IOIOceanLearn

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IOI-OceanLearn
The International Ocean Institute

• The Training and Education Programme of the
  International Ocean Institute
• Learning for our Future Ocean.

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The IOI Global Network
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The IOI Organogram
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OceanLearn the Vision

• IOI-OceanLearn the system-wide programme for the
  coordination, delivery, quality assurance and
  development of global partnerships of the
  International Ocean Institutes capacity building
  activities
• The Vision To develop an interdisciplinary and
  integrated culture of knowledge, inclusive and
  accessible to all, focusing on Ocean Affairs and
  Ocean Science, through which knowledge is
  distributed making use of modern techniques.

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OceanLearn The Mission

• To deliver education, training and capacity
  building products so as to promote understanding
  and sustainable management of ocean spaces and
  resources which will meet the needs of both
  developed and developing nations.

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OceanLearn Objectives

• TO coordinate, consolidate and quality assure the
  IOIs education, training and capacity building
  activities through a clearly identified (branded)
  training and capacity building program
• TO enable the IOI to deliver its products to
  markets in an effective manner and in such a way
  the brand will become recognised with quality and
  delivery.

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OceanLearn Implementation

• OceanLearn is implemented by the OceanLearn
  Implementation Committee (OLIC)
• During the start-up phase, OceanLearn will focus
  on Short Training Courses, which may include
  courses available for degree credit at
  participating IOI Host Institutions.

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SHORT TRAINING COURSES

• Combinations of short courses developed by IOI or
  IOI Partners
• Short thematic (including technical) courses
  delivered by IOI Operational Centers or with IOI
  partners
• Workshops delivered by IOI OCs and which include
  training components

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OceanLearn Current Partners

• IOI (Australia) International Marine Project
  Activities Centre
• IOI-Baltic Sea, The University of Kalmar
• IOI-Canada and Dalhousie University (Ocean
  Governance)
• IOI-Costa Rica - The Universidad Nacional (Costa
  Rica) Rural Development Program
• IOI-Germany, The Zentrum für Marine
  Tropenökologie, University of Bremen (ISATEC
  Programme)
• IOI-Malta and The University of Malta (Regional
  Ocean Governance)
• IOI-South Western Atlantic Ocean - The Center for
  Marine Studies of the Federal University of
  Parana, Brazil
• IOI-Southern Africa and the University of the
  Western Cape, South Africa, partners in distance
  learning
• The United Nations Division on Ocean Affairs and
  Law of the Sea

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OceanLearn Potential New Partners (1)

• The World Conservation Learning Network (WCLN)
• The Global Environment Facility (GEF) IW-Learn
• The European Union
• The United Nations University (UNU)
• The Lighthouse Foundation
• Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
  (LOICZ)
• The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  (IOC)
• The Nippon Foundations International Ocean
  Governance Network, Education Task Force

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Potential New Partners (2)

• Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Caribbean
  Community Secretariat (CRFM CARICOM)
• United Nations Educational Scientific and
  Cultural Organization Institute for Water
  Education(UNESCO-IHE)
• United Nations Environment Programme Global
  Programme of Action for the Protection of the
  Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
  (UNEP/GPA)
• The Global International Waters Assessment
  (GIWA).

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OceanLearn Beneficiaries

• The beneficiaries of OceanLearn will be students
  and mid-high level government, private sector and
  NGO employees who will have access to OceanLearn
  courses. The IOIs network of Operational and
  Regional Operational Centres, the IOIs host
  institutions and partners will also benefit from
  OceanLearn.

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Quality Assurance

• Quality Assurance will guarantee a network wide
  quality standard for all courses run under the OL
  brand it consists of three components that
  investigate the quality of the content, of the
  performance and of the venues of the courses.

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OceanLearn Subject Area Packages

• Integrated living coastal resource management
• Ocean non-living resources and socio-economic
  implication
• Maritime boundary delimitation and transboundary
  management
• Coastal risk management
• Coastal Tourism
• Harbour and maritime industry
• Environment, Human health Traditional Ecological
  Knowledge
• Management of marine protected areas
• Ocean Governance

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OceanLearn Course Database

• The OceanLearn Course database is maintained by
  the IOI Headquarters (www.ioinst.org.mt)
• The database currently contains a total of more
  than 120 courses available through IOI
  Operational Centres and their host institutions

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CONTACT US!

• OceanLearn Implementation Committee
  robin.south_at_impac.org.au
• IOI Headquarters
• ioihq_at_ioihq.org.mt