PortAbility - Strategies for VET to support Port City Economies towards a Just Transition

The overarching purpose of PortAbility is to contribute to the general objectives of the CoVE call by developing innovative strategies and methods that foregrounds VET not only as a contributor, but as a driver for the economic diversification and reconversion of Port City Regions towards a ‘Just Transition’, as part of the transition towards a climate-neutral, digital, and inclusive economy.In PortAbility, the CoVE network is grounded in four Port City Region territories in the Mediterranean basin, specifically Italy (Taranto), Spain (Andalusia, focused on Seville and Mảlaga), Greece (Volos, Thessaly) and the multiple port island of Cyprus. They are complemented with a German cluster of organizations with the function of sharing and enhancing knowledge from the Hamburg area, where the “port transition” is nowadays almost complete and rich of cases and examples which will be of value for the PortAbility COVE networks.PortAbility builds a system which is able to 1. equip the VET and company staff employees in changing Mediterranean port areas with contemporary and enhanced skills and knowledge to meet the emerging challenges; 2. enhance VET capacities to better respond to changes in the economy and labour market and gain a more extensive role as a key part of the innovation eco-system, 3. establish a continuous dialogue at National level among the COVE actors involved, on the policies and measures accompanying social innovation and inclusion within the specific and unique port transformation processes. PortAbility will work on the following topicsSystematic and Comparative Analysis mapping regional/national factors for both Port Just Transition and Diversification (Green, Digital, Social) and complementary Sector Blueprint (shipbuilding, marine technology)Training framework: pathways, microcredential system and learning infrastructurePilot Empowerment & Capacity Building and Upskilling/Reskilling pathwaysInnovation and Governance Hub