9TH TRAINING PROGRAMME ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE OF THE CASPIAN SEA, 11-22 SEPTEMBER 2023, ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN, HYBRID MODE
ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL OCEAN INSTITUTE (IOI) AND THE CASPIAN SEA INSTITUTE OF TURKMENISTAN
This training programme is organised by the International Ocean Institute in partnership with the Caspian Sea Institute.
Two-week residential programme held annually since 2013 at Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan
Coverage of regional issues of the Caspian Sea
The programme is structured in three main modules and a final Practical exercise, namely:
o Module 1 – OCEANS AND SEAS, GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS
o Module 2 – MANAGING OUR RELATIONS WITH THE OCEANS AND SEAS;
o Module 3 - GOVERNANCE FOR THE CASPIAN SEA; Practical exercise: CASPIAN SEA: VISION 2025 in Module 3
Further information may be obtained by contacting IOI HQ on ioihq@ioihq.org.mt.
2022 Training Programme
The eighth training course focusing on Caspian Sea issues was held from the 16 - 27 May 2022. The course is part of IOI's capacity building programmes on Ocean Governance and is offered with co-founding partner the Caspian Sea Institute of Turkmenistan.
The course addressed a number of overarching subjects, such as Ocean Governance Frameworks; Management Tools and Financial Mechanisms for Sustainable Transboundary Water Governance, and were principally theoretical lectures delivered by international experts via online lectures.
Read more here.
2020/2021 Training Programmes
Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions the eighth IOI Training Course on Sustainable Development & Governance of the Caspian Sea scheduled to be held in March 2020 in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan was postponed in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. It had to be postponed again in 2021.
2019 Training Programme
The seventh consecutive course focussing on Caspian Sea issues came to a fruitful completion last month. This course forms part of the IOI’s capacity building programmes on ocean governance and is offered with co-founding partner the Caspian Sea Institute.
The course was formally launched by IOI HQ Managing Director Antonella Vassallo and SECS Chairman Myrat Atajanov on the 4th March alongside Dr Iouri Oliounine, Director of the Training Programme, who further introduced the participants to the concepts and structure of the course.
19 participants from the countries surrounding the Caspian Sea (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, IR Iran and Russia), and one participant from China attended the course. The diverse experience in issues of Caspian Sea management, research and policy of the participants further enriched the project work undertaken during the course.
Detailed information about the course was given in the latest edition of the IOInforma 02/19 available for download from the Documents & Publications IOInforma News Bulletin section (0219 issue).