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BlueGeneration Project

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Expert(s)
Silja Teege, Max Schmidle, Marievi Gretsi, Marianna Terzidaki
Website
City
Athens
Country
Greece
Type of member
Project
Sea basin regions
Atlantic Ocean (including North Sea)
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Topics
Other
Topics - other
Education and job opportunities in the Blue Economy
Environmental domains
Marine/Ocean
Main activities
Education

The BlueGeneration Project is funded by the EEA and Norway Grants and brings together a project consortium of 11 partners from 9 European countries of which 6 partners are organisations working with youth and 5 are organisations representing different Blue Economy sub-sectors. The projects’ mission is to inspire and engage Youth and NEETs between 15 and 29 years to pursue a sustainable career in one of the different sub-sectors of the Blue Economy.The BlueGeneration Project is working closely with young people, presenting to them an understanding of the large variety of professional opportunities in the different sub-sectors of the Blue Economy. Over the 5 years project duration, the partners will promote the Blue Economy to 39.000 young people and engage at least 2.000 into employment or training in one of the Blue Economy sub-sectors.