University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center's Summer Institute in Coastal Management

The University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources
Center's Summer Institute in Coastal Management is an
intensive three-week program for early to mid-career
coastal resources management professionals from
developing countries, who are seeking an introduction
to integrated approaches and skills for coastal
management.

The Program provides participants with practical
skills to design, implement, and learn from integrated
coastal management (ICM) programs and experiences from
around the world. The focus is on applying integrated
thinking to critical coastal issues such as but not
limited to livelihood development, sustainable
shorefront planning, sustainable fisheries management,
gender equity, tourism, mariculture, and hazards
mitigation.

The program also provides training in other
professional skills useful to the coastal management
professional skills such as communications, group
facilitation, and conflict resolution.

Program Fee: $5,000 covers all costs of the training
program including tuition, meals, housing, field
trips, reading materials, and special events. Fees do
not cover the cost of travel to and from Rhode Island.
Participants should bring additional funds to cover
personal expenses.

For further information, contact Kim Kaine, Coastal
Resources Center, University of Rhode Island; email:
kkaine@gso.uri.edu or apply on-line at
http://www.crc.uri.edu.

Source: Coriolis Newsgroup

I hope this is of your interest. Regards,

Jorge Brenner