Training Course on Ocean Governance: Policies, Technologies and Practices
11-22 September, 2023 Tianjin, China
National Marine Data and Information Service, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, will offer a hybrid training course on Ocean Governance: co-hosted by the International Ocean Institute-China Regional Center for the Western Pacific Region. Aimed primarily at marine professionals in the Western Pacific region with responsibility for some aspect of coastal and ocean management, the course will provide an intensive, interdisciplinary combination of lectures, discussions, videos and field trips.
Eligibility of Applicants:
Applications should include:
Deadline for applications
Please fill out the application form and send all application materials by email. Applications for offline participants will close on 10 August 2023 while those for online participants will close on 1 September 2023. Scholarships will be given to eligible applicants who have financial difficulties attending the offline training. Please indicate your need of financial support in the application form. After approval, National Marine Data and Information Service would offer international travel (round-trip air tickets from the candidate’s capital to Beijing/Tianjin) and/or local accommodation.
Ms. SHI Xiaoxiao
Secretariat
International Ocean Institute-China Regional Center for the
Western Pacific Region
National Marine Data and Information Service
Ministry of Natural Resources of China
E-mail: ioiwestpactraining@163.com
Training Programme information:
o MODULE 1: Introductory oceanography to provide the participants with a scientific basis for better understanding of the training programme
o MODULE 2: The legal framework for ocean governance (UNCLOS, Agenda 21 Chapter 17, and relevant laws & policies)
o MODULE 3: Global ocean governance framework with special reference to ICM for the Western Pacific Region
o MODULE 4: Conflict management and consensus building for coordinated development of the ocean resources
o MODULE 5: Managing our relations with the oceans for sustainable social and economic development with special reference to marine environmental protection and natural disaster mitigation
o MODULE 6: Special sessions:
- Presentation of case studies of the ICM implementation given by either invited experts or the participants
- Good practice sharing presentations (national reports) by the participants
- Graduation presentations by the participants on the vision of his/her national ICM with the knowledge and holistic understanding of ocean governance learnt during the training programme
- Field trip(s) and study tour(s)
2022 Training Programme
The two-week training programme, focusing on issues of the Western Pacific Ocean, was held in hybrid format and attracted 26 participants from eight countries, including China. Participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand followed the course lectures online, joined by their Chinese colleagues attending in person in Tianjin, PR China.
2021 Training Programme
The 2020 Ocean Governance Training had to be postponed to 2021, restricted only to local participants due to ongoing travel restrictions. The training programme aimed to contribute to China’s efforts to achieve the SDG 14 and the “dual carbon goal”, focusing on marine ecological conservation and restoration, blue carbon and ocean carbon sink and building, and management of resilient coasts and coastal cities. A total of 16 distinguished lecturers, local and foreigners were invited, the latter delivering their presentations virtually. The training course was implemented through intensive class presentations, discussion, good practices exchanging and sharing.
2019 Training Programme
With the support of the National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS) at the Ministry of Natural Resources of PR China, the IOI Training Centre in China organised the seventh edition of the four-week training programme on Ocean Governance for the Western Pacific Region from the 19th August to the 12th September 2019, with the programme being held in Tianjin.
A total of 23 mid-career professionals from 7 countries (Cambodia, China, Egypt, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam) participated in the training programme. The training course was implemented through intensive class lectures, discussions and simulation exercises, as well as study tours and field trips, with the purpose of helping the participants get acquainted with the basic knowledge of ocean management and ocean governance, and to encourage them to make their own contribution towards the realization of SDG 14 within their own countries. The training programme also provided participants with a platform for learning from each other, with the participants presenting reports containing good practices from their own countries, highlighting both the challenges they are facing and also current opportunities. The course was again aptly directed by Professor Mao Bin and supported by Prof Qin Li and the staff assisting IOI China.
As in previous years, a number of fieldtrips were organised around the Tianjin coast, during which participants visited the Institute of Seawater Desalination and the Tianjin National Ocean Museum. A visit was also organised to the National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS), the host institution of the IOI China Regional Centre.
A short description of the course is given in the 05/19 edition of the IOInforma which is available for download from the Documents & Publications - IOInforma News Bulletin section (0519 issue).