The cruise was organized by the UNESCO-MSU Training and Research Centre for Marine Geology and Geophysics (Moscow State University), and started from Murmansk (Russia) on 30 August 2011.

IOC of UNESCO organized, in cooperation with and hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources of Kenya, a 3-day workshop in Nairobi on Implementing Adaptation to Climate change in East ...

First year activities report of the UNITWIN Network in Marine Biology and Sustainable Development for East Africa.

The good practice guide documents lessons learned from the Zanzibar ReCoMaP project. It is intended for practitioners of other coastal management initiatives combining participatory stakeholder decisi...

The layman’s initiation report describes the process of stakeholder decision making and science development undertaken throughout the project, focused on the perspectives and interests of local stak...

The management plan documents the decisions and outcomes of the participatory processes undertaken at Jambiani, and describes the process itself. It includes the 17 actions identified towards the agre...

Caspian Floating University (CFU) activities carried out in 2010 fall under the IOC High Level Objectives 4 (Management procedures and policies leading to the sustainability of coastal and ocean envir...

In 2010 the University of the Sea is in its 6th year of operation. In 2010 UoS sponsored 27 young scientists and students to participate in 4 research cruises.

The present work, which was conducted in the Bagamoyo and Rufiji Districts, Coast Region, aimed at contributing towards mitigation and adaptation to impacts of climate change and variability on coasta...

The third (and last) Advanced Training Course in Multibeam Surveying of the sea-floor took place from 12 to 22 December 2010 on board the “INS Sarvekshak” (National Hydrographic Office, India). Th...

This document reports on drafting project proposal workshop held at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad on November 04-07, 2009. This work is one part of a series...

Workshop Announcement flyer, and agenda. Nov. 3-5 2010.

The organizers of International Seminar “Prospects of Marine Sediments as Resource Base for the growth of the mankind” (ISMS) solicits participation of young and dynamic people, working in both o...

This report provides a summary of the IOC/GLOSS IOC-GLOSS-PRSN Caribbean Training Course for Operators of Sea Level Stations, which took place from June 23-27, 2008 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The pur...

Background and outline of objectives for the Sao Paulo Bid-writing workshop, 10-13 December 2007

Report of the Kick-off Meeting held 24-26 October in Bangkok, including updated workplan, criteria and guidelines for selection of trainees, national coordination mechanisms, participants list.

Workbook used during the second leadership workshop for the Eastern Atlantic region, Accra 1-3 October 2007

Slides used for the presentation to directors in Libreville, 13-16 March 2007

Transparents utilisés par Ian Dean durant l'atelier pour dirigeants d'instituts marins à Libreville

The know-how of rewarding appropriately in your organisation

The challenges of leading and keeping talented individuals in your organisation

The importance of foreseeing and preparing change early enough for organisations to stay relevant

A draft Strategy for Capacity-Building was presented to the Executive Council at its 37th Session, in June 2004. By Resolution EC-XXXVII.9, the Council instructed the IOC Executive Secretary to prod...

This document reports on the outcomes of the Leadership development workshop and the discussion on Marine Action Planning that were held in Libreville, Gabon, 13-16 March 2007. A total of 25 participa...

Summary of discussions and outcomes of the Marine Action Planning session held in Libreville, March 2007

Summary of discussions held between directors on priorities and the way forward in developing capacity

First draft of the 1-pager on the extreme events project

Summary of discussions and output from the bid writing workshop for Latin American institutes, Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil, 10-13 December 2007

Presentation of the task team on capacity development indicators during the 6th Meeting of the Capacity Building Committee of GEO

Note on capacity development in GEOSS for the Task Team on indicators for GEO capacity building (Task CB0701c).

PROGOVNET is offering a variety of scholarships to nationals of the Wider Caribbean aimed at building regional capacity in ocean governance

Summary of the Sida-funded project on Empowering Developing Countries for the Sustainably Use of their Coastal and Marine Resouces: Self-driven Capacity-development

Report on the workshop conducted at INCOIS, 10-14 May 2008, with heads of institutes from the IOCINDIO region. This documents proposes a summary of the discussions of priorities in the region and the ...

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, in collaboration with WIOMSA and UNEP organised a special session on Capacity Development in the Western Indian Ocean during the 5th WIOMSA Sc...

La République du Congo a demandé l’assistance de l’UNESCO/COI pour le développement d’un projet sur l’érosion à Pointe Noire et dans la sous-région. Le Congo a également obtenu l'adhés...

This workshop was the first for directors of marine-related institutions in the central Indian Ocean region of IOC (IOCINDIO), with a focus on organisations related to the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Ob...

Leg 1 (11-23 June) was carried out in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) and Leg 2 (23 June-4 July) in the Gulf of Cadiz. These legs studied ecological hotspots. Afterwards the RV Professor Logac...

Climate change adaptation and mitigation in coastal areas present specific needs for technology transfer and financial flow mechanisms, and corresponding opportunities for developing countries. This p...

As a follow up to the Coast Map IO “Advanced Hydrographic Surveying Training” that took place in 2008, a need for dedicated CARIS HIPS and SIPS training became evident. Representatives from part...

The Project Coast-Map-IO of IOC/UNESCO has been sponsoring courses for the countries of the Indian Ocean Region on building expertise in the region. The training courses as per workplan item 6.1 : Adv...

The “Baltic Floating University” project started in 1993. In 2009 the 16th Training-Through-Research cruise was held onboard the sailing catamaran “Centaurus-II” in the Eastern part of the Gul...

The training course addresses workplan item 6.2 (ii): Advanced Training Course on bathymetric and topographic data management and map construction (including GIS basic knowledge),which was approved du...

March 28-30, 2010

A report to the African Union Commission (AUC) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (7-18 December 2009). “In Gambia ... In 1998, the high water mark (HWM) was 50 m fro...