Maritieme Academie Harlingen - Part of DUNAMARE onderwijsgroep (MAH)

Relevant Thematic Competences and Experiences
Maritime Academie Harlingen  leads in European Inland Waterway Transportation’s (IWT) vocational training. MAH excels in simulator implementation, operates state-of-the-art training vessels, and has extensive connections in the IWT sector.

Role in the Project
MAH is the Lead Partner with a focus on enhancing cohesion between work packages (WPs), fostering freight flow coalitions (FFCs), and supporting market uptake. Their roles in key WPs are as follows:

• WP1: Collaborating with FFC leaders to establish FFCs and support action plans for innovation validation.
• WP2: Providing training vessels for innovation testing, simulator development, and virtual validation.
• WP3: Translating project experience into training materials, contributing to a center of expertise, and offering certification regulation expertise.

Benefits of Participation
MAH's participation in the InnoWatr2.0 project is essential to address IWT sector challenges, such as personnel shortage and technological advancements. Benefits include:

• Improved simulators and curricula.
• Staying at the forefront of IWT developments.
• Meeting growing sector demands.
• Fulfilling human capital needs for sustainable IWT.