During 2021, the IOI Governors supported the proposal to launch the IOI Virtual Academy on Ocean Governance as part of the celebrations surrounding the IOI’s 50th anniversary in 2022. The purpose of the IOI Ocean Academy is to increase IOI´s outreach through the implementation of regular Courses, to expand the traditional IOI training portfolio and teach out to new audiences by offering ocean literacy programmes online. The target audience for these IOI Ocean Academy Courses may be defined...

The 16th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements & Sustainable Cities (GFHS 2021) was organised again in virtual format, with the theme “Accelerate Green Transformation and Innovation towards Healthy, Resilient and Carbon-neutral Cities” between the 27th and 29th October.