The IOI makes available Ocean and IOI training-related information and opportunities, reporting of IOI’s activities and plans, via the IOInforma. The latest IOInforma bulletins are available to view below and back issues can be found in the IOInforma Archives.  Readers are welcome to email IOI HQ for any feedback or information.

Capacity Development

• IOI Egypt successfully delivers the first IOI Ocean Governance Training Programme in Arabic, 3 - 28 November, Egypt: REPORT
• IOI representative at COP29 - Enhancing Ocean and Climate Literacy, 11 – 14 November, Baku, Azerbaijan: REPORT
• IOI Ocean Academy Report: NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
• IOI Special Seminar: From Promises to Practice: Addressing the Disconnect Between Global Ocean Goals and Effective Implementation, 6 December, Malta: REPORT
• Successful delivery of the 19th IOI Malta Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Mediterranean, Black,  Baltic and Caspian Seas, Malta; 6 November - 6 December: REPORT
• Successful completion of IOI South Africa’s 11th Training Programme on Ocean Governance for Africa, 4 - 29 November, South Africa,: REPORT
• IOI Germany offered an online training in “Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Social-Ecological Systems”, 18 - 29 November: REPORT

Event Reports

• IOI partners in the first ECOP Programme Training Course: “Introduction to Oceanographic Survey Techniques and Data Management”, 4 - 17 November, Malta: REPORT
• 3rd International Seminar by IOI Chile: “Oceans, Sustainability and Environment”; 4 November, Santiago, Chile: REPORT
• IOI Canada offers the18th annual Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture, and a Professional Development Day for Teachers, 25 and 19 October, Canada: REPORT

News and Announcements

• New Director for IOI Germany Centre, Rebecca Lahl: NEWS
• IOI Centre in Costa Rica marks its 30th Anniversary in 2024: NEWS

Highlights

• IOI represented at the UN Summit of the Future in New York, 22 and 23 September; REPORT
• Extension of the Agreement Between the University of Malta and IOI to jointly offer the accredited IOI Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance for the Mediterranean, Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas, in Malta, 29 October; REPORT
• IOI Partnerships and Collaborations with Global Ocean Stakeholders; REPORTS
• DEEP SEA NIGHT -  a Screening of Deep Rising, and IOI participation in the expert discussion panel, 14 October; REPORT
• The IOI presents the IOI Ocean Academy at the 6th International Conference on Sustainability Education,  19-20 September, New Delhi, India; REPORT

Capacity Development Opportunities

• Award of the IOI Elisabeth Mann Borgese Bursary, 2024 and successful completion of the 2023-24 EMB Bursary,15 October; REPORT
• IOI Canada Workshop: Coastal and Ocean Governance for Indigenous Peoples, 7 - 11 October; REPORT
• IOI Alumni Continuing Professional Development Series: 3rd Webinar, 2024.  Navigating the Geopolitical Divide: The Strategic and Environmental Implications of Deep Seabed Mining: 26 September; REPORT
• IOI Representative at the Maritime Spatial Planning Cooperation Workshop of Maritime Silk Road Partner Countries, Beijing, 26 September; REPORT

IOI Ocean Academy

• IOI Ocean Academy: Registrations Open for diverse modules: APPLICATIONS OPEN; and more modules are successfully completed; REPORT

Highlights

• The First IOI Training Programme in Spanish by IOI Chile - Ocean Governance in South America: Challenges and Opportunities, Santiago, Chile, January 2025; Send your expressions of interest
• The IOI Ocean Academy Global Programme Endorsed by the UNESCO/IOC Executive Secretary as a Decade Action
• The 5th IOI Thailand Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance Framework, Implementation of UNCLOS and its Related Instruments in the Southeast Asian Seas and the Indian Ocean, was successfully delivered, 1 - 27 July Phuket Thailand

News

• World Oceans Day 8 June 2024: “Awaken New Depths”; IOI Network events held globally

Ocean Training and Capacity Development Opportunities

• IOI Ocean Academy: REGISTRATIONS OPEN: Maldives, Costa Rica, Kenya, Mexico; SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED: Costa Rica, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Ukraine

Highlights

• IOI Courtesy Visit to the Executive Secretary of IOC, UNESCO HQ, Paris 14 May
• IOI Alumni CPD Webinar: From Carbon Sink to Solution - Unlocking the Ocean's Role in Climate Mitigation; 13 June

 News

• IOI China Training Programme on Ocean Governance: Legal Framework, Policies, Technologies and Practices; 27 May – 7 June Tianjin, China
• IOI Training Centre in Canada successfully delivers Ocean capacity development and training events in the first half of 2024
• Honorary President of IOI, invited to contribute to UNCTAD@60 Global Leaders Forum, Palais des Nations, Geneva and Guest speaker at UNCTAD webinar
• Director of IOI Ocean Academy Maldives, represents IOI in Marine and Maritime conferences during May and June

Ocean Training and Capacity Development Opportunities

• IOI Ocean Academy: 4 Ocean Literacy modules open for registrations; Highlights from the 3rd IOI Ocean Academy Directors' Meeting; Successful Delivery of 11 modules

Highlights

• The IOI Egypt Training Centre was formally launched following the signature of the MOU with IOI Egypt host institute NIOF; REPORT
• Announcement of the first IOI Training Programme on Ocean Governance in the Arabic Language, 3-28 November 2024 in Suez-Hurghada, Egypt
• Empowering Ocean Leadership: IOI's Engagement at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference: REPORT
• New IOI Focal Point in Portugal, Dr Joana Dionisio: ANNOUNCEMENT

 News

• IOI Managing Director delivers keynote speech at the Inauguration of the Global Women Network for Nature; Online, 8 March; REPORT
• Meeting between IOI and WestMED National Hub, IOI HQ, Malta; 4 April
• IOI Ocean Academy Sri Lanka offer an additional Junior Scientists programme for School Children: REPORT
• IOI Representative at the MALDIVES MARITIME CONFERENCE: Villa Nautica, Maldives; In-person event, 6th March: REPORT

Ocean Training and Capacity Development Opportunities

• IOI Ocean Academy: 6 New Nodes have recently joined the IOI Ocean Academy Network; Another 4 courses successfully completed and 5 Academies open for registration: News

Highlights

• Launch of the English Language version of the latest World Ocean Review  in the Series (WOR8): The Ocean – A Climate Champion? How to Boost Marine Carbon Dioxide Uptake;  February: ANNOUNCEMENT
• IOI Alumni CPD Online Series in 2024: 1ST Webinar: WHERE SKIES AND SEAS MEET: CLIMATE AND OCEAN INTERDEPENDENCE IN POLICYMAKING -  29 February: REPORT
• IOI is represented at the preparatory meetings for the UN Summit of the Future (September 2024); Geneva; January - February: REPORT
• IOI panellist at the First International Conference of IMU on Coastal Communities and Marine Pollution (CC MARPOL – 2024), 2nd February: REPORT

News

• IOI HQ welcomed a Delegation from the Ministry of Education of Thailand, 25 January: REPORT
• Request for Manuscripts for the Ocean Yearbook Volume 39 to be published in June 2025

Ocean Training and Capacity Development Opportunities

• Applications are NOW OPEN for IOI Canada’s next Ocean Governance Training (Online); REGISTER; 18 March - 23 May 2024
• IOI Ocean Academy Programme in 2024