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Welcome to EDINNA - Education in Inland Navigation
EDINNA is the educational network of inland waterway (navigation) schools and training institutes. During a Round Table conference of the Central Commission for the navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) in Strasbourg, in June 2008, directors and managers of the present institutes signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective to formalise the EDINNA network.
The new network
In August 2008 a core working group met in Duisburg.
During this meeting a temporary board was formed with the task to take all the necessary preparations for the establishment of the EDINNA network.
Organisational structure of EDINNA
First official General Assembly
On 4th and 5th of February 2009 all institutes which had signed the MoU in June 2008 were invited to the first official General Assembly in Rotterdam. Representatives from the different European educational institutes formally signed the EDINNA Articles of Association, thereby setting the organisational structure of EDINNA as a Dutch Association and voting for the Board with a 2 year term of office.
The EDINNA association recognizes that all members use the same European waterway system and have a different background in various educational systems in Europe. It is the aim of EDINNA to come to a more structured cooperation and to establish a harmonized education, training and certification system for inland waterway personnel in order to ensure high quality of trained staff on board the vessels.
EDINNA is thankful to the CCNR and PLATINA, the platform for the implementation of NAIADES, a 7th framework initiative by the European Commission for their support and assistance in the establishment of the association.
