The Ministry of Superior Education (Mescyt) and the National Authority of Maritime Affairs (Anamar) have signed an agreement to develop professionals for the country’s maritime sector.
Anamar is working with the Italian Super Yacht Live Foundation (ISYL), collaborating for technical training and preparation of professionals in the local maritime sector.
Superior Education Minister Franklin García Fermín signed for Mescyt and Jimmy García Saviñón for Anamar. They commit to create programs to train in areas such as coastal engineering and management, marine biology, marine climate and climate change, oceanography and underwater cultural resources through scholarships granted by Mescyt.
The agreement also contemplates promoting and sponsoring postgraduate studies in maritime sciences, exchanging knowledge between professionals and researchers in national and international universities, and developing congresses, seminars and joint workshops.
García Fermín said the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo and Degli Studi del Sannio, based in Italy, will offer a double degree student exchange program.
“We must act to solve the shortage of these professionals of the sea,” he said. “We can only achieve this through education and knowledge, the main means of wealth for a country,” he said.
García Saviñón explained that around 7,000 luxury vessels circulate in the seas north of the country every year. He highlighted a marked lack of workforce to attend to these ships. For this reason, we are looking for assistance abroad to strengthen the local skills in nautical tourism and maritime commerce.
The National Authority of Maritime Affairs (Anamar) was created by Law 66-07 to provide the Dominican state with the technical, scientific and legal tools necessary for research, conservation and sustainable use of living and non-living resources of the sea.
Present were the deputy ministers José A. Cancel, Paula Disla and María López Polanco, as well as the directors of the ISYL Foundation (Italian Super Yacht Live) Ligi Bruzzo, Giovanna Summonti, Elana Fontana, Vicenzo Porio and Mauro Caslini.
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Presidency
4 July 2023