2026 Portfolio of the IOI annual in-person Training Programmes on Ocean Governance

Planning Calendar and Save-the-Date

The IOI Training Programmes on Ocean Governance are designed for mid-career practitioners; scientists, policy makers, educators and decision makers in Ocean Governance. Since 1981 the IOI has conducted and managed training and capacity building programmes in Ocean Governance focussing on contemporary approaches to coastal and ocean management, encompassing current challenges and opportunities and retaining an emphasis on moral, ethical and legal values (equity and peaceful uses of the ocean) under the governance architecture of UNCLOS and related international instruments and agreements. 

 

The training is delivered from IOI Centres in different countries, with different regional foci, via classroom-based lectures, interactive discussions, field trips, simulations and exercises, individual participant presentations, and international round tables. The experience prioritises peer-to-peer exchange and networking, while learning and guidance are offered by expert faculty and mentors, supported through appropriate learning tools. 

 

Graduate Alumni of the IOI training programmes will be in a position to successfully transmit and apply the acquired knowledge on return to their institutions, serving as educators and ocean advocates in their homeland. 

 

The IOI enjoys strong links with a growing global IOI Alumni network of several thousands of IOI trained practitioners globally.

 

The calendar below gives an overview of the IOI Ocean Governance Training Programmes scheduled for 2026, feel free to note your calendars and to get in touch with the respective contact persons to express interest in attending.

 

More information may be found in the dedicated IOI Training Programme webpages shown.

 

 

IOI Training Programme

All Dates TBC

Location

Contact for more information

Notes

South Africa

Ocean Governance Training Programme for Africa

31 Aug - 25 Sept

Cape Town, South Africa

Kirshia Govender

kgovender@ioisa.org

Offered in English

Thailand

IOI/DMCR Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of UNCLOS and Its Related Instruments in the SE Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean

1 - 31 July

Phuket, Thailand

 Anuwat Nateewathana  ioithailand2022@gmail.com

Offered in English


Call for Applications will be circulated mid-April, 2026 in: https://www.dmcr.go.th and https://www.ioinst.org

Egypt

The Red Sea and Arabian Gulf: Developing Human capacity for Sustainable Ocean Governance and Integrated Management

برنامج تدريبي للمعهد الدولي للمحيطات البحر الأحمر والخليج العربي : تنمية القدرات البشرية من أجل إدارة مستدامة ومتكاملة

 

1-26 Nov

Suez and Hurghada

Egypt

Lamiaa Ismail

ioiegypt@gmail.com

Programme will be offered in Arabic

China/W Pacific Ocean

IOI-China Training Programme on Ocean Governance 2026: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience

7 - 18 September

Tianjin/Sanya 

PR China

Wan Fangfang

fangfww15@sina.cn

ioiwestpactraining@163.com

Offered in English

Malta

Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas

4 Nov - 4 Dec

Msida, University of Malta

Alan Deidun

alan.deidun@um.edu.mt

Offered in English

Canada

IOI-Canada training programme on Ocean Governance in an Era of Climate Crisis: Policy, Law and Management 

TBC

Dalhousie

Canada

Michael Butler Michael.Butler@Dal.Ca

Offered in English


IOI Training Programme All Dates TBC Location Contact for more information Notes

South Africa

Ocean Governance Training Programme for Africa

31 Aug - 25 Sept Cape Town, South Africa

Kirshia Govender

kgovender@ioisa.org

Offered in English
Thailand 

IOI/DMCR Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of UNCLOS and Its Related Instruments in the SE Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean

 1 - 31 July   Phuket, Thailand  Anuwat Nateewathana  ioithailand2022@gmail.com  Offered in English

Call for Applications will be circulated mid-April, 2026 in:  https://www.dmcr.go.th and https://www.ioinst.org

 Egypt

The Red Sea and Arabian Gulf: Developing Human capacity for Sustainable Ocean Governance and Integrated Management

برنامج تدريبي للمعهد الدولي للمحيطات البحر الأحمر والخليج العربي : تنمية القدرات البشرية من أجل إدارة مستدامة ومتكاملة

  1-26 Nov  Suez and Hurghada

Egypt

  Lamiaa Ismail

ioiegypt@gmail.com

  Programme will be offered in Arabic

China/W Pacific Ocean

IOI-China Training Programme on Ocean Governance 2026: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience

7 - 18 September

Tianjin/Sanya 

PR China

Wan Fangfang

fangfww15@sina.cn

ioiwestpactraining@163.com

Offered in English

Malta

 

Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas

4 Nov - 4 Dec

Msida, University of Malta

Alan Deidun

 

alan.deidun@um.edu.mt

Offered in English

Canada

 

IOI-Canada training programme on Ocean Governance in an Era of Climate Crisis: Policy, Law and Management 

TBC

Dalhousie

 

Canada

Michael Butler  Michael.Butler@Dal.Ca

Offered in English
IOI Training Programme All Dates TBC Location Contact for more information Notes

South Africa Ocean Governance Training Programme for Africa

31 Aug - 25 Sept

Cape Town, South Africa

Kirshia Govender

kgovender@ioisa.org

Offered in English
Thailand IOI/DMCR Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of UNCLOS and Its Related Instruments in the SE Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean  1 - 31 July Phuket, Thailand Anuwat Nateewathana  ioithailand2022@gmail.com  Offered in English

Call for Applications will be circulated mid-April, 2026 in:  https://www.dmcr.go.th and https://www.ioinst.org

 Egypt The Red Sea and Arabian Gulf: Developing Human capacity for Sustainable Ocean Governance and Integrated Management

برنامج تدريبي للمعهد الدولي للمحيطات البحر الأحمر والخليج العربي : تنمية القدرات البشرية من أجل إدارة مستدامة ومتكاملة

  1-26 Nov  Suez and Hurghada

Egypt

Lamiaa Ismai

ioiegypt@gmail.com

  Programme will be offered in Arabic

China/W Pacific Ocean

IOI-China Training Programme on Ocean Governance 2026: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience

7 - 18 Sept

Tianjin/Sanya 

PR China

Wan Fangfang

fangfww15@sina.cn

ioiwestpactraining@163.com

Offered in English

Malta

 

Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas

4 Nov -

4 Dec

Msida, University of Malta

Alan Deidun

  alan.deidun@um.edu.mt

Offered in English

Canada

 

IOI-Canada training programme on Ocean Governance in an Era of Climate Crisis: Policy, Law and Management 

TBC

Dalhousie

 

Canada

Michael Butler  Michael.Butler@Dal.Ca

Offered in English