Ocean Literacy self paced Training course: Training for architects and urban planners

Aims and Objectives

This course will provide architects, urban planners, marine planners, and designers with an overview of the importance of the ocean and how to consider it when planning and designing. It will showcase examples of how the ocean can be considered in diverse scales, from the design of a small product that can later connect to the ocean with its materials, the design of buildings and infrastructure that interact with the architecture and infrastructure and the overall planning of our cities, which have a deep interaction with our oceanic common systems. This training aims to provide professionals with diverse tools so they can consider sustainable ways to consider the ocean in their decision-making process.

Learning outcomes

Participants will:

• Understand the public benefits of the ocean and ecosystems provided by the ocean
• Learn about the marine impacts and how they are connected to their areas of expertise
• Understand solutions to overcome potential challenges they might encounter on their professions related to the ocean
• Understand the UN Decade framework and the Agenda 2030 and explore how they can act during the Decade
• Explore tools and approaches for ocean literacy and how it could be implemented in their design and planning work

Target audience and prerequisites

This course is targeted for architects, urban planners, marine planners, designers. This course does not require prerequisite knowledge.

How to enrol: Please register on the OceanExpert website (www.oceanexpert.org). Once your OceanExpert account is approved (this is not done immediately), you can self-enrol in the course. If you already have an OceanExpert account, you can self-enrol in the course using your OceanExpert username and password.

First log-in OceanTeacher, then access the course page and click on self-enrolment. The enrolment key for all courses is Ol**2025

For any questions please contact the OTGA Secretariat (ioc.training@unesco.org) always using the name of the course as email subject.

There are no tuition fees.