Education at Sea – Education for the Sea Messages from the Ostend OCEAN SCHOOL 010 meeting IOC50 - International Conference 50 Years of Education and Awareness.

Education at Sea – Education for the SeaMessages from the Ostend OCEAN SCHOOL 010 meeting

IOC50 - International Conference 50 Years of Education and Awareness Raising for Shaping the Future of the Oceans and Coasts,

St. Petersburg, 27-30 April 2010

J.P. Henriet*, W. Baeyens**, J. Seys***, A. Rüggeberg*

*Renard Centre of Marine Geology, Ghent University, Belgium**Dept. of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Free University Brussels, Belgium***Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ, Ostend, Belgium

Expression of the needs• Industry• Academia• Policy

Overview of opportunities• Infrastructure• Know-how• Programmes

Gap analysis and Action plans

Data gathering and communication strategy

Expression of the needs

• INDUSTRY (sea food, aquaculture, dredging, …)

Multidisciplinarity

Shape more “Polytechnicians of the Sea”Provide sea-going experienceCo-ordinate better international educational efforts and models

The Engineer

He knows “How”

The Scientist

He knows “Why”

Expression of the needs

• ACADEMIA• System view: based on strong background, understanding

of ecosystems, of analytical tools (strengths and limits), observation, monitoring, ecosystem modelling, etc.

• Applied research: sustainable use of the ocean, impacts of pollution, industry, maritime transport, protection, coastal defence, biotechnology, scientific support of ocean governance

• Data management: data sets to be integrated, what are relevant data, where do I find these data, www.pangaea.de, ethics and attitude of data sharing

• Museums: datasets accessible to students and scientists

• ACADEMIA (continued) New challenges – urge for education• Example from the shelf:

linkages between fluxes (bio-geo-chemical), by observation, modelling, integrative approaches

• Example from ecology:tipping points where systems change from one type to another one, but when and how happens this? Therefore you need observations in high resolution over long periods

• Example from geosciences:ultra-high resolution of archives, predictive value in climate research, human impact assessment, testing of models of predictions

Expression of the needs (continued)

Message Coastal stations & Regional vessels as Windows on the Ocean

The Belgian continental shelf

Navigation

Danger areas(old munitions)

Wind mill parks

Natural reserves

Gaz pipes and cables

Dumping areas

Fisheries and aquacultures (mussel)

Sand extraction

Expression of the needsPOLICY

The learning of the Governance of the Sea, MPA’s

FOCUZ

EMBC

Overview of opportunities“North-West European

Ocean School” from Ostend to St.

Petersburg at different levels from Secondary

School (via undergraduate,

graduate) to Doctoral School,

Message

Shape regional Ocean Schools, with• an Educational dimension• a Scientific dimension• a Cultural dimension

Integration of master programs towards low-latitudes and developing countries

ArcticArctic

HanseHanse

CelticCeltic

Al Al AndalusAndalus

B. SeaB. Sea

W. MedW. MedE. Med.E. Med.

Message: education @SeaBring IOC-UNESCO TTR back alive: the power of the Floating University, breeding Science through Excitement

Infrastructures and Know-how

MessageEmbark students on affordable and sustainableadvanced Ocean Coring Exp.

Towards a Core Science Academy (Science & Education)

The technological overkill: from the Albatross pioneering expedition to IODP

Core Science

is the Literacy

of the Ocean,

of the Earth