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The Legal Framework for Enhancing the Proactive Approach in Maritime Education and Training

The achievement in development of advanced navigational technologies, specialised and professional transportation technologies as well as pollution prevention technologies and regulations should on account of their signifi cance become an integral part of seafarer’s competency standards. Paper analyzes the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certifi cation and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, which provides the minimum standards of training, certifi cation and watchkeeping for seafarers serving on board as well as Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2008 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (recast). Evaluation is made of the role of European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in observing the effi ciency of implementation of regulations in the fi eld of maritime safety, including the audit of training and certifi cation systems in the third countries that train seafarers sailing on board ships fl ying the European Union fl ag. Innovative concepts of marine education, a shift from knowledge-based to a competency-based training, and the need for constant professional updating and recertifi cation have brought maritime training institutions out from the shadow of the maritime administration and industry. Now they must assume an equal partnership rather than simply react to the others’ demands. Authors are assessing the position of the Republic of Croatia which has well established education and training institutions for seafarers as well as the universities in its commitment to adopt international and regional legal instruments and are calling upon to a proactive approach in the fi eld of maritime education and training in order to provide seafarers with both theoretical background and practical knowledge for their work in the shipping industry.

maritime education and training; seafarers; legal framework; proactive approach

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