ECOP WEBINARS

Episode 1: How to start an NGO?

In our first webinar of this series we hear from 3 ECOPs across Asia and the Middle East to discuss the opportunities they’ve encountered and challenges they’ve had to face when starting and running an NGO in the Ocean sector.

Introduced by ECOP Global Coordinator Evgeniia Kostianaia.
Featuring special guests:
Frances Camille Rivera – Founder of Oceanus Conservation
Mukit Biswas – Founder and Chief Functionary of Prameya Foundation
Laura Khatib – Co-founder of Guardians of the Blue

Watch Episode 1 on our YouTube channel now

Episode 2: The Blue Economy

We hear from experts in the field (Cabo Verde, Canada) on navigating the blue economy as an Early Career Ocean Professional.

The UN definition for the Blue Economy is: “comprising of a range of economic sectors and related policies that together determine whether the use of ocean resources is sustainable.”
As this very broad, emergent field, is of increasing interest and importance to ECOPs, we consider the Blue Economy in relation to our speakers homelands. They highlight some of the key challenges and opportunities within their regions:
Speaker 1: António José Medina dos Santos Baptista – Professor at the School of Business and Governance of the University of Cape Verde
Speaker 2: Ronnie Noonan-Birch – An ECOP Canada steering committee member pursuing her Master’s in Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University to find out how the Blue Economy can be better utilized in Canada.
Speaker 3: Dr Ameer Ebrahim – A marine ecologist with a vast experience in fisheries management and ecology; recent Head of Fisheries Management and Technical Fisheries Coordinator to the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA).

This webinar is moderated by Anthony Ndah – A Post-doctoral researcher in Shelf Sea System Ecology, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany

Watch Episode 2 on our YouTube channel now

Resources

Article on A Blue Future: Why We Need a Framework to Unite the Different Lenses of the Blue Economy by speaker 2: Ronnie Noonan-Birch.

Episode 3: Understanding the UN Ocean Decade – What’s in it for African ECOPs?

Join the ECOP Programme team and special guests for an insightful 60-min webinar on how and why to engage in the UN Decade of Ocean Science as an Early Career Ocean Professional in Africa, followed by an 30 minute meeting for members of the ECOP Africa Node.

Moderated by: Chinomnso Onwubiko
Featuring: Anthony Akpan:
Founder/President, Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE)
Member of Nigeria National Ocean Decade Committee
“Understanding the African Roadmap in the UN Ocean Decade: A Key Necessity for ECOPs in Africa”

Gabriel Akoko Juma: PhD Student in Coastal Ecology at Alfred Wegener Institute, Member of Early Career Ocean Professionals, African Regional Node (ECOP Africa)
“ECOP Africa: Where we came from and where we are!”

Anthony Ndah: Post-doctoral researcher Shelf Sea System Ecology at Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany and ECOP Programme Africa Node coordinator
“General Meeting ECOP Africa: Where we are heading!”

Watch Episode 3 on our YouTube channel now

Resources:

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030: Ocean Decade Africa Roadmap
Booklet: United Nations Ocean Decade for Africa: The Science we Need for the Ocean we Want in Africa

Episode 4: Was 2022 truly the Ocean Super Year we hoped for?

Learn more about the outcomes of the UN Ocean Conference, the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction negotiations and the latest reflections from COP27; and stay tuned for the debate with ECOPs and Ocean experts on whether 2022 was truly the Ocean Super Year we hoped for.

Thanks to our co-moderators:
Evgeniia Kostianaia (ECOP Global Coordinator)
Cosmin Chivu (International Ocean Institute)

And special thanks to our expert speakers:
Antonella Vassallo – Managing Director of International Ocean Institute, Malta
Awni Behnam – Honorary President of International Ocean Institute, Malta
Angelique Pouponneau – Policy Adviser to the Chair of the Alliance of Small Islands States

Organised by:
International Ocean Institute – International Ocean Institute (IOI) is a world leading independent, non-governmental non-profit organisation conducting training and capacity building in Ocean Governance with the aim of creating knowledgeable future leaders. Learn more at: https://www.ioinst.org/

Watch Episode 4 on our YouTube channel now

Resources

The outcomes of the UN Ocean Conference
The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
COP27 report https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-reaches-breakthrough-agreement-on-new-loss-and-damage-fund-for-vulnerable-countries

Episode 5: Using ArcGIS software for Oceans-related work: An Overview

Before we usher in 2023, the last ECOP Programme webinar of 2022 will share some of the fantastic opportunities available to help us in our research as early career ocean professionals. ESRI is one of the world’s premier GIS organizations and has the answers to most of our questions and challenges in the coming year as we plunge deeper into the UN Ocean Decade, towards our aspirations to reach the 7 Decade Outcomes and achieve “the science we need for the Ocean we want” by 2030.

Keith Van Graafeiland:
Keith is a Product Engineer at ESRI in Washington D.C. and serves as the Ocean Curator for the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World team. Keith works to create foundational layers that can help marine researchers, scientists, and others gain a better understanding of our oceans.

He is the Ocean Content Lead for the Living Atlas of the World, a long-term project with an emphasis on visually appealing and useful map information products. ESRI is the global market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. Since 1969, they have supported customers with geographic science and geospatial analytics, what they call The Science of Where.

Join Keith as he guides us through the sea of knowledge and opportunities open to us via ESRI. We will be developing some specialized training courses around some of the topics Keith will share with us, so stay tuned, and share your ideas on how you think the information may be useful to you, your organization, and your specific training needs.

Watch Episode 5 on our YouTube channel now

Resources

ESRI Science hub
https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/science/ecological-marine-units/overview
https://learn.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#?q=ocean
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=a170a0d522bb42f1a019e4e473cf1bdd

ESRI StoryMaps platform
ESRI slack channel that we maintain from our Ocean, Weather and Climate community
2022 Ocean, Weather and Climate Forum
Next Forum in 2023
Africa GeoPortal
ESRI Careers