BLUE INNOVATION
UNLEASHED

Upskilling workers in the Atlantic shipbuilding and maritime tech industry to boost industrial competitiveness, sustainability and blue innovation.

OUR MISSION

The Blueskilling Innovation project is committed to empowering individuals with essential skills to drive blue innovation, enhance industrial competitiveness, and expedite the implementation of marine renewables and green navigation technology across the Atlantic Area.

This goal will be achieved through the development of specialized training courses tailored to shipbuilding, nautical, and offshore sectors.

Call

Interreg Atlantic Area 2021-2027

4 countries

Spain, France, Ireland and Portugal

Project lifetime

02/11/2023 – 30/10/2026

Charting New Horizons

The maritime industry faces the ongoing challenge of enhancing worker competencies to stay ahead in shipbuilding and maritime technology. With a view to boosting industrial competitiveness, sustainability, and blue innovation, the Blueskilling Innovation project has been initiated.

Led by the Basque Maritime Cluster (FMV), the project aims to elevate workforce qualifications across the Atlantic region. Over the course of the three-year project, nine partners from Spain, France, Ireland, and Portugal will collaborate to develop specialized training courses, spanning vocational and higher education, to empower workers in these pivotal sectors.

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NEWS & EVENTS

Blueskilling Innovation at MARTECH Conference 2026

The Blueskilling Innovation project was presented in Portugal during MARTECH Conference 2026, an international event focused on maritime technology and innovation.

The University of Basque Country welcomes 2 PhD students from Université de Brest (UBO) for the Course: CFD basic applied to floating bodies and experimental validation

The Bilbao School of Engineering (EHU) welcomed two PhD students from the Université de Brest (UBO) to Bilbao where they took a specialised course on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) basics applied to floating bodies and experimental validation.

Blueskilling Innovation holds its 5th Project Meeting in Lorient

The partners of the Blueskilling Innovation project (Interreg Atlantic Area) gathered in Lorient, France, for the 5th transnational project meeting, hosted by BPN – Bretagne Pôle Naval.