SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE OF THE CASPIAN SEA


This training programme is organised by the International Ocean Institute in partnership with the Caspian Sea Institute. 

Two-week residential programme held annually since 2013 at Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan

Coverage of regional issues of the Caspian Sea

The programme is structured in three main modules and a final Practical exercise, namely:

o Module 1 – OCEANS AND SEAS, GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS

o Module 2 – MANAGING OUR RELATIONS WITH THE OCEANS AND SEAS;

o Module 3 - GOVERNANCE FOR THE CASPIAN SEA; Practical exercise: CASPIAN SEA: VISION 2025 in Module 3

 

Further information may be obtained by contacting IOI HQ on ioihq@ioihq.org.mt.


2024 Training Programme - Postponed to 2025


2023 Training Programme

The course was formally launched by IOI HQ Managing Director Antonella Vassallo and by CSI Chairman Myrat Atajanov on the 11th of September, along with Iouri Oliounine, Director of the Training Programme, and Parvin Farshchi, course Co-Director. This year, 17 participants from the countries surrounding the Caspian Sea (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia) attended the course.  The course addressed a number of overarching subjects, such as Ocean Governance Frameworks; Management Tools and Financial Mechanisms for Sustainable Transboundary Water Governance, Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, and were principally theoretical lectures delivered by international experts via online lectures. The diverse experience in issues of Caspian Sea management, research and policy of the participants further enriched the project work undertaken during the course. Read more.....


2022 Training Programme 

The eighth training course focusing on Caspian Sea issues was held from the 16 - 27 May 2022. The course is part of IOI's capacity building programmes on Ocean Governance and is offered with co-founding partner the Caspian Sea Institute of Turkmenistan. 

 

The course addressed a number of overarching subjects, such as Ocean Governance Frameworks; Management Tools and Financial Mechanisms for Sustainable Transboundary Water Governance, and were principally theoretical lectures delivered by international experts via online lectures. Read more....