The primary objectives of this project are to:
	- Identify international recruiting, career progression and retention programs;
 	- Understand how training aspects are facilitated at the national and local levels by government and other organizations/entities;
 	- Examine seafarer certification processes at the international level with a view to identifying best practices; and
 	- Examine how foreign seafarers, including underrepresented groups (women and indigenous people), filling market gaps in the domestic markets.