AUTORITA' PORTUALE DI LIVORNO

Scali Rosciano, 6
57100 - LIVORNO
ITALIA

www.porto.livorno.it

General description of the organisation:
Livorno Port Authority, as other Italian Port Authorities, is a Public Body instituted by the 84/1994 law. Overseen by the Ministry of Transport, is responsible for guiding, programming, coordinating and controlling port operations and other commercial and industrial activities carried out in the Livorno port. Elaborates and adopts Port Master Plan; leases maritime domain areas and assets falling under its jurisdiction: issues authorizations to work in the port; sees to dredging seabeds and, in general, to the maintenance of the common parts of port areas; assigns and oversees activities aimed at providing services of general interest.
Since 1998 Livorno Port Authority has set up its own Vocational Training Centre (VTC), accredited by Tuscany County Council and awarded quality certification in terms of the UNI.EN.ISO.9001:2000 regulations. The VTC manages a training, certification and accreditation system that benefits the whole port community, developing and upgrading the port workers' skills, with the aim of helping the improvement of safety and quality standards in the operational services. The areas on which the Livorno Port Authority VTC operates are: Vocational Training activities for HRs re-training and upgrading both for in-house personnel and for port companies, terminals and dock workers; Certification of professions and skills accreditation activities for existing professional profiles in the port sector; EU, National, County and District level funded projects devised to promote HRs development in the port sector; Development of innovation in VT activities.

Role of the participant organisation in the project:
Having already managed and/or coordinated a wide variety of EU projects, Livorno Port Authority will act as Coordinating Organisation, organising and assuring the information flow and methods between co-ordinator and WP leaders, carrying out the day to day communications with the EC and the Steering Committee.
As subject interested and actively involved in developing innovation for Vocational Training in the port sector, specifically managing a Simulation Centre, Livorno Port Authority VTC will be also an active partner in the WorkPackages devised for developing and testing innovative methodologies and contents for learning through simulation and disseminating the project results, providing to the various workgroups its technical skills and positively using its role of public representative of a whole port community for facilitating both vertical and horizontal dissemination and project results adoption by the end users.

Will lead WP7 (Coordination and Secretariat). Will participate to all other WPs.