The second meeting with representatives of higher education institutions in the field of maritime as well as with representatives of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs was held at ACQAHE’s premises, on September 9, 2024, with an aim to consider the need to introduce an additional standard that would be applied during the evaluation procedure of study programs in the maritime field.
The goal of the meeting was to find a joint solution to eliminate the deficiencies in Montenegrin higher education identified by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), which conducted an inspection of the education system of Montenegro in 2023 regarding the education of Montenegrin sailors.
This meeting resulted in an agreement that ACQAHE would make changes to the draft of the additional standard and would send a proposal to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs for the formation of an expert body that will be in charge of checking the compliance of the mentioned study programs with the standards of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) before the evaluation process.