Institute in Coastal Management

The Coastal Resources Center's Institute in Coastal Management is a three week-long, intensive training course for a diverse range of individuals who share the common goal of trying to improve the management of the world's coasts. Past participants have included coastal management practitioners, policymakers, government officials, scientists, community organizers, members of nongovernmental organizations, and university faculty or students.

The Institute is offered every two years at the University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus. Participants and instructors from around the world attend the sessions, providing a wealth of real-life experience from which course participants can draw. Participants are trained in technical and management tools and techniques for tackling the multifaceted challenges facing the world's coasts. The course also includes training in professional and leadership skills such as critical thinking, conflict resolution, group facilitation and effective communications.

Since the inaugural course in 1991, participants from some 65 countries and 150 organizations have attended. Alumni hold key positions in public and private-sector organizations and form a worldwide network of coastal professionals. Examples of companies and sponsoring organizations involved with the Summer Institute include the United States Agency for International Development, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the United Nations Environmental Programme; faculty or directors of centers at Universities in the Philippines, Fiji, Indonesia, the West Indies, Mexico, Tanzania, Canada; nongovernmental organizations such as Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund; and consulting firms such as Chemonics International.

Courses offered under the Institute in Coastal Management Program include:

    * Introduction to Integrated Coastal Management: Concepts and Planning
    * Advanced Coastal Management: Practical Tools for Implementation

 

APPLY NOW for the 2010 Institute in Coastal Management!

For application information, please contact:

Kimberly Kaine

Coastal Resources Center
E-mail: kkaine@crc.uri.edu
Telephone: (401) 874-6823