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Escola’s restarts its MOST courses
/in Escola news, Issue 40 | Autum 2021Last Saturday, on the 3rd of July, the intermodal transport course “Motorways of the Sea training – MOST” started in Barcelona. In total, 35 students from 11 different nationalities studying Master’s programmes in Logistics and International Trade, Internationalisation of SMEs and Customs Law and Management at the University of Barcelona participated in the 4-day long training.
The Escola Europea and Click&Cargo develop a virtual port to be used in simulation exercises
/in Escola news, Escola projects, Issue 39 | Summer 2021Participating in the event from the Escola Europea were its director Eduard Rodés and its Chief Business Officer Marta Miquel. The Project Manager from Click & Cargo, Valentina Salinas and the head of development Alex Rodriguez, alongside Marisa Clavero – a teacher from the Institut Lluïsa Cura, and Guillem Sardañés, CEO of the freight forwarding company eGlobe, also joined the press conference to explain the details of the agreement.
Port of Civitavecchia : a new classroom named after Raffaele Meloro
/in Escola news, Issue 39 | Summer 2021Eduard Rodés, director of the Escola Europea, celebrates the inauguration of the Port of Civitavecchia’s first classroom named after Raffaele Meloro In spite of the difficulties caused by the pandemic, […]
The Escola responds to growing demand and trains professionals in the cold chain
/in Escola news, Issue 39 | Summer 2021Following the first edition of the course on “Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains” before the pandemic began, the Escola Europea has successfully held the second edition during the last week of April and the first week of May, training professionals in the Cold Chain.
The Escola Europea-Intermodal Transport goes digital to enrich its training model
/in Escola news, Issue 39 | Summer 2021The Steering Committee of the training center, which met on Wednesday April 21st in Barcelona, has assessed the actions carried out last year and has defined the new strategy for […]
Benvenuti alla Escola in Italia
/in Escola news, Issue 38 | Spring 2021Against all odds, 2020 has turned out to be very successful for the Escola in the Italian environment. Having officially created a physical office in the country (in the spring – we have had a physical presence since 2019), with the incorporation of our Country Manager Marco Muci to the Civitavecchia office, the Escola vamped up its efforts to promote its training initiatives among the local institutions. In addition, a new member – Martina Trincia – has joined the Escola team to help with all activities in Italy.
Public and private sectors commit to the YEP MED project – and work to bring more women to the port sector through dual training
/in Escola news, Escola projects, Issue 38 | Spring 2021This past Tuesday, representatives of the public and private sector of the Barcelona port community met in the headquarters of the Port of Barcelona – the World Trade Centre- to sign the Strategic Agreement for the promotion of training under the sector of the port economy, maritime, logistics, transport and international trade.
Barcelona: EU-funded YEP MED trains future professionals in the port management and logistics sector
/in Escola news, Escola projects, Issue 38 | Spring 2021This week the first course of the YEP MED project’s vocational training series, funded by the EU’s ENI CBC Med Programme, came to a close in Barcelona. The week-long course, initially scheduled to take place virtually, took a hybrid format when it became possible to host some lectures in the Escola’s classroom in person – the Aula dels Estels – and to physically visit the Port of Barcelona.
Forma’t al Port closes 2020 with a positive outlook for 2021
/in Escola news, Issue 38 | Spring 20212020 has been a tricky year for all sectors of society – something felt quite palpably by training centres. Many schools and universities have had to adapt their training methodologies […]
The Escola Europea successfully completes its first digital edition of the SURCO course in rail-port operations
/in Escola news, Issue 38 | Spring 2021Following the successes of past editions of the SURCO series, the Escola has developed the SURCO Operations I course for Spanish professionals for the first time in digital format. The […]
1000+ students pass through the Escola’s doors in 2020 despite the pandemic
/in Escola news, Issue 38 | Spring 2021Distance learning, digitalisation and online courses will mark the evolution of the Escola Europea in the near future, as was found during the bi-annual Executive Committee meeting on the 21st […]
45 students experience the Port of Barcelona virtually through Forma’t al Port
/in Escola news, Issue 38 | Spring 2021, NewsBetween the 20th and the 21st of January the first group of students experienced the infrastructures of the Port of Barcelona and learned about the transport operations that take place therein through the online edition of the Forma’t al Port – Introduction course.
G. Caboto Foundation’s Technical Course in Integrated Logistics Management and Shipping Processes to take place
/in Escola news, Uncategorized @caIn early October, the ITS G. Caboto’s Foundation has opened the registrations for the Diploma in the Management of Integrated Logistics and Shipping Processes. Following two weeks of an open […]
Forma’t al Port courses starts again with a hybrid format
/in Escola news, Issue 37 | Winter 2020As a direct consequence of Covid-19, many educational institutions have had to rethink their modus operandi. With the majority of operations and activities moving to the virtual world, education has also undergone a major shift into the cyber-sphere.
Smart Ports: Piers of the Future, a window to the world
/in Escola newsShowing the world the advances in the digitalisation and sustainability of ports is necessary to promote the development and decarbonisation of maritime-port activities. Smart City Expo World Congress, an international event focused on urban evolution and innovation, has become the ideal setting in which to do this.
Port Summit Trade Mission – Colombia 2020
/in Escola newsThe Port of Barcelona will participate in its first ever virtual Trade Mission between the 4th and 5th of November. The event will have representatives from Colombia as the main protagonists.
EU-funded YEP MED project to provide employment opportunities for the Mediterranean youth
/in DidYouKNow -Med, Escola news, YEP MEDThe 9th of September 2020 became the official start date of the project “Youth Employment in the Ports of the Mediterranean“, or YEP MED in short. The project, co-financed by […]
Our planet through the camera lens
/in Escola news, Issue 36 | Autumn 2020One of the beautiful things about cinema is that the narrative is constructed by responding to the director’s understanding and interpretation of the script. I have recently seen two docufilms […]
‘Shortsea’ proposed to be included in the future Sustainable Mobility Law
/in Escola newsShort sea shipping transport wants to be included in the future Sustainable Mobility Act, as it ensures that Ro-Pax traffic, a substantial part of the transport, and continues to help […]
Puertos del Estado and the Escola Europea work to advance training in the field of transport
/in Escola news, Issue 36 | Autumn 2020The Spanish Ports organisations – Puertos del Estado (PdE)– represented by its president Francisco Toledo – held a videoconference with representatives from the Escola Europea – led by Eduard Rodés […]