CFF - TUDEV

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New Leonardo Pilot Project MarTEL is progressing well. 8 partners from 7 European countries are working on new standards for Maritime English. The Third Group Meeting took place in Finland 14-17 April 2009.
EU Project EGMSS was successfully concluded. For more information please refer to www.egmdss.com. It is free of charge to all users
A new Project called GMDSS-VET (EGMDSS II) has commenced. The first Group Meeting took place in Slovenia in December 08 and the second meeting is being planned for May 2009 in Poland.
The Leonardo TRAIN 4Cs proposal was approved and arrangements are being discussed with GCNS.Details to follow soon.
There are some 12 Master or PhD programmes at the Institute.The three PhD projects with De Montfort University are progressing well and two of the theses are being drafted. The Phil/PhD project with Oxford Brookes is near completion and result is expected soon. All others are on target.
The MarEdu Papers at IMLA 08 have created a great deal of interest. Two papers are being prepared for presentation at IMAM 09 and one for publication in a cited journal relating to the development of the replicated brain and its application Lean Optimal project.
TUDEV received approval from the Turkish Government for the establishment of a new University, Piri Reis University. The new university will recruit its first students in September 09. The Institute of Maritime Studies will continue with its work and will support the work of the Piri Reis University.
Leonardo Projects SURPASS (7 partners) and SOS II (7 Partners) were successful but were considered too similar hence reviewed by the respective consortiums and re-submitted in February 2009.
The Pre-framework 7 proposal concerning demand forecasting using AI techniques with UK partners is progressing well and a new proposal is being prepared with involvement of Istanbul University.
The joint programme of research instigated as part of Clean Diesel initiative with Coventry University with support from De Montfort University is continuing. Clean Diesel II was formulated following the success of the first EU funded Clean Diesel project.
A new proposal called COMET was submitted directly to EU. The project concerns the training of teachers for Maritime English. This project is also expected to support the on-going MarTEL project.
A new project to be named UniMET is being prepared to unify the MET programmes in the EU. More about this in the next few days.
For details of the above please refer to www.GMDSS.CO or www.ewoggle.co.uk, www.c4FF.co.uk or www.maritime-tests.org.co

	Turkey : 12:53		Norway : 11:53
	Brussels : 11:53		UK : 10:53

The details of the partners are given below:

1	CFF - TUDEV - A training centre established by the shipping industry employers federation and supported by the chamber of shipping and related governmental authorities. The Seafarers national examination center is run by the head, who is appointed by the Turkish Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs for a three-year term, among the members of a board composed of the representatives of the Maritime Education Centers in Turkey and of the representatives of Turkish Under-Secretariat for Maritime Affairs. The chairman executes the examination by using the the personnel and facilities of the institution he represents and the same time by using the commisioned personnel of Maritime Education Centers in Turkey. Since the representative of TUDEV is the head of the organization, TUDEV has become the sefarers' National Examination center. However, the organization works independently and the certification is done by the Turkish Under-Secretariat for Maritime Affairs. Overall management and co-ordination of the project with overall responsibility for dissemination and implementation of the interim and final results. After discussions with Edexcel and IMarEST and support from two leading nautical universities, the HND in Navigation Engineering (similar to UK’s BTEC HND in Nautical Science) was incorporated within the local IMO based programme in September 2003, for the first time in Turkey. The HND, as part of this proposal, is to be incorporated within the NVQ levels 3 and 4 Marine Vessel Operations which satisfies the IMO and MCA requirements for Officer Of Watch and Chief Mate status In 2004 a second HND programme was introduced and incorporated within the existing local IMO based programme for local Engineer Officers of Watch status.
2	CFF - A research and training company with many years of experience in European funded projects. The partner was the instigator of the Factory of the Future Project in EU and was one of the nine organisations designated as a EUROTECNET Centre (UK2, UK8 and UK 37) soon after the UK joined the EU in 1983. Involved in COMETT, FORCE, ADAPT, PETRA, SOCRATES, EUREKA (QMIS/FAMOS) and many national programmes such as MIDAS and DTI PERA programmes. The Centre has been awarded several CEDEFOP grants and been actively involved with EU national and major EU funded conferences. Responsible for co-ordination of the technical and developmental activities within the partnership and will assist with the dissemination and implementation of interim and final results.
3	GCNS - A College of Further and Higher Education with many years of experience in the training of Deck and Engineer Officers and experience in developing bridges between these qualifications and higher qualifications in the related fields including degree qualifications. The centre will support the partners in the harmonisation activities and assist other partners particularly Turkey in developing world-class training programmes and will give Turkish cadets the opportunity to obtain relevant vocational qualifications and opportunity to seek higher qualifications and will assess the staff.
4	STC - A College of Further and Higher Education with many years of experience in the training of Deck and Engineer Officers and experience in developing bridges between these qualifications and higher qualifications in the related fields including degree qualifications. The Centre will support the partners in the harmonisation activities and assist other partners particularly Turkey in developing world-class training programmes and will give Turkish cadets the opportunity to obtain relevant vocational qualifications and opportunity to seek higher qualifications and will train the staff.
5	TUC - A University College and one of the major centres in Norway for training of Deck and Engineer Officers and experience in developing integrated degree and training programmes where the graduates can obtain a degree as well as satisfying the requirements of Deck and Engineer Officers, and higher ranks. The Centre will support the partners in the harmonisation activities and assist other partners particularly Turkey in developing world-class training programmes and has offered places on its programmes to partner cadets the opportunity to go to study in Norway and enrol on its Deck and Engineer Officers degree programmes.