Introduction of the UNESCO/IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (UNESCO/IOCODC).

摘要

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO/IOC) Regional Training and Research Center (RTRC) on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (ODC) was officially established through one agreement signed by IOC and the host institute, the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (FIO, SOA) of China at the Eighth Intergovernmental Session of UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VIII) in Bali, Indonesia on 11 May 2010. And it was officially inaugurated on 9 June 2011 in Qingdao. ODC center is the first RTRC and also the first training and research center under the framework of IOC in China, the cooperation agreement with the work plan for 2015-2020 has been renewed in 2015. ODC center aims to promote the international cooperation and enhance the research capacity and capability in WESTPAC region on ocean dynamics, air-sea interactions, climate change and numerical modeling through the provisions of international workshops and annual training courses to junior scientists and doctoral/master students mainly from the developing member states of IOC in the Western Pacific.