C6.01: OceanTeacher Global Academy: sharing expertise in a coordinated way - Greg Reed
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The document discusses the OceanTeacher Global Academy, a program created by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission to develop a global network of regional training centers. The network aims to build national capacity for sustainable ocean and coastal management through online and blended learning courses. It will expand on the existing OceanTeacher program, which has already organized over 100 successful courses. The Global Academy will coordinate training between these regional centers to share expertise and resources. Its goal is to increase members states' abilities to manage marine data and make informed decisions about coastal sustainability through expanded educational opportunities.
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C6.01: OceanTeacher Global Academy: sharing expertise in a coordinated way - Greg Reed
- 1. OceanTeacher Global Academy: Sharing content and expertise in a coordinated network Greg Reed Claudia Delgado Peter Pissierssens
- 2. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission IOC of UNESCO - Established in 1960 • Only intergovernmental organization mandated to promote marine science in all ocean basins • Has a unique international role in marine sustainable development through: – science, services, observations, data exchange and capacity development
- 3. IOC and Capacity Development • Capacity development is the primary catalyst through which IOC will achieve its high-level objectives • Capacity development enables all Member States to participate in and benefit from ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development • Member States derive benefits from IOC’s capacity development – Partnerships between IOC and its Member States, other UN agencies, donors, and the scientific community have been the cornerstone of this success
- 4. IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-21) • Growing challenge of sustainable development requires the IOC to accelerate the pace of capacity development – Resource constraints, both staff and funding, limit IOC’s ability to mobilise the necessary partnerships to address Member State needs • New Capacity Development Strategy • IOC Capacity Development Strategy provides an opportunity to promote partnerships rather than simple assistance Mission: The IOC will undertake relevant actions to assist Member States with developing and sustaining the necessary capacity to undertake activities necessary to achieve the IOC vision at the national level as well as at the international cooperation level.
- 5. IODE International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange • Established in 1961 ‘to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products’ • Global network – 80 National Oceanographic Data Centres – 50 Marine Information Coordinators – 11 Associated Data Units
- 6. IODE and Capacity Development • Capacity development has been a cornerstone of the IODE since the programme’s inception in 1961 • The objective is to assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the IODE network • Capacity development focuses on the principles of data and information management and promotes the use of standards across all IODE centres resulting in interoperability between centres
- 7. Growth of IODE Capacity Development
- 8. Learning Platform: OceanTeacher • Web-based training system that supports: – Classroom training (face-to-face) – Blended training, online tutoring – Online self-learning • Uses Moodle LMS • Over 40 courses available online • Video library for lectures, workshops • Contents freely and openly available – Creative Commons licence www.oceanteacher.org
- 9. OceanTeacher: Lessons learned • Need to train more students from each country • Need to reduce travel • Provide training in local language • Focus more on local issues • Make platform available to other IOC programmes
- 10. OceanTeacher Goes Global • OceanTeacher Global Academy – expands the existing OceanTeacher Academy based at the IOC Project Office for IODE to build a worldwide training facility – OTGA provides a programme of training courses related to all IOC programmes, contributing to the sustainable management of oceans and coastal areas worldwide relevant to Member States in the regions
- 11. OTGA Concept • At least 1 Regional Training Centre for each region • Complementary to existing regional training centres • Self-driven, based on locally available expertise • Should be co-located with other ongoing and funded programmes/projects • Sharing of courses with other RTCs using video conferencing technology • Invite specific expert lectures through video conferencing • Use of common OceanTeacher Learning Platform OceanTeacher Global Academy Europe & North America Africa Indian Ocean Western Pacific Latin America & Caribbean
- 12. OTGA RTCs network Dakar Senegal Grahamstown South Africa Quelimane Mozambique Oostende Belgium Mombasa Kenya Kuala Terengannu Malaysia Hyderabad India Tianjin China Santa Marta Colombia Hollywood FL. USA
- 23. Summary • OceanTeacher Global Academy is developing a global training centre network • This network will increase national capacity in coastal and marine knowledge and management. – promoting the establishment of Regional Training Centres – further developing the OceanTeacher Learning System • The OTGA builds on OceanTeacher programme that has successfully organized 112 courses and workshops involving over 1800 participants since 2005
- 24. ‘Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.’ Nelson Mandela Thank you
Editor's Notes
- The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission or IOC is a body within UNESCO that was established in 1960 to promote international cooperation and coordinate programmes in research, sustainable development, protection of the marine environment, capacity-building for improved management, and decision-making. IOC has its headquarters at UNESCO in Paris, with a number of field offices around the world It is the only intergovernmental organization mandated to promote marine science in all ocean basins IOC has a unique international role in ocean science, services, observations and capacity development
- Capacity development is an essential component for IOC to achieve its high level objectives: Capacity development enables all Member States to participate in and benefit from ocean research and services that are vital to sustainable development. IOC Member States have derived numerous benefits from IOC’s capacity development. partnerships between IOC and its Member States, other UN agencies, donors, and the scientific community have been the cornerstone of this success.
- - The challenge of sustainable development requires the IOC to accelerate the pace of capacity development Link to this growth is the current resource constraints, both staff and funding, limit IOC’s ability to mobilise the necessary resources to address the needs of Member State So IOC has developed a new Capacity Development Strategy. This is the mission statement of IOC’s Capacity Development Strategy : The IOC will undertake relevant actions to assist Member States with developing and sustaining the necessary capacity to undertake activities necessary to achieve the IOC vision at the national level as well as at the international cooperation level. - The new strategy is expected to be endorsed by the IOC Assembly next month.
- -One of the longest established IOC programmes is the IODE - the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange programme of the IOC. The IODE was established in 1961 ‘to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products’ IODE has developed a global network of 80 national oceanographic data centres around the world. In addition to the data centre, many countries have established Marine Information Centres (or marine libraries) which are part of the IODE network. Associated Data Units are a new addition to the network which brings the wider ocean research and observation communities as key stakeholders of the IODE network
- Capacity Development is a cornerstone of the IODE since the programme’s start in 1961: The objective is to assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the IODE network The focus is to teach the principles of data and information management and also promote the use of "standards" amongst all IODE centres and thus achieve interoperability amongst centres and encourage the exchange of data.
- Growth of IODE Capacity Development Early 1980s: IODE started short-term technical training courses 1989: Regional data and information network (ODIN) established in Africa: linking provision of equipment, training and operational support 1991: OceanPC: collection of data management software on floppy disc 1997: IODE Resource Kit: collection of data management manuals and software on CD-ROM and online 2001: Transition of IODE Resource Kit to OceanTeacher and adding of marine information management 2009-2013: OceanTeacher Academy based at IOC Project Office for IODE at Oostende Belgium 2014-2018: OceanTeacher Global Academy
- OceanTeacher is the IODE learning platform - OceanTeacher provides a single integrated training resources for marine data and information management which can be used by professional ocean data and information managers and scientists involved in data management, as well as providing ocean researchers and students with the necessary knowledge to interact effectively with their national oceanographic data centres
- The OceanTeacher Academy project funded between 2009-2013. Some weaknesses were identified during the project • Need to training more students from each country and better promote the transfer of knowledge. Due to the limited budget as well as physical and human resource constraints only 1-2 students per country could participate in courses with courses usually limited to approximately 20 students which does not ensure long-term sustainability in terms of national capacity. • Need to reduce travel. Travel time can be excessive for students from some regions (15-20 hours). This combined with the resulting jet lag and limited duration of the courses (usually 1 week long) results in students not perform at their best. • Language: The use of English as the only working language remains a problem. English proficiency has been one of the selection criteria and this has limited participation from some regions • Focus on local issues. Addressing local issues that affect local populations requires a local focus. So it is more appropriate to combine training of globally relevant topics with training on locally relevant issues as well as using local data and information that are relevant to local conditions • All-inclusive training environment. Previous focus has been on data and information management. Need to broaden the focus to include all IOC programmes and associated organizations. These weaknesses will be addressed fully in the OceanTeacher Global Academy Project
- The OTGA network of training centres will have a global coverage, linking and bringing together classrooms and experts across the world RTCs will address local and regional issues but will still benefit from a broader global perspective by sharing course content resources and the broader group added value. Use of videoconferencing technology and sharing training resources through the OceanTeacher Learning Platform.