Our Activities
Activities
Since
the Strasbourg Convention in 2008, EDINNA has become a new stakeholder
in the IWT sector. EDINNA has given itself a very ambitious working
programme. Besides organisational matters, a strong focus lies on the
aim of harmonising European inland navigation education and training
also by looking closer at the use of training equipment and simulators.
The educational network focuses on Exchange Programmes as well as the
use of communication and language in the Inland Waterway Transport
Sector. EDINNA has - amongst others - participated in the following
activities:
PLATINA - Joint Working Group
PLATINA - "Joint Working Group on professional competencies"
At
the aforementioned Round Table of the CCNR on education and training in
June 2008, PLATINA offered support to the Social Partners in order to
proceed their work on professional profiles. EDINNA as well as the
CCNR followed and a first meeting of this Joint Working Group was
organized
in January 2009 in order to jointly discuss standards for professional
competencies. The Joint Working Group currently consists of: Central
Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine, European Barge Union,
EDINNA, European Transport Workers' Federation, European Skippers
Organisation, Platina, Danube Commission and the Sava Commission. The
Joint Working Group meets on a regular basis and is
currently developping the Consolidated Tables of STCIN Competencies for
Operational and Management Level.
Social Partner Meetings
EDINNA
has a strong link with the employers as well as the employees'
assocations. The European employers' associations as well as the
European employees' associations are members of the Joint Working Group.
EDINNA gave a presentation at the Sectoral Social Dialogue for Inland
Navigation on possible “Standards of Training and Certification in
Inland Navigation” (STCIN).
European Commission
EDINNA is one of the stakeholders in various meetings. A.o. EDINNA was
invited to the stakeholder meetings of the
Impact Assessment studies done by the European Commission on the
recognition of boatmaster certificates as well as manning requirements.
On the 5th of July 2011, EDINNA participated in the Naiades II
Stakeholder Meeting in Brussels.
CCNR
EDINNA
has participated at the CCNR Round Table dealing with "Language and
Communication in IWT" in February 2009. Furthermore, EDINNA was
officially recognized as a non-governmental organization in 2011 and
participated in the Working Group on
Simulators.
UNECE
EDINNA
is an active stakeholder of the UNECE and has been requested to
participate at the UNECE technical Working Group on Safety and
Navigation Requirements in June 2009. In 2011, EDINNA has been
requested to give a presentation on the development of the STCIN during
the "Working Party on the standardisation of technical and safety
requirements in Inland Navigation".