Strategic IOI Initiatives for Developing Capacity in Ocean Governance

This essay outlines challenges of future ocean governance and the strategic efforts of the International Ocean Institute (ioi) toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular sdg 14, postulated at the Rio+20 Conference.1 Major challenges arise from marine and coastal environmental, policy, and knowledge issues related to the changing climate, pressures on coastal and ocean development, and the international management of limited ocean resources. These challenges call for strategic initiatives with a focus on international ocean governance and developing capacity for effective local institutional arrangements, together with integrated ocean literacy and human resource development programs that incorporate research and promote continuous improvement.2