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important we have our own expertise in this field so that we do not need to rely on foreign experts who may not know the local Finnish conditions .”
” From the business viewpoint , a more comprehensive range of educational courses in maritime economics might also stand the marine cluster in good stead ,” says Oravasaari who also hopes for more possibilites for supplementary studies .
ENHANCED EDUCATION Mr . Oravasaari affirms that the Finnish maritime cluster is quite knowledgeable in ICT matters and in fact quite capable to promote the digitalisation of the maritime industries .
” Maybe the maritime cluster was not the first one to look for digitalisation , but now the advantages of combining maritime and ICT knowledge are widely accepted in the maritime industries .”
Consequently , there has been a tendency to hire more and more ICT experts to the marine industry companies .
” Digitalisation is on the rise – and this should be taken note of by the educational establishments . Aalto University already has e . g . marine IT minor studies available . It would be a good thing if similar course packages were available in other universities as well ,” Oravasaari suggests .
” The Finnish maritime industries have become aware of the business possibilities of maritime ICT solution and acted accordingly . As a country , we are already on a good level , but even better results could perhaps be achieved with a wider range of interdisciplinary education .” n
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