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Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR

CETMAR

http://www.cetmar.org/naturaleza/ El Centro Tecnológico del Mar es una fundación de interés gallego que nace en el año 2001 a iniciativa de la Consellería do Mar y la Dirección Xeral de I+D+I de la Xunta de Galicia y del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. El objetivo fundamental del Centro es impulsar la cooperación entre instituciones, centros de investigación y sector marítimo-pesquero, así como fomentar la implicación de los sectores dependientes del mar en actividades de I+D+I y favorecer la eficiencia de todas las actividades relacionadas con el uso y explotación del medio marino. Las acciones del CETMAR se extienden al ámbito nacional, europeo e internacional, siendo beneficiarios de su actividad todos los sectores públicos y privados relacionados con el mar y sus recursos, y el medio marino en general.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Social and labour aspects of the climate transition

19 Nov 2021

The important role of the oceans towards the goal of Climate Neutrality has been recognised worldwide. However, the Green transition is not possible without a sustainable blue economy. Marine activities and the people linked to them are key in this process, and should therefore be involved and participating in this journey. The EU has already set specific and ambitious targets for reducing GHG emissions from the shipping industry (1) as well as increasing offshore renewable energy production until 2050 (2). Achieving these targets will largely depend on the availability of financial investments and support for emerging technologies and a growing and well-qualified labour force, prepared and able to underpin the industrial growth through the uptake of new technologies and innovations. Integrating the values of the Just Transition will be a key element to attract talent to the maritime industry, maximising the benefits of climate action while minimising hardships for workers and their communities. Thus, human capital investment is expected to have a leveraging effect on industrial performance. In order to optimise the efforts and the use of resources, connections should be established with the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience. The Skills Agenda’s existing initiatives, already tackling the skills gaps in the maritime sectors and proposing solutions to bridge them, specifically include Blueprint projects and Large Scale Partnerships in the Pact for Skills. The participation of Industry, public and private employers, social partners, education and training providers and employment agencies should be guaranteed in order to create a shared vision and action, ensure continuous adaptation to changing needs, and promote strong labour standards. The MATES Blueprint project, co-funded by the Erasmus + programme of the European Union, can contribute to the debate concerning the skills dimension of the maritime industry by providing a Maritime Technologies Skills Strategy, focusing on shipbuilding and the offshore renewable energy sectors (3). https://www.projectmates.eu (1) The EU strategy for reducing GHG emissions from the shipping industry COM(2013) 479 final https://ec.europa.eu/clima/system/files/2016-11/com_2013_479_en.pdf (2) The EU Strategy to harness the potential of offshore renewable energy for a climate neutral future. COM/2020/741 final targets to upscale the present capacity to reach 300 GW of offshore wind and 40 GW of ocean energy by 2050. This could represent an increase of more than ten-fold the present occupations. (3) Maritime Technologies Skills Strategy - MATES Project, September 2021 https://www.projectmates.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MATES-Maritime-Technologies-Skills-Strategy-Sept-2021.pdf
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Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

11 May 2021 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the renewable energies ecosystem sector.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and Eurelectric aisbl and

11 May 2021 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the renewable energies ecosystem sector

Response to Offshore renewable energy strategy

12 Aug 2020

The rapid growth of the bottom fixed wind energy sub-sector during the past decade has demonstrated how essential is the preparation of skilled workforce to support the integration of a relevant number of new workers in short periods of time, together with the adaptation to new procedures and technologies. The EU has already set specific ambitious targets for increasing ocean energy capacities until 2050, which will stimulate employment in the European coastal areas. In order to achieve them, the sector must be equipped with well-qualified professionals and thus relevant ‘investments’ in its human capital need to be enhanced. A focused re-skilling and up-skilling is necessary in order to guarantee the achievement of the ambitious goals of the ORE strategy. In order to optimise the efforts and the use of resources, connections should be established with the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience and the existing initiatives that are at present tackling the skills gaps in the sector and proposing solutions to bridge them. The participation of Industry, public and private employers, social partners, education and training providers and employment agencies should be guaranteed in order to create a shared vision and action, and ensure continuous adaptation to the changing needs. The MATES Blueprint project, co-funded by the Erasmus + program of the European Union can contribute to the debate of the skills dimension of the ORE strategy by providing a baseline strategy to develop a Europe-wide skilling Action Plan for the offshore renewable energy (ORE) sector. https://www.projectmates.eu
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