Call for Applications for training workshop
Application Form for training workshop - see Call for Applications for details
Workshop dates: 11 - 15 August 2025
Venue: South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
- Are you working on ocean sustainability challenges in your institution or community — and looking for ways to make your work more impactful and inclusive?
- Do you care about fostering collaborations between scientists, policymakers, communities, and other ocean users to co- create actionable solutions for people and nature — but don’t quite know how?
- Do you wonder what successful collaboration between diverse actors looks like — and how to move beyond knowledge sharing towards co-producing impactful change?
WIOMSA-SCALABLE, together with leading regional and international partners, is pleased to announce a call for applications to participate in a highly interactive 5-day in-person training workshop on co-design for ocean sustainability. We aim to bring community representatives, decisionmakers, scientists and other ocean professionals together to exchange ideas and learn with experts how to best collaborate for more sustainable and inclusive marine and coastal management.
About the Training
The WIO region, renowned for its rich biodiversity and vibrant coastal communities, is facing growing environmental and socio-economic pressures, including habitat degradation, overfishing, and climate change impacts. Addressing these complex challenges requires approaches that are participatory and inclusive of different perspectives and knowledges, seeking locally relevant solutions. This training will equip participants with the concepts, approaches, tools, and hands-on experience to adopt codesign approaches — bringing together scientists, indigenous knowledge holders, policymakers, community representatives, and other actors to collaboratively develop sustainable solutions to real-life challenges.
Please complete the online application form by 30 May 2025.