27th February 2020. A workshop with the framework of the FishAqu project took place in Aswan, Egypt between 27th of February to 2nd of March 2020. The University of Aswan hosted the meeting of the management and research staff, coming from the eight consortium partners. The work focussed on interpreting labour market needs, comparing existing study programmes in the area of fisheries and aquaculture and building the competence framework for the new master programme. The workshop also included a field trip to a nearby hatchery.
FishAqu (Knowledge Exchange in sustainable Fisheries management and Aquaculture in the Mediterranean region) is a project, co-financed by the European Commission through the Erasmus+ programme, in the area of Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education.
The aim of the project is to develop capacities of practitioners and academics working on fisheries management and aquaculture in Egypt, in line with the directives of the Bologna process and the strategies of European Policy Cooperation (Education and Training 2020 framework) in order to launch a master degree programme on fisheries and aquaculture in Egypt.
