ICCOPS - International Centre for Coastal and Ocean Policy Studies

Address:
Via Piacenza 54 16138
Genova, Italy
Tel. +39 010 8468526
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URL: http://www.iccops.it

Reference person: Emanuele Roccatagliata
e-mail: info@iccops.it

Organisation description

ICCOPS is an international non-profit association founded with the aim of promoting the protection and improvement of the environment, and in particular the sustainable development of the ocean and coastal areas in conformity with the policy of the United Nations, assuming as its principal reference the Agenda 21, Chapter 17.

  • Within its main objective, ICCOPS is active for:
  • Promoting and carrying out research projects of ICM, in particular with the purpose to harmonise the natural resources uses with the protection/preservation of the environment
  • Developing multidisciplinary approaches in a multiple collaboration perspective
  • Serving as a point of reference for groups and experts in coastal- and ocean-related studies
  • Promoting the collaboration among researchers on the above mentioned subjects
  • Furthering international networking with similar institutions
  • Convening conferences, workshops and stages about coastal and ocean related issues.

As a non-governmental organisation, ICCOPS has the observer status for the Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP/MAP).

Since 1993, ICCOPS has promoted initiative for implementing the collaboration between the scientific environment and international, national and local organisations, in the field of research, education and training in Coastal Areas Management. ICCOPS participated actively in the preparatory works of the Convention on the Protection of Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean Sea, signed in Barcelona in 1995.
In May 1998, ICCOPS organised the International Conference on Education and Training in Integrated Coastal Management, to which many major experts in the field of ICM gave their contribution. This event was organised with the sponsorship of the UNESCO, the collaboration of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the Co-ordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan, the International Centre for Science and High Technology of the UNIDO and the support of the EU Commission
In 1999, ICCOPS participated to the "EC/US Consortium for Transatlantic Cooperation in Marine Policy and Coastal Management Education". This project included the creation of a network of 6 Universities in EU and in US, and produced the intensive course Integrated Coastal Management in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Coasts,.
In 2000, ICCOPS realised a Master Course in Integrated Coastal Area Management, held in Savona (Italy) and addressed to 30 graduate students. The course, for the duration of eight months (1200 hours), aimed to form professionals with interdisciplinary concerns and organisational skill, able to: i) collaborate to the creation, implementation and assessment of ICM programmes; ii) play a triggering role in the involvement of all the actors of the process, iii) get a basic competence in planning and management tools; iv) get a basic competence in Information Technology, especially for as regards the use of GIS
In 2003, together with GISIG, ICCOPS organised the international conference CoastGIS'03 - Fifth International Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, held in Genova from the 16th to the 18th October 2003

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Facilities and infrastructures

ICCOPS can exploit the facilities of the Faculty of Architecture - University of Genova
The Faculty of Architecture is located in the old centre of the town in a renewed XIII century convent. Two prestigious halls are available for conferences or courses:

  • The Benvenuto Hall, in the main building of the Faculty, in the former Bishop's dwelling, hosting up to 100 people
  • The Aula Magna, nearby, in the former San Silvestro Church, able to host up 330 people.

Both halls are located in ancient and suggestive buildings, but are provided with the most modern devices for allowing high level meetings. Close to the halls there is as well the Centro Bibliotecario Nino Carboneri, the Faculty of Architecture's library, that host a large and updated section about landscape planning and coastal management. Moreover, the large classrooms of the Faculty are available for exercises or practical lessons.

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