As in all high-tech companies, success is first of all based on knowledge and innovation. European Shipyards’ highly-skilled workforce is a key factor in ensuring productivity, innovation and competitiveness. The European Shipyard Week aims at making young graduates and highly skilled workers aware of the exciting opportunities resulting from the dynamic evolution of shipyards. Modern shipbuilding offers manifold perspectives, posting new challenges regarding skills and adaptability in a high-tech job environment.

The Shipyard Week will be officially launched by a conference at the European Parliament on 22 March 2006. Numerous events will take place in all main European Shipbuilding countries at national or local level. A new dedicated web-page, hosted by CESA, features detailed programmes of the various events: http://www.cesa-shipbuilding.org/shipyard_week.phtml

This image campaign comes along with a large number of shipyards offering concrete career opportunities for experienced workers and engineers as well as for apprentices.
The CESA web-site exhibits a list of job opportunities at European shipyards:
http://www.cesa-shipbuilding.org/links_job.phtml

The European Shipyard Week is carried jointly by Community of European Shipyards’ Associations (CESA) and the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) as an initiative of the Social Sectoral Dialogue Committee in shipbuilding: The campaign is supported by the European Commission.

Brussels, 7 March 2006

For more information please contact:

Dr. Reinhard Lüken
CESA Secretary General

Peter Scherrer
EMF General Secretary