@article{article_62797, title={GEMES PROJECT: VOCATIONAL SEAMANSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY EUROPEAN UNION}, journal={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={6}, pages={59–71}, year={2015}, DOI={10.18613/deudfd.14432}, author={Atik, Oğuz and Nas, Selçuk and Töz, Ali Cemal and Köseoğlu, Burak}, keywords={Youth employment, vocational seamanship training, european union project}, abstract={<p>The aim of this review article is to introduce Project “Gemes” and <br />to raise awareness about seafarer shortage and unemployment matter in <br />Turkey. The Project “Gemes”, which is the Turkish acronym for “Vocational <br />Seamanship Training for Proving Unemployed Youth Employment”, was a <br />project partially funded by EU and successfully completed by Dokuz Eylul <br />University in Izmir, Turkey. The Project focused on providing jobs onboard <br />ships for a number of primary school graduates, unemployed young people <br />between ages 18 and 24. The project mainly aims at making some <br />contributions to the reduction of the regional unemployment in the medium <br />and long term. Within this scope, another goal was to open up an opportunity <br />for the work force and the employers in the region to meet and contribute to <br />their coordination. The project was also designed to provide training <br />program with high standards to bring up qualified employees in the maritime <br />industry and set a model for curing the employment downfalls of the industry. <br />In this context, it was initially intended to provide 120 beneficiaries with <br />training and to ensure employment for a specific percentage. As planned during the preparation of the project, trainings are continued with the contribution of the infrastructure gained, for the sustainability of the project. </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Dokuz Eylul University}