EU BOAT - Les Chantiers Tramasset

EU B OAT
L E O N A R D O P A RT N E R S H I P P R O J E C T
EU Boat Project Meeting and Thematic Seminar
Cork City, Ireland
April 2nd to 4th 2014
Attending Partner Representatives: Zuhaitz Akizu, Albaola, Spain; Martxel Leoz, Albaola,
Spain; Bernard Bordes, Les Chantiers Tramasset, France; Jacques Antony, Les Chantiers
Tramasset, France; Etienne Lasserre, Les Chantiers Tramasset, France; Annie Antony, Les
Chantiers Tramasset, France; Amélie Rigaux, Euclides, Belgium; Cathy Buchanan, Meitheal Mara,
Ireland; Clare Hayden, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Donal Lynch, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Eli Caamano,
Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Kim-Ling Morris, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Fran Lynch, Meitheal Mara,
Ireland; Sadhbh Ní Dhonnabháin, Meitheal Mara, Ireland
Visiting Silent Partner Representatives: Fernando Nebreda, Oarsoaldea, Spain; Olatz
Olaizola, Oarsoaldea, Spain; Juan Ramon Cano, Pasaia City Council, Spain
Meeting Themes
• Collaboration in a team
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Cross sector activities
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Diffusion of Information
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Event
Day 1 Meeting and Collaboration with Public Sector participants
Port of Cork boardroom
Chair:
2/4/2014
Paddy McGlade, Royal Cork Yacht Club
Opening Address:
Phil Prendergast, M.E.P
Speakers:
Jim O’Donovan, Director of Services, Cork City Council; Fiona Buckley, Head of
Experience Development, Failte Ireland; Denis Healy, Engineering Services Manager, Port of Cork.
Attendees:
Representatives from Meitheal Mara, Albaola, Euclides and Les Chantiers
Tramasset; Visiting Silent Partner Representatives; Martin O’Donoghue, Business Development
Manager, Cork Opera House; Tom MacSweeney, Marine Correspondent, RTÉ
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Overview of River Lee and Cork Harbour; its geography, resources and cultural history
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Outline of the history of the Port of Cork and the strategic development plan for its future
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Briefing on Cork City Council’s strategy for recreation and water activities in the city
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Presentation on tourism in Cork, and Cork Harbour and the River Lee as a resource for
developing tourism in the region
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Summary of the contribution of Meitheal Mara to Cork’s river and harbor through its
cultural and environmental programmes
Day 2 Workshop Conference with Community Boat Interests
Auditorium, Sample Studios, Sullivan’s Quay, Cork 3/4/2014
Attendees: Attending Partner Representatives, Visiting Silent Partner Representatives, Meitheal
Mara members, representatives from Naomhóga Chorcaí currach club, Banagher LongBoat
Project, Kinsale Hooker Project, University College Cork, National Maritime College of Ireland, West
Cork Maritime Heritage, Cumann Currach Áth Cliath, RTÉ, CMC Boatbuilding, Cork Education &
Training Board, AK Ilen Boatbuilding School, Cork City Council
Workshop Conference Chair:
Cathy Buchanan, Meitheal Mara
Session1: Securing suitable premises for maritime heritage activities
Session Chair: Pat Ruane, Cork City Council
Presentation: Zuhaitz Akizu, Albaola
Session 2: Availing of and maximising EU funding programmes to strengthen professional boatbuilding carpentry training
Session Chair: Denis Barrett, Cork Education and Training Board
Presentation: Jacques Antony, Les Chantiers Tramasset
Etienne Lasserre, Les Chantiers Tramasset
Session 3: A perspective on the politics of working as a local development agency
Session Chair: Gary MacMahon, AK Ilen School & Network for Wooden Boatbuilding,
Limerick
Presentation: Amélie Rigaux, Euclides
Session 4: Organising a major cultural maritime festival
Session Chair: Louise Harrington, Architectural Heritage Specialist
Presentation: Joya Kuin, Meitheal Mara
Day 3 EU Boat project working session
Cork Foyer, Blackpool, Cork
4/4/2014
Attending Partner Representatives: Zuhaitz Akizu, Albaola, Spain; Bernard Bordes, Les
Chantiers Tramasset, France; Jacques Antony, Les Chantiers Tramasset, France; Etienne Lasserre,
Les Chantiers Tramasset, France; Annie Antony, Les Chantiers Tramasset, France; Amélie Rigaux,
Euclides, Belgium; Cathy Buchanan, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Clare Hayden, Meitheal Mara, Ireland;
Kim-Ling Morris, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Fran Lynch, Meitheal Mara, Ireland; Sadhbh Ní
Dhonnabháin, Meitheal Mara, Ireland
Collaboration in a Team
- Discussion on collaboration within the individual organizations
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Outline of the structure of the organizations and how this influences collaboration
Engaging with volunteers
- Discussion on which of the organizations avail of a volunteer workforce
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Overview of which organizations run programmes that have a Social Economy element –
including participants that have experienced problems such as mental disability, long-term
unemployment or addiction
Funding
- Dialogue on the funding for each organization - the level of funding received/generated
and the source(s) of this funding
Evaluation of the Cork Meeting of the EU Boat project
- Completion of the evaluation form and delivery of feedback regarding the programme
Actions following the project meeting to be completed by all EU Boat partners
- All partners to produce and share information on the organizational structure of their
organizations
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All partners to produce and share information on the source and relative proportioning of
their funding
Dates of future meetings
- Following discussion it was decided that the month of June is a very busy month for all
participating organizations. Therefore the date of the next EU Boat meeting in Brussels,
Belgium was changed to the week beginning 22nd September 2014
Themes of meeting confirmed as – sustainable economic model; heritage;
fund raising; partnership and social economy
- Date of future meetings confirmed as follows:
o Pasaia, Spain March/April 2015
Themes confirmed as – transfer of know how; the boat as a tool to attract
and gather people; tourism; heritage and boat culture; history;
archaeological; scientist approach
o Le Tourne, France July 2015
Themes confirmed as – boat cultural programme; summer event on the
river; sailing; performances and concerts