Training programme

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Participants to the Planning for sustainable fisheries workshop in Kaş, Turkey.
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Sharing expertise and lessons learned in MPAs within the Mediterranean and beyond is an effective way to build capacity for the network as a whole.

Anne Walton, Program director for NOAA’s International MPA Capacity Building Program

Regional training workshops

The Regional Training Workshops are the core of the Capacity Building Programme.

They are designed around the three priority themes identified in the capacity building needs assessment.

They are participatory, interactive and require teamwork. Participants engage in:
  • Sharing case studies and lessons learned;
  • Give presentations;
  • Work together on both group and individual projects and problem solving exercises.
In order to receive maximum benefit from the training, participants are asked to commit to the entire duration of the training program, to maintain their “social network” after the training, and to build and implement demonstration projects after the training.

All training activities have been organised in collaboration with UNEP-MAP RAC/SPA and are structured with the goal of moving all participants toward better coordination and collaboration. They are fostering a network-wide approach in the framework of the MedPAN network of Mediterranean MPA managers.

Workshop schedule

Achievements 2009

First Regional Training Workshop on MPA management planning

  • Held in November 2009, in Tabarka, Tunisia.
  • 41 Participants from 13 countries,
  • 6 experts from 5 Mediterranean countries,
  • 3 trainers
www.panda.org/tabarka_workshop

Achievements 2010

Second Regional Training Workshop on planning
for sustainable fisheries in MPAs

  • held in October 2010, in Kaş, Turkey
  • 48 participants from 11 countries participating in the project,
  • 8 experts from 6 countries,
  • 4 trainers.
  • www.panda.org/kas_workshop

Achievements 2011

Third Regional Training Workshop on planning
for sustainable tourism in MPAs

  • held in October 2011, in Split, Croatia
  • 48 participants from 11 countries participating in the project,
  • 4 experts from 4 countries,
  • 5 trainers.
  • www.panda.org/split_workshop

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