OceanTeacher Global Academy Steering Group Meeting

13 - 16 January 2015,

UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7 - Pakhuis 61

B-8400 Oostende
Belgium

Annotated Agenda

1 OPENING OF THE MEETING
2 PARTICIPANTS INTRODUCTION
3 INTRODUCTION TO IODEs CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
4 INTRODUCTION TO OCEANTEACHER AND THE OCEANTEACHER GLOBAL ACADEMY PROJECT
5 INTRODUCTION OF REGIONAL TRAINING CENTRES
5.1 INVEMAR, Colombia
5.10 Nova Southeastern University (NSU) (USA)
5.2 CRODT-ISRA, Senegal
5.3 AFRICOG/Rhodes University, South Africa
5.4 ESCCM, Mozambique
5.5 KMFRI, Kenya
5.6 INCOIS, India
5.7 INOS/UMT, Malaysia
5.8 NCOSM, China
5.9 SPREP, Pacific (Samoa)
6 INTRODUCTION OF OTHER IOC PROGRAMMES AND /OR PROJECTS WITH A CD COMPONENT
6.1 HAB (Harmful Algal Blooms
6.2 OBIS
6.3 MPR/SPINCAM
6.4 IOCAFRICA
6.5 IOCARIBE
7 RECRUITMENT OF LECTURERS
7.1 Current pool of lecturers
7.2 Resourcing from other national and regional institutions
7.3 Need for train the trainers
8 OTGA Website
8.1 General Structure; RTC’s Information; Learning Management System and Digital Library; Global vs. Regional Courses; Course Management; Pool of Lecturers
9 OTGA PRODOC & PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
9.1 OTGA Work packages
9.2 OTGA Governance & Steering Group Terms of Reference
9.3 OTGA Formal Issues: MoU between IOC and individual RTCs
9.4 Budget Revision (10 RTC’s)
10 OTGA WORKPLAN FOR 2015
10.1 Regional & Global Training Needs (identification of courses to be organised in 2015)
10.2 Practical arrangements: contracts
11 OTGA DRAFT WORK PLAN FOR 2016-17
11.1 Regional & Global Training Needs: Survey and Identification of Regional Stakeholders
11.2 Next OTGA SG session
12 OTGA GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OUTREACH STRATEGY
12.1 Definition, available resources, implementation plan
13 COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES
13.1 Southeast Pacific Permanent Commission (CPPS) [F. Felix]
13.2 EMBRC Training Portal [T. Deprez & T. tkint]
13.3 European Marine Board WG Training [N. Wouters]
14 CLOSING OF MEETING
14.1 Review of the main decisions agreed during the meeting
14.2 Adoption of the work plan
14.3 AOB