AquaVIP/ ENG

AquaVIP. Aquaculture Virtual career development Platform for the South Baltic region 
 

REASON & OBJECTIVE
 

There is a significant demand for a high-qualified personnel and knowledge in modern aquaculture. In order to develop innovative aquaculture sector and move the focus into the South Baltic region, competencies and knowledge are crucial. This is where AquaVIP has a field for action. AquaVIP project objective is to boost aquaculture labour market within the South Baltic area by fostering human resources capacity: students and companies along the aquaculture value chain through cross-border training and networking, which will result in an increased number of skilled professionals and future employees in the blue economy sector.
 

AquaVIP focuses on:
 

- investigating best practices

- testing innovative methods and tools

- exchanging knowledge and experience related to human resource capacities for the aquaculture sector area’s blue and green economy

- training students and professionals in the area of innovative aquaculture methods

- cooperation with partners and joint development of tailored solutions for boosting human resource capacities

- forming international networks with organizations pursuing the same mission

- experiencing the cross-sector cooperation possibilities in an international setting
 

AquaVIP experiments conducted by partner institutions together with actions undertaken in AquaYouth, AquaProfi and AquaTION compose a service offer of the AquaVIP project.

RESULT
 

In the framework of the AquaVIP project, we put a strong base for strengthening aquaculture programmes in the universities, provide hands-on-experience for academic communities and create conditions for changes in the labuor market. Innovative aquaculture will bring benefit to businesses in our region and society in general – as it provides healthy, secure and regionally produced high quality food. The use of innovative environmentally friendly production technologies will also open new and international markets, providing further new jobs and blue-green growth in the South Baltic area.

The project AquaVIP is financed from the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020 through the European Regional Development Fund.

ERDF: 895,141.80 EUR

Project consortium: KSTP (Lead Partner), Rostock University, University of Gdańsk, Klaipeda University.
 

Planned project duration: 1 Jan 2020 – 30 June 2023

http://aquavip.edu.pl/