For 2004

Delivery of the UNEP-GPA-UNESCO-IHE-UN/DOALOS Train-Sea-Coast course "Improving Wastewater Management in Coastal Cities"; Delivery of the course on "Integrated Coastal Area Management"; Complete revision and upgrading of the course "Managing Coastal Pollution"; Completion of the first phase of the Southern and East African Waste Management Network (Seawaste Network); Development of the Global Invasive Species Programme web portal; Practical training workshop on aspects of construction of seaweed culture rafts with the St Helena Bay Seaweed Mariculture Initiative; Staff presentations at national and international conferences; Staff publications of peer-reviewed scientific journal papers; Election to the South African Biodiversity Information Facility Steering Committee; Staff attendance at numerous national and international workshops and meetings; Staff empowerment i.e. attendance at a number of training courses including project management, event management and fraud prevention amongst others; Representation on the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research Steering Committee and Capacity Building Task Team.

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For 2003

IOI-SA Director’s attendance at the 23rd IOI flagship training course on Ocean Governance at Dalhousie University, Canada; Publication of the West Coast Cookbook, which was awarded the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the "Best local cookbook"; Completion of the first phase of the South African Coastal Information Centre with a signing of a further 3-year extension; Hosted the SADC Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Programme Curriculum Development Workshop Completed the Robben Island Marine Sewerage Outfall monitoring project; Hosted, together with the Zoology Department at the University of Cape Town and the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, the "Marine Biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa: the Known and Unknown" workshop; Supported our host, the Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, with their yearly postgraduate field trip to the West Coast National Park; Representation on the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research Steering Committee and Capacity Building Task Team; Staff attendance at numerous international and national workshops, conferences and meetings; Office renovations and relocation.

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For 2002

The establishment of an Advisory Board; Hosted an Open Day in June 2002; Organised and hosted PiM 2002 conference; Institutional restructuring; Procured numerous projects and related funding; Represented at several international and national conferences and meetings; Forged new partnerships; Published a successful newsletter; Attained 15-year seawater lease for the Seaweed Mariculture Operations with Maribus Industries; Staff attendance at UN-DOALOS training course; New Mission statement and Awarded tender for IMO’s SeaWaste Project.