1. RESULT: An Ocean-Literate person:
MATES APPROACH TO OCEAN LITERACY
DEFINITION: An understanding of the Ocean’s influence on us and our influence on the ocean
RESULT: An Ocean-Literate person:
Understands the importance of the ocean to humankind
Can communicate about it in a meaningfull way
Is able to make informed and responseable decisions regarding the ocean and its ressources

2. Ocean Literacy: transversal and multidirectional content in all WP:
Transfer scientific knowledge to industry
Integrating the industrial perspective in literacy delivery
Widening the industrial perspective about the new possibilities that ‘maritimIZED’ CVs can yield for blue growth and jobs.
Raising awareness about the maritime industry’s careers among society
Ocean literacy will act for MATES project as a transversal and multidirectional content in all workpackages:
Boosting the transfer of scientific knowledge to the industry sectors, integrating the industrial perspective in literacy delivery and widening the industrial perspective about the new possibilities that ‘maritimIZED’ CVs can yield for blue growth and jobs.
Raising awareness about the maritime industry’s careers among society, research and education communities, in order to attract youngsters to select future maritime professions. The dissemination of marine sciences will complement the sectoral approach, as a transversal line of action.
The project will embed the industrial perspective in ocean literacy initiatives, spreading an updated image for the maritime technologies in the blue economy, with a convincing message that the sector has a high-tech future with a long-term positive perspective.
The project will embed the industrial perspective in ocean literacy initiatives, spreading an updated image for the maritime technologies in the blue economy, with a convincing message that the sector has a high-tech future with a long-term positive perspective.

3. PILOT EXPERIENCES with special impact in O.L.
GREEN MARITIME HACKATON
Design and develop a sprint-like event for software engineers and programmers to find solutions to real challenges as improve energy efficiency, decrease inputs consumption, monitor emissions…
MOL2: Maritime on the loop of Ocean literacy
Competition aiming to solve real technological challenges addressed to educational/training centres, for which a set of teaching materials will be developed.
Complementing this transversal approach, 2 of the proposed pilot experiences will have a special impact in ocean literacy,promoting attractiveness of the sector and maritime careers to students: A Green Maritime Hackathon to design and develop a sprint-like event for software engineers and programmers to find solutions to challenges as improve energy efficiency, decrease inputs consumption, monitor emissions, etc…And MOL2: Maritime on the Loop of Ocean Literacy, a competition aiming to solve real technological challenges addressed to educational/training centres, for which a set of teaching materials will be developed.

4. FIRST STEPS: Drawing the STATE OF PLAY
Collection of relevant KEY MESSAGES & REFFERENCES, EXPERTS AND PROJECTS:
Ocean Literacy and usefull for the MATES approach to it.
Development of occupational profiles /new skills needed
Increasing impact of Marine training iniciatives
Industry mobilization: digitalization/greening technologies
Participation open to experts of the group to collect:
REFERENCE
ORIGIN
MOTIVATION
Name of expert
Document
Project
Network
Source of the information (name of the expert who gives the information)
and as much details as possible (contact/link…)
Why this resource is important for the MATES activity