Together with capacity building experts from other organizations, members of the IMBER Capacity Building Task Team conducted research using a case study approach to assess capacity building efforts undertaken in the Asia-Pacific region, and hold an international workshop on July 31st to August 4th, 2012 in State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China. This workshop facilitated analysis and evaluation of these efforts and identify capacity development needs that still need to be addressed.
The results of this workshop provided IMBER, relevant international agencies and decision makers with a scientific basis for developing a capacity building strategy to enhance integrated marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem research in the Asia-Pacific region.
For more detail information,please visit http://www.imber.info/index.php/Science/Working-Groups/Capacity-Building/2012-CB-Workshop
and www.imber.info/index.php/News/Newsletters/Issue-n-21-September-2012 .
This workshop is co-funded by IMBER, APN (Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research) and SKLEC at ECNU.