PROBLEMS OF SEAFARERS’ PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN TERMS OF UKRAINE'S INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL SPACE

The article presents the analysis of the current state of training of seafarers at Maritime higher educational institutions of Ukraine in accordance with the needs of the national economy and the requirements of the international labour market. There have been suggested measures for the gradual integration of Maritime education into the European educational space, an integrated approach in scientific and methodical support of innovative activity of the teaching staff of the mentioned above institutions in the introduction of new pedagogical technologies into the practice of training specialists for the marine industry. It has been determined, that the implementation of a quality system at marine higher educational institution is not only an urgent task of their administrator, but also it is due to the requirements of the international STCW Convention to the formation of a common European space in the field of Maritime education, the solution of the problem of recognition of the competence and qualifications of the Ukrainian seafarers, the development of the European unified system of training, retraining and qualification improvement of specialists in the Maritime industry.