L'Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport, European centre for training in logistics and intermodal transport which is based in Barcelona, and the Ligurian District of Marine Technologies (DLTM), research and innovation hub on marine technologies, have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of creating joint initiatives under the Erasmus+ programme. Thanks to this agreement, students, professionals and institutions in the logistics and maritime sectors will be able to access growth paths and that will promote sustainable transport, logistics and port and intermodality.

The agreement stems from a common vision: to create bridges between the Ligurian maritime cluster - with associates from Genoa and La Spezia - and the port and training community of Barcelona. Connecting Ligurian companies, universities and research centres with the network educational project of the Escola, the collaboration aims to build a Mediterranean more connected, competitive and sustainable.

"This agreement - explained Eduard Rodés, Director of the Escola Europea - strengthens our educational bridge between Italy and Spain. Through cooperation with DLTM we can create new opportunities for students and professionals, allowing them to experience intermodality in the field, Share experiences and build the future of logistics together and the sea". "The agreement with the European School of Barcelona - added Giovanni Lorenzo Forcieri, president of the Ligurian District of Marine Technologies - strengthens the vocation international DLTM and opens up new opportunities for growth in this sector for our companies. The protocol agreement just signed represents the possibility of acquire advanced skills in the maritime and logistics sector and develop European projects of great innovative value, contributing to competitiveness, sustainability and to the internationalization of the Ligurian territory".