More information on the events/announcements below can be found in the 2020 IOInforma News Bulletins in the IOInforma Archives
IOI Nigeria
Retirement of Director Mabel Yarhere
and appointment of New Director Williams Bamikole Akanbi
Training Workshop on Red Sea Sustainable Development:
Governance, Resources, Impacts and Management
IOI Egypt and the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries,
Egypt, 25th- 29th October
Hybrid Round Table and IOI Alumni Meeting
Celebrating 7 Years of partnership by the IOI and the Caspian Sea Institute of Turkmenistan on the Training Programme on the Sustainable Development and Governance of the Caspian Sea; A reflection on milestones achieved and future goals
30th October, Turkmenistan
The Blue Economy in the New Normal:
Capacity Development beyond COVID-19, Challenges and Opportunities
Webinar, 27th November 2020
The passing of Biliana Cicin-Sain (1945-2020) a friend of IOI and of IOI founder Elisabeth Mann Borgese, both united in their passion for the ocean and sustainable development.
Launch of the redesigned and updated IOI Website
www.ioinst.org
IOI Honorary President Dr Awni Behnam addresses the
2020 East Asia Marine Cooperation Platform Qingdao Forum Online Event,
22nd September
IOI Training Workshop on The Egyptian Seas
Governance, Law, and Management for a Sustainable Future
IOI Egypt and the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt, 20th - 24th September
Award of the 2020 IOI Elisabeth Mann Borgese Bursary to Ms Joanna Causon Deguara,
Malta, 28th September
IOI moderated Thematic Forum: Blue Economy and Healthy Ocean during the
15th Annual Session of Global Forum on
Human Settlements & Sustainable Cities (GFHS 2020 )
Online Event, 15th - 16th October
Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean: World Oceans Day 2020
The IOI Network celebrates globally through
the activities of the IOI Centres and Focal Points
IOI partnered with the GFHS in the
First Preparatory Webinar of the 15th Annual Session of
Global Forum on Human Settlements
Live Streaming Online, 10th July
New Chair of the Network of Directors of the IOI Governing Board
Lamiaa MOHAMEDEIN (Director, IOI EGYPT)
Launch of Ocean Yearbook Volume 34; Published by Brill|Nijhoff 4th June; the Ocean Yearbook is a collaborative initiative of the International Ocean Institute in Malta and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute (MELAW) at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
The COVID-19 Pandemic – How can the IOI Community adapt and respond to the challenges and opportunities to present the IOI programmes IOI Network Online meeting, 23rd June
The Blue Economy and COVID-19 Pandemic: New challenges, recovery measures and resilience Online Conference, 4th June
Forum on Sustainable Development in the Southern Seas of Russia”, Novorossiysk , Russia, 23rd – 25th October, 2019
The 4th Training Programme on Ocean Governance, Ocean Sciences and Geoethics Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidad de São Paulo, Cananeia, Brazil was held from January 18th - February 14th, 2020
Launch of the sixth publication in the World Ocean Review Series: The Arctic and Antarctic – Extreme, Climatically Crucial and In Crisis, Berlin, 7th November 2019 - English version now available for download here.