"50 Years of Education and Awareness Raising for Shaping the Future of the Oceans and Coasts"

PARTICIPANTS

The Conference programme will be designed for, but not limited to, various organisations, individuals and groups. They will include international governmental and non-governmental organisations, donors and funding agencies, policy makers including public officials, scientists, planners, researchers and academicians, practitioners and teachers, students and citizens to discuss and take home new ideas and best practices that will benefit all of them.

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS?

Overarching objectives of the Conference will be to establish a platform for the exchange of views on sustainable education and training methods in marine related areas in order to ensure that the gains made in capacity development in the last 50 years are not lost. The Conference will help to develop ways for meeting new challenges and increasing effectiveness of the results. The Conference will identify new policies in education and training which are needed to target the development goals facing the humankind such as shortage of fresh water and food, unemployment and poverty, and will identify ways for strengthening the capacity of educational institutions to lead programmes focused on ocean’s protection and research and on sustainable development issues. Finally, the Conference will stimulate and examine practical opportunities for cooperation based on common competencies and interests, make recommendations for putting into practices the ideas formulated by the participants and propose methods and ways of implementation based on the last 50 years of experience and with a clear vision of the future.

HOW WILL THE CONFERENCE BE ORGANISED?

The Conference will provide an open international forum. The Conference will be implemented through convening plenary sessions, round table discussions and thematic seminars. The programme of the Conference will be circulated to all with the second announcement. The plenary speakers and chairs of the seminars will be selected from key personalities known for their competence in capacity development not only in the areas related to the ocean and coasts but also in other areas of knowledge which may be of interest to the participants and correspond to the Conference’ objectives. Abstracts of the selected presentations and posters will be compiled in a booklet and made available to attendees at the beginning of the Conference. Space will be available for posters’ presentations during the Conference

THE CONFERENCE WILL LOOK FOR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

? What is the education and training in marine science about?

? Who are those to be educated and trained and for what?

? What is the role of relevant international organization in promoting and fostering the education and training policy?
? Can new methods of education with the use of modern technological achievements in the area of communication

and information exchange be a panacea for solving problems of capacity development?

? How much funding is needed to support the training programme?

? What are the obstacles to progress in the field of education and training in marine science?

Beginning of the Registration, Submission of Abstracts January 2010

Conference Venue: Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)98, Maloochtinskii prospect, 195196, St.Petersburg, Russia  
Contact:     Dr.Vitaly Sychev
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Telephone: 7 812 244 21 55
Fax: 7 812 444 60 90

Website:     http://www.rshu.ru/IOC50

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