The Knowledge Centre will achieve its goals by consolidating and increasing the knowledge through:
A: Documentation
A.1 Managing own literature
Collecting and arranging
Collecting and arranging of reports, publications and notes.
A.2 Managing external literature
Acquisition
Continuous literature study.
A.3 Distributing information
Distribution
Distributing information by this website and a periodical newsletter.
B: Data Managment
B.1 Managing own data
Collecting and arranging
Easy access to data from the towing tank, mathematical models, etc.
B.2 Deducing data from documents
Distilling
Collecting data from available literature and not based on a formal exchange with a research institute.
B.3 Recommending future research
Examining
Based on the results of documentation management see (A) recommending future research as experimental research, theses, training, etc.
C: National and International Collaborations
C.1 Internal collaboration
C.1.1 Training
C.1.2 Coordination
Formulating project plans and coordinating research projects.
C.2 Brainstorming group or sounding board
The sounding board is an advisory group composed of all the important players of the internal maritime market.
C.3 Advices for the Flemish Government, harbours, third parties
Advising
Giving limited advices to different (research) groups for new project plans.
C.4 International collaboration
C.4.1 Temporary
Participation in international projects, organisation of training, workshops and conferences.
C.4.2 Continuous
A co-operation based on Memoranda of Understanding with foreign research institutes.
C.4.3 Juridical framework
Cooperation based on contracts.
