Vocational Education Based on Marinepreneur for Developing Island and Coastal Communities in ASEAN

摘要

The ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME) gathers ASEAN member countries at the 18th Meeting in Metro Manila, Philippines, 11-12 May 2017. This meeting discussed the issue of conservation and protection of coastal and marine areas. Furthermore, the meeting discussed the progress of implementation of various AWGCME activities, the potential for collaborating with partners, and discussed about related documents of ASEAN Community Vision 2025, such as the draft of the ASEAN Strategic Plan on Environment (ASPEN) and the AWGCME Action Plan. An effort to follow up the meeting consensus is to make a roadmap and a concept of vocational education to optimize the management of island and coastal resources in the ASEAN region. This optimization is through the provision of human resources or workers who have competence and motivation in the field of island and coastal resources management (marinepreneur). Therefore, this paper aims to create the concept of vocational education based on ASEAN Community Vision 2025 from AWGCME. The method used to create the concept of vocational education is literature study. The paper discussion starts from gathering relevant literature about vocational education and vocational training based on maritime resources, then analyzed, synthesized, and concluded as a concept of vocational education and vocational training based on maritime resources. The concept of vocational education provides greater opportunities for coastal community empowerment and optimization of maritime potential for sustainable development in ASEAN. Generally, the roadmap starts from assessing the capacity and potential of a coastal area and islands in the ASEAN region, forming a cooperation forum between stakeholders (island and coastal government authorities, academics, and industry associations in maritime sector), establishing a standardization and certification scheme of vocational education based on marinepreneur in the ASEAN region, curriculum development, and implementation of vocational education based on marinepreneur in pilot project schools.