Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management Thematic Network in Education & Training

Past Events

 

Submission new project proposal: AQUA-TNET2008-11

We are happy to inform you that we successfully submitted the AQUA-TNET 2008-11 application to the EC on February 29th, 2008. In total there were 94 partners from 27 countries which made it a very challenging application given the amount of partner information that had to be compiled in a short amount of time. The results will be announced in June/July 2008, we will let you know as soon as we hear news.

AquaTT and Gent University would like to thank you for all your contributions.

 

WP1 core group meeting, January 2008, Copenhagen (Denmark)

The last WP1 (Master of Science Curriculum Development) core group meeting was held in Copenhagen (Denmark) on January 23, 2008. Please CLICK HERE for the minutes of this meeting.

Please contact the WP coordinator, Odd-Ivar Lekang, for more information: odd-ivar.lekang@umb.no

 

WP2 core group meeting, January 2008, Ghent (Belgium)

The last WP2 (PhD Curriculum Development and Assessment) core group meeting was held in Ghent (Belgium) on January 11, 2008. Please CLICK HERE for the minutes of this meeting.

Please contact the WP coordinator, Peter Bossier, for more information: peter.bossier@ugent.be

 

WP4 core group meeting, December 2007, Barcelona (Spain)

The last WP4 (Student Mobility) core group meeting was held in Barcelona (Spain) on December 20, 2007. Please CLICK HERE for the minutes of this meeting.

Please contact the WP Coordinator, Lluis Tort, for more information: lluis.tort@uab.es

 

WP6 core group meeting, December 2007, Dublin (Ireland)

The last WP6 (Languages and Linguistic Diversity) core group meeting was held in Dublin (Ireland) on December 13, 2007. Please CLICK HERE for the minutes of the meeting.

Please contact the WP Coordinator, Margaret Eleftheriou, for more information: margaret@her.hcmr.gr

 

WP5 core group meeting, December 2007, Madrid (Spain)

The last WP5 (Innovation in Teaching) core group meeting was held in Madrid (Spain) on December 4 & 5, 2007. Please CLICK HERE for the minutes of the meeting.

Please contact the WP Coordinator, John Bostock, for more information: j.c.bostock@stir.ac.uk

 

AQUA-TNET shows strong representation at EAS2007 in Istanbul (Turkey)

AQUA-TNET showed a strong representation at the European Aquaculture Society Scientific Conference held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 24 – 27 October 2007. Marieke Reuver from AquaTT gave a presentation about the services and resources that AquaTT and AQUA-TNET provide specifically for students. Lluis Tort from Universitat Auṭnoma de Barcelona gave a presentation about Student Mobility activities within the network and Margaret Eleftheriou from Aqualex Multimedia Consortium presented the Pescalex initiative related to the importance of languages and multilingualism. AQUA-TNET was also accepted to do a poster presentation during the 'Human Resources: Education and Training' session.

CLICK HERE for more information

 

AQUA-TNET Steering Committee Meeting, October 2007, Gent (Belgium)

The last AQUA-TNET Steering Committee Meeting was held October 16th, 2007.  The project management team and all the Work package coordinators came together in Gent (Belgium) to discuss the WP activities, deliverables, network resources and plans for the year 3 Annual Event.

 

AQUA-TNET contribution to EU Maritime Green Paper published

In June 2006 the European Commission adopted a Green Paper on a Future EU Maritime Policy. On this Green Paper, the Commission proposed the setting up of a European maritime policy framework in order to maintain a sustainable and competitive maritime industry, encompassing all the maritime and marine sectors. The main idea was to put under a single maritime policy a wide range of maritime and marine fields and activities such as resource use, fishing, transport or tourism.

Upon the publication of this Green Paper, the Commission opened a debate amongst all the stakeholders and people interested in general. AQUA-TNET decided to formally make a submission summarising the view of members of the AQUA-TNET Network, who were first consulted via e-mail, prior to a plenary discussion which took place during the first Annual Meeting of the network in June 2007, attended by 75 participants who stimulated a worthwhile discussion around many of the Green Paper issues related to AQUA-TNET.

Website of the European Commission - Maritime Affairs: http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/ 

CLICK HERE for the published AQUA-TNET response to the EU Maritime Green Paper

 

First Annual Event was held on Crete, 14-15 June 2007

This two-day event involved workshops and presentations of all 9 Work Packages, plenary meetings, and stakeholder (representatives, research organisations, NGOs, SMEs, students, wider public) presentations on perceived needs from training providers, followed by discussions. Vertical work package workshops were held with multi-stakeholder involvement to ensure implementation of the vertical objectives. Decision makers had the opportunity to express industry practices and needs to the academic community, yielding business-driven solutions. 

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Public PhD Defenses at Ghent University, broadcasted live

Ghent University (Belgium) offers live streaming broadcasting of the PhD defenses held at the Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Centre. Abstracts and Curriculum Vitae of candidates are available too. CLICK HERE for more information

 

March 2007 - Work Package core group meetings in Barcelona (Spain)

The year 2 core group meetings took place in Barcelona (Spain), 19-20th March 2007. The meeting consisted of core group meetings of all 6 Work Packages and plenary meetings with core members, in which Work Package progress and future plans were discussed. Also, a start was made with planning the first Major Event (Annual Event),  that was held June 2007 on Crete.

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November 2006 - AQUALAB Student Conference

More than 50 young researchers from 18 different countries all over the world came to Galway, Ireland for an exciting 3-day conference where they shared experiences, explored new fields and learned new skills.

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September 2006 - Core Group meetings and Workshop

Workpackages 1 and 3  came together on the 17th - 19th September in Bergen, Norway for their core group meeting and a joint workshop - Internationalising Aquaculture and Fisheries Degree Programs in Europe: Practical solutions to enhance collaboration.

CLICK HERE for more information.

 

June 2006 - 1st Core Group meetings

Workpackages 2, 4, 5 & 6 came together at a joint meeting on the 26/27th June in Gent, Belgium
 

May 2006 - Dissemination Events

The AQUA-TNET network carried out promotional activities at both AQUA2006, Florence 10-12 May and AQUACULTURE2006, Glasgow 17-19 May

 

January 2006 - Steering Committee Meeting

The first AQUA-TNET Steering Committee meeting took place in January 2006 in Brussels