TSC Outreach

TRAIN-SEA-COAST Programme

DOALOS

TRAIN-SEA-COAST
PROGRAMME

TRAIN-SEA-COAST Outreach

The direct beneficiaries of the TRAIN-SEA-COAST Programme are the participants in the TSC courses. They come from in-country institutions, government and NGOs, the private sector and universities. Because course content is based upon actual projects and/or on-the-ground experience, participants may vary from women in fisheries to environmental officers to tour operators.

Participants in the TSC courses come with a wealth of experience in their particular fields of knowledge. In turn, they expect to learn new skills, and acquire tools and techniques to be applied in their jobs immediately after the course.

Other beneficiaries include international projects, universities and the private sector.

International projects such as the Global Environment Facility International Waters Project (GEF) associated projects benefit by having access to tailor-made courses that respond to their training priorities. In addition, they have access to all training materials developed by other TSC/GEF associated projects as well as courses developed by other TSC Course Development Units.

Participating universities/institutions benefit by having access to all available TSC courses. In addition, having a team of course developers on board using the TSC methodology increases the opportunity for these individuals to apply the methodology to their regular courses delivered in their universities/institutions.

National coastal management programmes use TSC courses as one of their major tools for training government personnel as well as people at the local level.

International partners (non-UN): Other international partners, e.g. International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), benefit from collaboration with the TSC programme as a member of the TSC Network as well as from its partnership in the development and implementation of a training component for the ICRAN (International Coral Reef Action Network).

Joint endeavours with other training programmes of the United Nations TRAIN-X Network. The TSC Training Development Guidelines (TDG) used for the training of course developers throughout the network was developed as a joint endeavor between TSC and CC:TRAIN and was issued by both programmes in 1997. The TSC programme also works in partnership with sister programmes of the TRAIN-X family; for example, TRAINAIR (civil aviation) which provided a certified TRAIN-X instructor to deliver an instructor's course to TSC/Brazil.

Joint endeavours with other UN agencies: An important component of training is the United Nations University (UNU) Database on Education and Training in Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management (ICOM) which is a collaborative effort between the UNU, UN/DOALOS and UNDP/SEED (Sustainable Environment and Energy Division) within the framework of the TSC Programme. Designed as an information hub to provide a clearer view of capacity building programmes which are in place in several countries and regions in the world, it provides information on training and education in Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management carried out at various institutions throughout the world.