From January 13 till January 15, 2020 the employees of National University «Odessa Maritime Academy» represented by S.A. Karyansky, Dean of Automation Faculty, M.V. Chesnokova, Head of International Cooperation Department and  D.S. Zhukov, a senior lecturer of  Ship Handling Department visited the Naval Academy “Mircea cel Batran” (Kostanza, Romania) and Higher Naval School named after Nikola Vaptsarov (city of Varna, Republic of Bulgaria).

The visit to the Naval Academy «Mircea cel Batran» took place as part of the Erasmus + KA107 (International Credit Mobility) project under a cooperation agreement. During the visit, the participants jointly with the leadership of the institution discussed the issues of further cooperation and the participation of two NU «ОМА» cadets in the student project of credit mobility Erasmus +.

In addition, from January 15 till January 17, 2020, there was a visit to the Higher Naval School named after Nikola Vaptsarov (city of Varna, Republic of Bulgaria). The leadership of the institution and the Maritime Administration of the Republic of Bulgaria discussed the issues regarding higher education systems in Bulgaria and Ukraine, and systems for confirming the qualifications of persons in the crew in Bulgaria and Ukraine.