SOS - Safety On Sea

80% of accidents at sea are attributable to human error. The SOS project is a European partnership project designed to harmonise the education and training of merchant navy officers and address various deficiencies and problems in the current requirements and practices in the maritime sector, predominately in European Union countries.

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UniMET – Unification of Marine Education and Training

The UniMET project will use existing networks, with extensive knowledge and experience of maritime education and training (MET) institutions, to implement a quality control system which will ensure that STCW standards are met in the administration of Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes for merchant navy officers.

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