Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and Its Related Instruments in the Southeast Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean
IOI Thailand Training Programme General Information:
- Offered by the IOI in Phuket, Thailand.
- Annual four-week course (first annual held over three weeks in 2016) residential training programme.
- Coverage of regional ocean governance issues with specific emphasis on the Southeast Asian Seas and Indian Ocean.
- The training programme theme is based on an integrated ocean governance approach following the principles established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It focuses on a holistic approach to ocean governance and the necessity to align practices to the evolving global environment in the light of advances in science and technology.
- The training programme focuses on an integrated, interdisciplinary, inter-regional, and cross-cultural approach. It applies legal, ethical, environmental and economic principles with the support of science and technology aimed at realistic ocean management and sustainable development. The training programme aims to establish bridges between science and engineering aimed at more adaptive management and policy making. It uses real-time observations with modelling/prediction methods to improve rapid assessments and sound decision-making.
- The full-time course consists of four (4) modules. Training includes field trips, and a number of simulation exercises and hands-on sessions.
o MODULE 2: Managing Our Relations with the Ocean in the Southeast Asian Region
o MODULE 3: Regional Sea Governance and Local Initiatives
2025 Training Programme
The sixth IOI Thailand Training Programme was delivered in July. A total of 20 participants from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand successfully graduated the programme as the latest cohort of IOI Alumni.
The IOI Thailand training on ocean governance was held less than a month after the 3rd UN Ocean Conference was convened in Nice, France. In such a favourable global context for the cause of the Ocean, the goal of the one-month training programme was to provide a deep insight into global ocean governance, its history and its instruments, with a focus on regional ocean governance frameworks, more particularly the Southeast Asian seas and the Indian Ocean. Read more..
2024 Training Programme
Offered in partnership between the IOI (IOI Thailand) and the Marine Resources Conservation Division, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) of the Government of Thailand, the fifth IOI Thailand Ocean Governance Training Programme was successfully completed in July. A total of 19 participants from Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand successfully graduated the programme as the latest cohort of IOI Alumni. Read more...
2019 Training Programme
The 4th Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Southeast Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean was again successfully delivered in Hua Hin District, Prachub Khiri Khan Province in Thailand from 30 June to 27 July. IOI Thailand’s programme theme is based on an integrated ocean governance approach following the principles established in UNCLOS. The programme therefore focuses on an integrated, interdisciplinary, inter-regional and cross-cultural approach. It applies legal, ethical, environmental and economic principles with the support of science and technology aimed at realistic ocean management and sustainable development.
The training programme was designed to benefit policymakers and mid-career professionals having coastal or marine related functions or interests. For this training, many participants were government officials and the training helped widen their perspective and understanding of ocean governance.
13 participants from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds were selected to attend this event. Six participants came from South and Southeast Asia, from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, with the remainder from Thailand. Local and international experts and practitioners delivered lectures, conducted classroom exercises and interactive discussions. Among the practical components that complimented the classroom discussions were conflict management exercises, a SWOT analysis, a round-table discussion and a coastal land use matrix exercise.
A report of the course is given in the 04/19 edition of the IOInforma which is available for download from Documents & Publications IOInforma News Bulletin section (0419 issue).