Review article

STCW CONVENTION AND THE BOLOGNA PROCESS

Leonardo Marušić ; nautical studies and maritime transport technology, University of Zadar

Abstract

International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1978 introduced standards of education of seamen on global scale, through STCW convention, to enable complete mobility of workforce in the maritime industry. That introduced minimal content and duration for each educational level and made the process of recognition of foreign degrees unnecessary. Also, it introduced the lifelong learning programs and quality management mechanisms based on industrial standards. Some 20 years later, the Bologna declaration and the European Qualification Framework introduced a reform of educational system with aims similar to those of the STCW convention, but more thorough and modern. Aware of the obsolescence of the STCW convention, IMO made amendments that have been announced as radical, but unfortunately failed to take into account the latest trends in the higher education.

Keywords

STCW convention; Bologna process; European Qualification Framework; ECTS; lifelong learning; quality assessment; recognition of qualifications

Hrčak ID:

68492

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/68492

Publication date:

18.5.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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