Netherlands;
- Formare – Polo Nazionale per lo Shipping SRL – Italy;
- Fondazione Giovanni Caboto – Italy;
- Confederazione Italiana Armatori (CONFITARMA) – Italy;
- CMQ Indmer Bretagne – France;
- Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique – France;
- Hamburg School of Business Administration gGmbH – Germany;
- Institut für Sicherheitstechnik/Schiffssicherheit e.V. – Germany;
- Europäischer Verband Beruflicher Bildungsträger (EVBB) – Germany;
- BK Consult GmbH – Germany;
- VILNIUS TECH Lithuanian Maritime Academy – Lithuania;
- Klaipėda Paul Lindenau Training Centre – Lithuania;
- OJ Crew UAB – Lithuania;
- Vsight UAB – Lithuania;
- Odessa National Maritime University – Ukraine;
- Chernomorsk Maritime Applied College of Odessa National Maritime University – Ukraine;
- Maritime Educational-Training Center „Epsilon“ LTD – Ukraine;
- Shipping Company „Ukrferry“ – Ukraine;
- European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA);
- European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF);
- Federazione del Sistema Marittimo Italiano;
- Centrul Român pentru Pregătirea și Perfecționarea Personalului din Transporturi Navale;
- VSTEP B.V.