Training and Mentoring task team
Photo credit: Fabrice Dudenhofer / Ocean Image Bank
Training and Mentoring Task Team
What is our Aim?
Aiding the UN Ocean Decade in building knowledge and capability amongst ECOPs to help drive sustainable change, supporting its goals.
How are we going to do it?
We will use our passion and drive for supporting the UN Ocean Decade by educating and empowering ECOPs with ways they can help bolster it.
What is our Strategy?
- To offer high quality webinars (both internally developed and externally sourced) to any ECOP who is interested.
- Host a library of past webinars (and associated materials) to support ECOPs with their individual learning.
- Interact with senior leaders supporting the UN Ocean Decade to foster their involvement with our training (i.e., webinar delivery) and mentoring (i.e., meet a mentor sessions, etc.)
- Coordinate with ECOP Nodes to support their national/regional webinar delivery.
Targets
- Coordinating the delivery of the ECOP “meet a mentor sessions”
- Create training materials such as posters & bitesize learning clips.
- Provide translation, PowerPoint,& Zoom support to the Regional & National Nodes for their own webinars & training materials.
- Reaching out to/coordinating with prospective webinar deliverers.
- Ensuring appropriate technical support is in place for our webinars.
- Marketing our webinars to ECOPs and the wider UN Ocean Decade where appropriate.
- Working with ECOP Programme Advisors, Coordinators, and Task Teams to boost ECOP participation.
- Managing relationships with partner organisations.
Ambition
“Ensure any ECOP, regardless of sector or geographical jurisdiction, can attend our webinars to make a genuine impact in support of the UN Ocean Decade.”
- Conor Savage, ECOP Programme Training & Mentoring Manager
Database of Mentoring Programmes
Please find our database of mentoring programmes (click on the graphic below), specifically for Early Career Ocean Professionals, compiled by the ECOP Programme’s Training and Mentoring Task Team. If you would like to submit a mentoring programme to this list, please contact us.
Playlist
Meet the Team
Conor Savage
Edinburgh, UK
Training & Mentoring Manager
Conor is an ESG Programme Manager with Sainsbury’s, where he is responsible for leading the development and maintenance of Sainsbury’s Bank’s ESG strategy. Before this he was a Climate Reporting Manager with NatWest Group, where he provided advice and technical expertise on climate, nature, and other sustainability-related policy. He joined the Group in 2019, as a Change & Business Solutions Graduate with Ulster Bank. Prior to this he studied Marine Biology at Bangor University, completing both a BSc and MSc. Whilst there, he specialised in the effects of Arctic sea ice retreat on sea ice-reliant/associated species, in particular walruses!
Naomi Krauzig
Fano, Italy
Deputy Training & Mentoring Manager
Naomi is a physical oceanographer at the Polytechnic University of Marche in Italy with an active interest in raising awareness of climate change and promoting FAIR ocean data. Her research is largely focused on how the changing Southern Ocean impacts the global thermohaline circulation as well as the stabilizing ice shelves that surround the Antarctic Ice Sheet. As co-chair of the OceanGliders Task Team for polar regions, one of her goals is to go beyond traditional observational efforts and to contribute to safer navigation of autonomous instruments under ice.
Natalia Solís-Miranda
Heredia, Costa Rica
Deputy Training & Mentoring Manager
Natalia is a Marine Biologist and Marine Spatial Planner with experience in marine conservation, marine protected areas (MPAs), sustainability, research, marine spatial planning (MSP), blue economy development in coastal communities, and capacity building both in coastal communities, as well as in training and capacity building for young graduates in ocean sciences; to further contribute to conservation for a healthy, prosperous and resilient ocean.
Stephania del Cisne Añazco Rivera
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Deputy Training & Mentoring Manager
Stephania is a thesis student in Oceanographic Engineering, a project manager, and an initiator of social and environmental innovation projects, as well as an activist and leader for sustainability, ocean conservation, and climate action. She recently joined the ISO Environment Management Youth Leadership Group and has been contributing to national and international NGOs for over three years to build awareness and sustainability, primarily in coastal communities.
Goddey Atitsogbui
Wageningen, Netherlands
Goddey Atitsogbui hails from the coasts of Ghana. As a fisherman and having grown up depending on the ocean, he is very passionate about the ocean and the conservation of its resources. He has a Masters in Aquaculture and Marine Resources Management from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He possesses research, teaching, academic mentoring, project management, and outreach skills as he has previously worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant, Event Organizer, and a Community Manager. He is also currently a part of the Steering Committee helping to develop and establish the ECOP Netherlands National Node.
Prerana Gawde
Mumbai, India
Prerana is a marine sciences researcher, holding a Master of Science in Marine Biology, and a PADI Divemaster. Over the past six years, she has dedicated herself to working with Dakshin Foundation, a grassroots marine conservation and policy research organization in India. Her work there has primarily focused on monitoring small-scale island fisheries and developing collaborative fisheries governance strategies. Prerana’s research interests span interdisciplinary approaches to resource management, traditional knowledge, and heritage. Through this work, she has engaged deeply with a diverse range of stakeholders and demonstrated a strong interest in science communication, environmental literacy, and outreach.
Ben Bluck
Southampton, UK
Ben is a PhD student in the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research at the University of Southampton, where his research focuses on the impacts of light on fish movement behaviour. He has previously studied Zoology and Marine Biology, and his research interests centre around behavioural ecology and animal cognition, especially of cephalopods, sharks and other fish both marine and freshwater.
Rebecca Bridge
Southampton, UK
Rebecca’s research interests focus on the impact of climate change on the physiological functions of marine organisms. She is currently working towards her PhD investigating the impact of ocean acidification on the development and physiology of small-spotted catsharks. Rebecca’s academic background includes a BSc in Marine Biology & Zoology, and an MRes in Marine Biology. She has a keen interest in science communication and ocean policy and has organised several science outreach events.
Contact
For any questions or inquires regarding capacity development opportunities for ECOPs, please email the Training and Mentoring Manager – Conor Savage at: training.mentoring@ecopdecade.org