Ocean Literacy is essential to create citizens who understand the influence of the ocean on humans and vice versa, make informed and responsible decisions about the ocean and its resources and know how to communicate about the ocean. The ocean covers 70% of the earth's surface and contains 97% of the earth's water. The ocean has a great influence on the well-being of human beings, providing them with economic, social and environmental benefits and a multitude of services, such as climate regulation, oxygen, health and transportation.

The ocean is currently under threat due to various anthropogenic pressures, such as overfishing, coastal development, climate change, biological invasions, the concentration of carbon dioxide and consequent acidification of ocean waters and pollution. In this context, there is an urgent need to reverse this situation of degradation of the marine environment, due to the collective impact of behavioral and lifestyle choices made by humans on a daily basis. In order to change this situation, it is imperative that all citizens are aware of the link between man and the sea. 

Ocean literacy is essential for raising awareness of the need to preserve the ocean through the preservation of marine resources and their sustainable use. It is only through environmental education that awareness and behavioral changes can be made that guarantee a healthier ocean and a source of life for all. The IOI Ocean Academy Portugal aims to contribute to the dissemination of Ocean Literacy, based on comprehensive and holistic content on Ocean Literacy, seen from different perspectives and not just from an exclusively scientific point of view, broadening the spectrum of developed themes approached from different perspectives. 

The methodology used privileges active experiences, namely: individual and group work; debates, answers to questionnaires, viewing audiovisuals, interviews, analysis and discussion of maps and graphs, providing critical reflection on areas that characterize part of the national reality.

• A Aguarela e o Mar pelo Pincel de Roque Gameiro;
• Boas práticas em Ecoturismo Marinho e Áreas Marinhas Protegidas e sua relevância para Implementação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento;
• Qualidade Alimentar de Produtos de Pesca e Aquacultura;
• Turismo Sustentável;
• Saber Cozinhar Com as Algas;
• “O Mar Português” pela escrita de Fernando Pessoa;
• Medidas Emergentes para Salvar o Oceano;
• Avaliação: pertinência dos conteúdos.

• Watercolor and the Sea through the Brush of Roque Gameiro;
• Good practices in Marine Ecotourism and Marine Protected Areas and their relevance to the Implementation of the Development Goals;
• Food Quality of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products;
• Sustainable Tourism;
• Learning to cook with Seaweed;
• “The Portuguese Sea” through the writing of Fernando Pessoa;
• Emerging Measures to Save the Ocean;
• Retrospective and Course Evaluation.

• Compreender o significado pleno da segunda parte da obra A Mensagem: “O Mar Português”: o mar como elemento identitário do povo português, o seu valor simbólico e mítico;
• Reconhecer o mar como elemento de inspiração da aguarela portuguesa pelo pincel de Roque Gameiro: a paisagem e as suas gentes no século XIX: a estética romântica;
• Relacionar o mar como tema de várias de expressões artísticas: poesia, música e pintura;
• Identificar e reconhecer a importância dos objetivos e metas das boas práticas em ecoturismo marinho e áreas marinhas protegidas;
• Conhecer os mecanismos de prevenção da poluição da água e gestão das águas residuais, minimização dos impactos do ruído, da poluição e substâncias perigosas em áreas de Ecoturismo Marinho e Zonas Marinhas Protegidas;
• Tomar consciência dos benefícios do turismo sustentável em zonas marinhas; 
• Ter consciência da compatibilização entre as atividades turísticas e os ambientes marinhos;
• Caracterizar a gestão ecológica;
• Identificar e conhecer as boas práticas de gestão sustentável na orla costeira;
• Descobrir a importância um artefacto arqueológico submarino.;
• Visitar uma galeria de curiosidades marítimas no fundo do mar;
• Reconhecer  a importância da escavação virtual;
• Compreender a importância da qualidade e da segurança alimentar de produtos de pesca e aquacultura;
• Ter consciência da importância nutricional dos produtos de pesca e aquacultura;
• Saber os benefícios e perigos associados ao consumo de produtos de pesca e aquacultura;
• Adquirir comportamentos de consumo sustentável de produtos de pesca e aquacultura;
• Caracterizar a importância histórica, nutricional e socioambiental das algas;
• Valorizar o potencial económico das algas;
• Identificar os vários tipos de algas da zona costeira portuguesa;
• Cozinhar com algas, reconhecendo o seu valor nutricional e protegendo o ambiente;
• Adquirir medidas e atitudes que salvam o ambiente;
• Reconhecer o enquadramento legal e algumas medidas protetoras do oceano, como por exemplo: O Blue Manifesto;
• Compreender a importância da inteligência artificial ao serviço da proteção do Oceano.

• Understand the full meaning of the second part of A Mensagem: ‘The Portuguese Sea’: the sea as an identity element of the Portuguese people, its symbolic and mythical value;
• Recognise the sea as an element of inspiration in Portuguese watercolours by the brush of Roque Gameiro: the landscape and its people in the 19th century: the romantic aesthetic;
• Relate the sea as a theme in various artistic expressions: poetry, music and painting;
• dentify and recognise the importance of the objectives and goals of good practice in marine ecotourism and marine protected areas;
• Know the mechanisms for preventing water pollution and wastewater management, minimising the impacts of noise, pollution and hazardous substances in Marine Ecotourism areas and Marine Protected Areas;
• To realise the benefits of sustainable tourism in marine areas; 
• Be aware of the compatibility between tourism activities and marine environments;
• Characterise ecological management;
• Identify and learn about good sustainable management practices along the coastline;
• Discover the importance of underwater archaeological artefacts. 
• Visit a gallery of maritime curiosities on the seabed.
• Recognise the importance of virtual excavation.
• Understand the importance of quality and food safety in fisheries and aquaculture products;
• Be aware of the nutritional importance of fishing and aquaculture products;
• Be aware of the benefits and dangers associated with the consumption of fishery and aquaculture products;
• Acquire behaviours for the sustainable consumption of fishery and aquaculture products;
• Characterise the historical, nutritional and socio-environmental importance of algae;
• Appreciate the economic potential of algae;
• Identify the various types of seaweed found in the Portuguese coastal zone;
• Cook with seaweed, recognising its nutritional value and protecting the environment;
• Acquire measures and attitudes that save the environment;
• Recognise the legal framework and some measures to protect the ocean, such as the Blue Manifesto;
• Understand the importance of artificial intelligence in protecting the ocean.