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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> juliet <jc.hermes@saeon.nrf.ac.za>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 3, 2022 1:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Executive Secretary <secretary@wiomsa.org>; Odido, Mika <m.odido@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [Call for registration] Regional Training Workshop on ‘Observing the Coastal and Marginal Seas in the Western Indian Ocean including the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could you please disseminate the below on your network lists.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">A Regional Training Workshop on ‘Observing the Coastal and Marginal Seas in the Western Indian Ocean including the Arabian/Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman’ will be organised in a hybrid format on
<b><u>7th - 9th June, 2022</u></b>. The workshop is organised by IORP, with the support from the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the ReMoTURB Project (in turn supported by the Mozambican Oceanographic Institute (InOM, former IIP)
and Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in South Africa). The workshop will be a hybrid format with three components taking place simultaneously – physical workshop venues in Maputo, Mozambique, virtual attendance and presentation in Kuwait, and global virtual
attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:blue">This workshop will encourage the countries bordering the western Indian Ocean (including marginal seas) to be engaged in coastal observing programs and research as effective partners,
and will also identify the training needs and capacity building in the participating countries and provide the opportunity for starting countries to learn from others who have already established programs. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">The workshop will include the following sessions:</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Overview of the WIO Observing Systems</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Observation Instruments and Platforms in the WIO </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Data access, Analysis and Management</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Observation with Societal Needs</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Registration for this workshop is now open:
<a href="https://www.wjx.cn/vj/Oce5aH3.aspx">https://www.wjx.cn/vj/Oce5aH3.aspx</a></span><br>
<span style="color:blue">Deadline for registration: <b><u>25 March 2022</u></b></span><br>
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<i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Limited grants are available to support the on-site participation.</span></u></i><br>
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<span style="color:blue">For more information, please refer to the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjV2THujE_0XAJxhqncFXhjFgwIjJggr/view?usp=sharing">
flyer</a> and the <a href="https://www.clivar.org/events/regional-training-workshop-observing-coastal-and-marginal-seas-western-indian-ocean-including">
workshop webpage</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Jing Li</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Staff Scientist <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First Institute of Oceanography, MNR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Qingdao, China 266061<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: +86-532-88891090<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <a href="mailto:jing.li@clivar.org" target="_blank">jing.li@clivar.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Skype: platolj<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>CLIVAR: </i></b>Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change | <a href="http://www.clivar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.clivar.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>WCRP: </i></b>World Climate Research Programme | <a href="https://www.wcrp-climate.org/" target="_blank">https://www.wcrp-climate.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>PLEASE NOTE ORGANISATIONAL EMAIL CHANGE TO <a href="mailto:jc.hermes@saeon.nrf.ac.za">jc.hermes@saeon.nrf.ac.za</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>PLEASE UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS BOOKS<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Juliet Hermes<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Manager: SAEON Egagasini node<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>A/Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, <a href="mailto:jc.hermes@uct.ac.za">jc.hermes@uct.ac.za</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Honorary Professor, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, <a href="mailto:juliet.hermes@mandela.ac.za">juliet.hermes@mandela.ac.za</a> <o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Cell (+27) (0)834729159 <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>South African Environmental Observation Network <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7858-514X">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7858-514X</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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