The Programme invites project beneficiaries to submit initial ideas for cluster project initiatives.

An updated version of the Manual on First Level Control is now online. For easier identification of the changed information there is also a version with track changes available.

Matt Nichols has been appointed by the Programme for the post of the Cluster Facilitator, starting at the beginning of October.

The Northern Maritime University (NMU) was invited to give a presentation on the topic of the international university network for innovative education and R&D and to attend the panel discussion for International Education Cooperation by He Mingke the dean of the Graduate School, professor of Business School of Beijing Technology and Business University of China (BTBU), and vice director of Teaching Guiding Committee for Logistics Education of Ministry of Education of China. The discussion took place in the frame of the 2010 Annual Educators’ Conference on Logistics Education in Changsha from July 26 to August 4, 2010.

State Secretary for European Affairs Heinz Maurus from the regional government of Schleswig-Holstein is on a tour to visit different Interreg projects in the region.

On September 3 and 4, the NMU partner University of Applied Sciences Bremen invites to the 4th Bremer Shipping Congress. The conference 2010 focusses on “Lifelong Learning – human resources development in the maritime industry”.
The NMU project is involved in the organisation and project partner Thomas Pawlik will be chairing the first day of the conference. Furthermore, the NMU will be present with an exhibition stall, too.