COURSE OUTLINE

Aims and objectives:

The aim of this course is to improve capacities for coastal management, which will subsequently facilitate sustainable coastal development in the Mediterranean.

The main objectives of the course are:

• to promote Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM), as a sustainable approach to coastal management;
  
• to present the basics of ICAM, benefits of using this approach, actors and responsibilities, legislation and finances needed, way to prepare and implement ICAM projects, tools, techniques and methods that may be used, as well as good practices in coastal management;
  
• to provide open and free-of-charge training opportunity for those involved or interested in coastal management;
  
• to provide the candidates with the opportunity to experience a simulated coastal management situation and participate in finding practical sustainable solutions;
  
• to improve the Mediterranean coastal management networking and to promote the Internet among coastal management practitioners in Mediterranean countries.

Delivery mode: Internet, CD - ROM, e-mails

Course description:
It has been globally agreed that the Integrated Coastal Area Management (whether its acronym be ICAM, ICZM, or ICM) is an optimal approach to successful coastal management. Such an approach will be presented and followed throughout this training course.

This course includes basic and advanced modules:

Basic module provides elementary information on coastal management in the Mediterranean, as well as a quiz. Every lecture, or content delivered, is followed by a short quiz. Participating in the quiz, each candidate wins a certain number of points, enabling him/her to compete with all other Mediterranean candidates. When going through the course, the candidate may see his/her results, as well as positioning among the other candidates who performed this quiz. The candidate may participate in the quiz by using his/her real name, or by using a selected pseudonym. This course is continuously available to the users.

Advanced module requires a higher degree of commitment by the trainee. The advanced trainees will enter the basic module using their login and password. Once the basic module is entered, a variety of additional materials will be available to download. Advanced trainees will be invited to participate in a simulation game, to participate in discussions related to the topics, and to propose and prepare their final essay. Within the framework of the simulation game, the initial imaginary scenario will be introduced to candidates together with natural conditions of the area presented through different data. The candidates will be given specific roles, possible pathways for the development will be offered, and candidates will be invited to develop the situation and propose solutions. Simulation game and discussions will be moderated, and outputs evaluated by experts in coastal management in the Mediterranean.

Advanced trainees will be invited to propose the topic for their final essay. This way, they will have the opportunity to present and discuss the issues or the problems they are dealing with in their professional life to the other MedOpen trainees. Their work will be assessed by the coastal management expert, who will give his/her expert opinion on the solution that the candidate has proposed. Moreover, all final essays will be presented for the peer review.

This course will introduce to candidates the field of E-learning. The candidates will also be asked to participate in the discussions, and in virtual meetings. The duration of the course will be 3 months. The candidates with positively assessed final exam and simulation game will be awarded the PAP/RAC certificate. The best candidate (according to participation in the simulation game, participation in the discussions, the quality of the final essay, but also the basic quiz results) will be engaged in the current PAP/RAC CAMP project. Five best candidates will be taken into consideration for engagement in the current CAMP. With this approach PAP/RAC wishes to extend the list of the ICAM experts that will be involved in the future PAP/RAC projects.

For the advanced course, the recommended amount of work charge is 5 hours per week

Target audience:
The target users of this course are: decision makers (at the local, national, regional, and international level), policy advisors, project managers, teams and experts of international organisations and institutions, academic researchers, students, and all others interested in coastal management.

Computer Requirements:

Internet access
Internet Browser
E-mail account
CD-ROM drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Power Point