EU4Ocean Summer School on Ocean Literacy & Collaboration 2025 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: March 16, 2025

Applications are open for the EU4Ocean Summer School on Ocean Literacy & Collaboration 2025. The EU4Ocean Summer School on Ocean Literacy & Collaboration is an intensive 5-day coaching program geared toward constructing important abilities and fostering collaborative approaches within the design and implementation of ocean-associated tasks. The fourth version of the Summer School will happen in Venice, Italy, from June 29 to July 4, 2025, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, highlighting nature-based mostly options as a central theme.

This program will convey collectively 20 chosen college students and early-profession professionals from worldwide universities and establishments from EU and non-EU international locations of the area. Participants shall be outfitted and empowered to steer a cultural shift in ocean science, advancing transdisciplinarity, fairness, inclusion, various information programs, and worldwide cooperation.

Learning Outcomes

The Summer School is designed to realize the next key studying outcomes:

• Familiarization with key worldwide initiatives: perceive the targets and actions of the EU4Ocean Coalition, Youth4Ocean Forum, and the United Nations Ocean Decade.
• Scaling up youth efforts: learn to amplify youth-pushed ocean initiatives inside the framework of the UN Ocean Decade.
• Effective collaboration in ocean tasks: purchase sensible abilities for profitable collaboration within the improvement of ocean-associated tasks, emphasizing shared accountability and collective motion.
• Diverse information programs: think about numerous information programs for ocean science and coverage.
• Improving communication and storytelling: discover methods for enhancing communication of ocean tasks.

The Summer School gives a singular OPPORTUNITY to attach with friends and specialists, alternate information, purchase abilities for advancing in a blue profession, and contribute to the worldwide effort for a sustainable ocean future.

Cost

• Accommodation in shared rooms shall be supplied for all of the members, excluding the 4 additional members chosen from the partnering establishments.
• Lunches and a social dinner shall be supplied for all of the members.
• In addition, UNESCO-IOC will present 5 journey grants that may cowl the price of the transport tickets (spherical journey).

Eligibility

• Open to youths from EU and non-EU international locations of the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea area who’re college students enrolled/graduated in a Master Degree/PhD programme, or already early profession professionals.
• No matter your background, they welcome individuals coming from all of the sectors however with a shared ardour for the ocean.

Participants shall be chosen in response to the next standards:

• Gender stability
• Geographical illustration
• Age vary: individuals as much as 35 years previous who’re enrolled / graduated in a Master Degree / PhD programme, or already early profession professionals
• Background: all of the sectors are inspired to apply. They will take note of create an interdisciplinary group.
• Priority shall be given to youth from the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, in addition to members of the Youth4Ocean Forum and ECOPs
• 4 additional sports activities shall be reserved for candidates coming from the partnering establishments (no lodging supplied by the organizers on this case)

Application

The deadline for functions is March 16, 2025 by 11:00 PM CET, and profitable candidates shall be notified by March 21, 2025 (please, check your spam field).

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For extra info, go to EU4Ocean Summer School.