The meeting of the Supervisory Board took place in National University “Odessa Maritime Academy” on June 2, 2017. The event was attended by the following representatives: I.V. Safin, Head of the Supervisory Board, V.G. Rabotnev, D.A. Barinov, V.G. Kislovsky, M.Y. Sokolov, Y.Y. Vaskov and the representatives of NU “OMA” Rector’s office. The representatives discussed the issue of the reform of higher education in Ukraine, the national system of training and certification of seafarers and its related issues as well as the current activities and prospects of the university development .