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SkillSea Update – July 2021

News

Welcome to SkillSea’s July 2021 Update.

In this edition, you can find out more about SkillSeas project’s developments, Strategy, an opinion on e-learning and skills gaps according to seafarers and the industry. ETF’s Head of Maritime Department, Estelle Brentnall and Policy Officer for Maritime Transport, Nikolaos Koletsis feature in an interview of 3 questions on the SkillSea project.

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ON THE GROUND

Statement

The EC Fair Labour Mobility Package, a step in the right direction

The ETF welcomes the Fair Labour Mobility Package presented yesterday by the European Commission. Mobile and non-EU workers are essential to the fabric of the internal market and the possibility to work in another EU country is an invaluable freedom. However, labour mobility only works in a spirit of fairness and upwards social convergence.