Europe’s marine sector needs workers, while young former inmates need jobs. “Turning Blue,” an EU-funded project, aims to offer young offenders a new life at sea while helping fill crucial industry gaps.
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00:00On the one hand, in the blue economy, there is this need for work force,
00:04and on the other hand, we have many young people who are involved in justice,
00:09and because of their path, they don't have as many job opportunities.
00:16The fact that they have been through prison creates some stigma in young people,
00:21because they committed a crime, and there is always a distrust,
00:26and for an employer, it can be difficult to trust these young people again.
00:34On the other hand, many of these young people don't have many life skills,
00:41and what is good in prison, is that prison is never a good context.
00:51The blue economy is still not very well known,
00:54that is, these young people, because of their path,
00:56don't have much knowledge of the job opportunities that exist in the blue economy,
01:00and that's why our big goal is to give them the job opportunities that exist for them,
01:07in these different sectors of the blue economy.
01:10What is important is to give them second chances,
01:12because if they don't have second chances, they will go back to committing crimes, right?
01:17That's why I think, it seems to me, that the whole society has to have a certain amount of responsibility,
01:23and invest, make an effort to create these opportunities for young people and adults who go through justice.