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Watch the video & download presentations: online seminar COMPETING 13 October 2022
For everyone who missed our latest online seminar, please watch the video registration now and download the PowerPoint presentations! The topic of the seminar was: how to use the new competence based European teaching materials for Inland Waterway Transport. Presentations General presentation about the COMPETING project by Jan Smallegange, STC Group Presentation about the course […] -
Newsletter of October 2022 is out now!
The newsletter of October 2022 is out now. Please feel free to read and download the final newsletter of the COMPETING project. Newsletter October 2022 (English) Newsletter October 2022 (Dutch) -
New European teaching materials for inland waterway transport
Over the past 3,5 years a consortium of fifteen partners has worked hard to provide educational materials for teaching at Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) education and training institutes. The consortium, which collaborated in project ‘COMPETING’, paved the way for the introduction of competency based future-proof education for (upcoming) crew members throughout the European Union. The […] -
Online seminar outcomes COMPETING – 13 October 2022
All inland waterway navigation schools and training institutes please pay attention! We would like to invite you for an online seminar. During this seminar we will present the outcomes of the COMPETING project and explain how to use them. REGISTER NOW Programme 13 October 10.00 – 10.05 (Central European Time) Welcome and introduction, by Jan Smallegange STC Group 10.05 – […] -
The European and competence-based COURSE MANUALS are available now!
The European and competence-based COURSE MANUALS are available now! Download course manuals on the competencies: navigation, operation of the craft, cargo handling, marine engineering, maintenance and repair, communication and health, safety and environmental protection. The course manuals will soon also be available at the website of EDINNA. -
End conference – download hand-outs and watch the video’s
On 14 June the end conference of COMPETING took place. Please feel free to dowload the hand-outs of the presentations that were given during the conference and watch the video’s that were shown: COMPETING project – general video COMPETING in historic perspective by Mr. Arjen Mintjes, director Maritieme Academie Harlingen/ president EDINNA COMPETING from the […] -
Video registration: online seminar COMPETING
For everyone who missed our latest online seminar, please watch the video registration now! The topic is: How to adapt or adopt the new and harmonised inland navigation educational material. -
End conference COMPETING – 14 June 2022
Join the final conference of COMPETING on the 14th of June in Rotterdam! Register now for the end conference COMPETING via: https://lnkd.in/e3brmziX. We would like to invite you for the final conference of COMPETING, with the theme ‘a big step forward in Inland Navigation Education and Training’.This conference takes place at STC Group in Rotterdam and will simultaneously be […] -
Online seminar COMPETING – 7 April 2022
All inland waterway navigation schools and training institutes please pay attention! We would like to invite you to the first online seminar about the outcomes of project COMPETING. During this seminar we will explain how to adapt or adopt the new and harmonised inland navigation educational material. The last three years a consortium of various […] -
Students learn to connect inland training ships according to new European directive
Students from the Maritime Academy Harlingen have followed practical lessons to connect the training ships Princess Máxima and Amalia. With these practical lessons and the administration of a digital exam for the theory, the Maritime Academy Harlingen already complies with the new European directive ES-Qin OL 1.1.2 Navigation for inland shipping, which will come into […] -
Now available for download: uniform European Training Record Book for inland shipping
We have great news for all inland waterway navigation schools and training institutes: the uniform training record book for the European inland navigation sector is now available for download! The European Training Record Book is designed is such a way that students and supervisors can easily work with it. There are two versions available, one […] -
Uniform European training record book for inland shipping
TRAINING BOOK CONTRIBUTES TO SAFETY AND MOBILTY There is a new and uniform training record book for the European inland navigation sector. The record book anticipates the European directive which prescribes competence based education and training from January 1st, 2022. The new European Training Record Book provides a manual for traineeships and a means for recording the competences and skills learned by new crew members. -
COMPETING gives presentation for European Social Partners
This afternoon the project COMPETING is on the agenda of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Inland Waterway Transport. We are happy to share the ambitions of COMPETING and to team up with the European Social Partners (the European Transport Workers’ Federation, European Barge Union and the European Skippers’ Organisation) to create an attractive career […] -
Update on COMPETING in magazine for sustainable shipping
Another nice publication about our project COMPETING. Dutch “Duurzame Scheepvaart Magazine”, dedicated to sustainable inland navigation, recently published an update on our project. Duurzame Scheepvaart Magazine dec 2020 -
Important role for COMPETING
Caroline Nagtegaal, member of the European Parliament for Renew Europe, foresees an important role for the COMPETING project in making transport more sustainable, she says in an interview published in COMPETING’s newsletter. Caroline recently joint the projects Advisory Board. “We are in the middle of a discussion about making the transport sector more sustainable. As […] -
COMPETING’s December newsletter is published
There’s a new edition of COMPETING’s newsletter – it’s multilingual so pick your favorite: English, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands. -
COMPETING in newspaper “Schuttevaer”
In this week’s edition of well known Dutch maritime weekly “Schuttevaer” there’s a nice article about the project COMPETING, as it is now “half way”. Project coordinator Jan Smallegange is interviewed and amongst others Jan underlines the need of harmonization of education. You can read the article (in Dutch) here. -
Exams tested on simulators
Our partner Maritieme Academie Harlingen is leading the work package on quality assurance and quality control, aiming quality management of examination. Recently model exams were tested on the state-of-the-art simulators at the newly established Maritime Academy inland waterway training & research center in Harlingen. The tests were carried out in the presence of CBR, the […] -
7th Consortium Meeting
We’ve held our 7th consortium meeting on Tuesday November 24. Online we met with 20+ partners from all over Europe. -
‘’Within Competing we learn from each other’s teaching methods’’
As part of Dutch Maritime Week today (November 13th) we ‘celebrate’ the Day of the Maritime Teacher. Toby Schouwstra (43) is a teacher in inland shipping for the Maritieme Academie in Harlingen. Also voor Toby teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic is a big challenge. “Remote teaching is difficult,’’ he explains. “It’s difficult to give […] -
Update on COMPETING in “Scheepvaartkrant”
There’s a nice update in this weeks’ edition of Dutch weekly “Scheepvaartkrant”. Our project manager Jan Smallegange was interviewed for this article. Scheepvaartkrant 11 november 2020 -
Skipper Patrick Hermans full of praise for COMPETING
In his work, the Belgium independent inland shipping entrepreneur Patrick Hermans is daily confronted with the difference between required competences and training offered. Because of his role in the Belgium inland shipping sector, he is familiar with the COMPETING project, although he is not directly involved in training himself. But, Patrick knows, ‘’courses are fundamentally […] -
COMPETING presented to UN’s Economic Commission for Europe
This afternoon we’ve given an update of our project COMPETING for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe. Over 30 people, from EU countries and non-EU countries like Belarus and Russia, attended the online presentation by our project coordinator Jan Smallegange. -
COMPETING part of e-learning for inland navigation captains Ukraine
An outline and explanation of the COMPETING project will be part of an e-learning course for inland navigation captains from the Ukraine. Yesterday the recording took place. We are proud to be a part of this! -
Available now: newsletter July 2020
The third COMPETING newsletter is here! With the latest developments of the project that aims to reach a future-oriented EU-wide education system for inland navigation. We kindly ask your attention for the interview with special guest Jörg Rusche from CESNI. Download newsletters -
Digital consortium meeting number 2
On 13 May the COMPETING consortium did get together again in a digital meeting. Still working strong on the European harmonisation of inland navigation education. -
Follow COMPETING on Linkedin!
As from now on COMPETING will share updates on LinkedIn about the progress and deliverables of this three-year project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Follow our LinkedIn Company page! -
Digital consortium meeting
On 17 March the COMPETING consortium did get together via Skype. Luckily nowadays there are plenty of opportunities to meet online! Initially the consortium would get together in Slovakia this week but decided not to due to the corona virus. Still working strong on the European harmonisation of inland navigation education. -
Consortium meeting Romania
On 29 and 30 October a consortium meeting takes place in Galati, Romania. -
COMPETING during 10th EDINNA General Assembly
On the 14th and 15th of May 2019 the EDINNA General Assembly was held in Paris. One of the topics on the agenda was the implementation of the new EU Directive, of which the curricula of students graduating in 2022 have to comply with. -
Subscribe for our newsletter!
In April we will spread the first COMETING newsletter. In this newsletter we will keep you updated about all the activities related to the project. -
Column from Edinna
Developing and enforcing a new European directive is a long-term process in itself, implementing and putting it into practice is a comprehensive follow-up activity. -
COMPETING Kick-off
On Thursday the 31st of January the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance project COMPETING was held at STC in Rotterdam.
