2025 Training Programme

The IOI China Training Programme on Ocean Governance and Sustainable Development with Special Reference to the BBNJ Agreement was held from the 16-25th of September in Tianjin, China. A total of 17 participants from 9 countries (Cambodia, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam) took part in the training. 

The main objective of this programme was to equip participants with a foundational understanding of the international legal framework for global ocean governance, with special emphasis on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). Read more. 

The Training Programme on Ocean Governance: Legal Framework, Policies, Technologies and Practices was held from the 27 May – 7 June in Tianjin, China. The training provided an introduction to themes of ocean governance with special reference to the international legal framework of UNCLOS, and the policies, technologies, methodology and good practices of ocean governance for both coastal areas and marine areas beyond national jurisdiction. 

11 participants from 7 countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand), from a diversity of practical and academic backgrounds, participated in this training course. The programme was offered in-person for two weeks, focusing on intensive class training through presentations and discussions, and fieldwork.   Training combined theory with practice providing participants  with a platform for learning from each other. Read more.

The training course was launched on the 11th September under the aegis of high level guests - Ms Liu Xiaoyan, Counsellor from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms Yu Xinwei, Deputy Director of the Department of the Ministry of the Natural Resources, and Dr Shi Suixiang, Director-General of the National Marine Data and Information Service, and Governor of the IOI Governing Board. 

36 participants from 12 countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand) participated in the training course, of whom 22 participants participated in the training course in-person in Tianjin, the rest online. The training course was conducted through intensive presentation classes and discussions in or after classes. Read more....