International Open Summer School 15-28 August 2022

International Open Summer School 15-28 August 2022

COME!

Costal and Marine Sustainability Enacted

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS & Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), August 15-28, 2022

The Summer School is organised under Erasmus+CBHE projects MARE ”Marine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia” (https://mare-project.net)

News: Information sheet for Summer school is now availible, see: UTP INFORMATION SHEET

Introduction

The COME! summer school will be a vibrant mixture of interactive sessions, field trips, and group work in a unique setting, designed to give participants hands-on project and research experience with a range of issues related to marine, coastal and delta sustainability with a focus on novel and innovative approaches and methodologies. After an introductory day with an overall overview of sustainability challenges and the state of art in marine & coastal science, policy and management, during the week 1 the students will follow plenary sessions or one of parallel sessions normally exploring marine or coastal/delta issues. The second week will focus on interactions with stakeholders – business, public bodies and NGOs engaged in management & governance activities over marine and coastal resources. To support in-class learning, the educational process will include field excursions.

The School will start and finish in Seri Iskandar, the seat of the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS; most of the stakeholder sessions (as well as supporting sessions by academic faculty) will be hold on the premises of Universiti Kuala Lumpur in Lumut. Bus transfers between Seri Iskandar and Lumut will be arranged by the organisers of the summer school.

We offer two educations tracks. The Track 1 includes the full course of two weeks and successful participants will receive a certificate of completion entailing 3 ECTS. The Track 2 of the COME! School includes only the week 1 (August 15-19, 2022); participants attending all the sessions and at least 2 hours of individual consultations with the School faculty will receive a certificate of completion worth 1.5 ECTS.

By the end of the School, all the participants enrolled to the Track 1 (individually or in small groups) will be expected to develop and present proposals for a practical solution for a real-life problem, or detailed paper proposals reflecting on their project experience and learning outcomes of the COME! School. Participants and faculty are encouraged to re-develop the final reports into academic papers or project applications.

The COME! summer school will be a valuable learning experience for everyone, but having a great time is also a summer essential. All the participants will be students or young experts, therefore we would like everyone to have a memorable time with us in Malaysia!

Summer school faculty:

Dr. Holger Auel, University of Bremen (Germany)

Dr. Shamila Azman, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Dr Siti Nur Fathiyah, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (Malaysia)

Dr. Muhammad Hafeez Jeofry, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia)

Prof. Dr. Mohd. Fadzil Akhir, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia)

Dr. Sandeep Chandola, PETRONAS Exploration (Malaysia)

Dr. Anne Kull, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)

Siiri Külm, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)

Lagle Lõhmus, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)

Dr. Vincenzo Maccarrone, Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology of the Italian National Research Lecture: Council – (IRBIM-CNR) (Italy)

Dr. Teh Hee Min, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (Malaysia)

Dr. Igor Novopashenny, University of Bremen (Germany)

Dr. Yildiray Ogurol, University of Bremen (Germany)

Dr. Daniele La Rosa, University of Catania (Italy)

Dr. Pietro Scandura, University of Catania (Italy)

Prof. Kalev Sepp, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)

Dr. Anton Shkaruba, Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia)

Dr. Mohd Redzuan Zoolfakar, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Dr. Le Anh Tuan, College of Environmental and Resources (Vietnam)

Application process

Details about the application procedure are available from https://mare-project.net/index.php/2022/06/08/mareschool/. The application deadline for those who needs visa in order to enter Malaysia is June 18, 2022. The deadline for all other categories of participants is June 22, 2022. The eligible applicants need to be students or graduates of degree programs explicitly dealing with the management or governance of marine, coastal or delta environments. Relevant professional experience can be considered as an equivalent of a relevant degree. The language of instruction is English, and therefore all the eligible applicants are required to possess demonstrable English language proficiency. The application form can be accessed from https://forms.gle/JP4hFqaUGfCoxFSFA

Financial information

Accommodation and meals shall be covered by participants; we are working on affordable solutions for the school; local transport will be arranged and covered by the university. All the relevant information will be available soon from the summer school www. The tuition fee won’t be charged. Other forms of financial assistance are not available.

 Contacts

The School’s website is https://mare-project.net/index.php/2022/06/08/mareschool/. All the inquiries on the matters not covered by the website should be sent to Dr. Siti Nur Fathiyah, fathiyah.jamaludin@utp.edu.my.

Registration form 

 

Day to Day Program

 

UTP CAMPUS Interactive Map – for web

 

 

Information about School organisers

The School COME! COSTAL AND MARINE SUSTAINABILITY ENACTED is co-organised and co-funded by a consortium of international partners financed by the CBHE projects MAREMarine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia by the EU Erasmus+ programme (https://mare-project.net): Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS & Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). The organization is supported by Erda RTE CV (the Netherlands, http://erda-rte.eu/), Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia), University of Catania (Italy), IRBIM-CNR (Italy), and University of Bremen (Germany).

 

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SUMMER SCHOOL REPORT

Summer School

UTP CAMPUS Interactive Map

This project has been funded by Erasmus+ CBHE programme of the European Union.

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The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

This project No. 610327-EPP-1-2019-1-DE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP has been funded by Erasmus+ CBHE programme of the European Union.

MARE project meeting 5th, 10th May 2022

Within the framework of the MARE project “Marine Coastal and Delta Sustainability for Southeast Asia” funded by Erasmus+, Faculty of Marine Resources Management, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment held the  MARE project meeting on May 5 and May 10, 2022.

The MARE project attracts 13 PCs, which are universities and research institutes from Germany, Italy, Estonia, Vietnam and Malaysia. The objective of the project is to improve the capacity of higher education and postgraduate education in Vietnam and Malaysia, to address the issue of governance and sustainable management of coastal and delta areas.

The MARE project meeting with the participation of the two experts Dr. Anton Shkaruba and Mr. Veljo Kabin from the Estonian University of Life Sciences. On the University side, there were the participation of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huynh Quyen, the University’s principal, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Van, head of the Department of Science, Technology and External Relations, Mr. Le Trung Tri, head of Administration and Equipment Department. Ms. Phan Thi Diem Hanh , Head of Finance Department, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Nguyet, Head of Faculty of Economics, Dr. Duong Thi Thuy Nga, Head of Faculty of Information Systems, Dr. Do Minh Tuan, Head of Department of Geodesy, Cartography and GIS, Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa Deputy head of Marine Resources management Faculty,  teachers and students from the Faculty of Marine and Island Resource Management, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment.

Opening the program, Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa, MARE project manager introduced the participants and the objectives of the MARE project meeting.

Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa, project manager of MARE introduces participants and contents of the seminar program

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Quyen – Rector of Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment welcomed two experts from the European Union, teachers of Departments, Faculties and students who attended the meeting. In the opening speech, he emphasized the importance of the MARE project in building and developing the online training management system with a modern approach. This system has met the needs of HCMUNRE in managing and monitoring the teaching and learning quality of lecturers and students. Especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Huynh Quyen – Rector of the University gave the opening speech of the meeting

He hopes that through the report on the implementation of the MARE project and the introduction of HCMUNRE’s e-learning system, the university’s teachers will receive experience sharing about the e-learning system operating at  EMU. He also emphasized the discussion, exchange of contents, plans for training trips in the near future, and opportunities for expanded cooperation with member partners in the future.

Representative of European partners, Dr. Anton Shkaruba, Estonian University of Science and Life, thanked the university for the warm welcome. He highly appreciated the results achieved by the teachers in the project, and the school’s efforts in expanding relationships and cooperation with project members, especially during the covid pandemic.

Dr. Anton Shkaruba, Estonia University of Life Sciences speaking at the meeting

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Huynh Quyen presents a souvenir to Dr. Anton Shkaruba

Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa – Project manager, Faculty of Marine Resources Management reported the progress of the MARE project implementation. She said that the MARE project up to now has built and put an e-learning online training system into use for students majoring in Marine and Environmental Management. Besides the achievements, she also presented the difficulties and challenges when implementing the project, especially in the context of the recent covid-19 pandemic.

Dr. Le Thi Kim Thoa briefly presented the results of the project and the difficulties in the implementation
of the MARE project

The project staff in turn reported the school’s co-finance, the process of building the e-learning system, cooperation activities, and signing with members in the framework of the MARE project. Results of the implementation of online teaching using the e-learning system; Results of collecting feedback from students, lecturers, stakeholders about online courses on e-learning system.

After the report on the results achieved up to now and the highly agreed responses from students and teachers participating in the e-learning system of the MARE project, the participants discussed and shared the implemented content, exchange issues that need to be overcome and find ways to overcome the limitations of the current e-learning system.

At the end of the first working day, the members attending the workshop took souvenir photos together

On May 10, 2022, the expert delegation returned to Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City to deploy the content of academic exchanges and advanced lesson design training on the Project’s e-learning system for the lecturers of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment.

At the beginning of the working session, Dr. Anton Shkaruba introduced research directions and topics that European experts can share and collaborate with to improve research and teaching capacity for teachers and students of the PCs of the MARE project.

Dr. Anton Shkaruba introduces the main research directions of the European member experts

After that, the lecturers discussed the topics and research directions of interest, and shared ideas and research plans for the possibility of implementing the program for future PhD students.

Staff share interest topics, research directions, and collaborate with project partners

Continuing the presentation of Dr. Anton Shkaruba, IT expert Veljo Kabin, from Estonian University of Life Sciences introduced the e-learning training system at EMU and shared valuable experiences with the teachers participating in the MARE project.

Veljo Kabin presents EMU’s e-learning system and shares experiences

Teachers discussed and asked questions about how to manage and operate the e-learning system at EMU. After that, there was an advanced training session with in-depth content in designing course lectures, methods of assessing students in the learning process as well as organizing final exams, managing transcripts…

After two days of active work, the project meeting ended and was a great success. The Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment is very grateful for the active support of experts in the past few days and we are very grateful to the Erasmus foundation for creating favorable conditions for project members to have the opportunity, extensive cooperation in research and teaching.

 

09.03.2022 SEMINAR ON COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY 2022 DEEP SEABED MINING: PERSPECTIVE FROM A DEVELOPING NATION

SEMINAR ON COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY 2022 DEEP SEABED MINING: PERSPECTIVE FROM A DEVELOPING NATION

Project Date: 09.03.2022
Time: 8.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Venue: Online Workshop
Audience: Undergraduate students from various higher learning institution, stakeholders (governmental agencies and private sector)

 Summary
 The deep seabed mining seminar was held on 09.03.2022 from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm. This event was an event organized by the University Malaysia of Terengganu (UMT), Coastal and Marine Geology Working Group – Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM) with collaboration with Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) and managed by Academy GEX as the event organizer. This event was initially proposed by Mr Abdullah Sulaiman as the chairman of the working group committee.

This event has become the annual platform for various stakeholders to share and discuss their finding related to the marine and coastal area development. The event theme focusing on the enhancing participation of developing nations in regulating deep seabed mining. This event was opened by Mr Abdul Rasid Jaapar (President of IGM) and later was officiated by Dato’ Seri Mohd Ajib Anuar (President of Malaysian Chamber of Mines).

Session speakers were comprised of various professional from academics, industry, and the policy maker. The speakers for this year including researchers from academic and research institute, government officer and industry players. Participant were comprise of representative from the governmental agencies, undergraduates and postgraduates students from higher learning institution, private companies and non-governmental organization. The closing remarks were given later by Dato’ Zakaria Mohamad| Chairman (Board of Geologist Malaysia).

Brochure Seminar Deep Seabed Mining Perspectives From The Developing Nation (

22nd – 25th February 2022 UniKL Exibition and Open Day ORGANIZER

Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) with collaboration with Marine Department Malaysia
(MARDEP) and supported by the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) has organized an event name
Malaysia Maritime Week 2022 (MMW22) held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 22nd – 25th
February 2022. MMW22 engaged prominent experts and specialists from across the industry to
discuss the l attest developments and challenges in maritime sphere. This exhibition brings together
the maritime ecosystem under one roof, and offers the ability for networking, business opportunity
and stay in touch with your colleagues.
With the theme, ‘New Technologies for Greener Shipping”, the vent provided a spotlight on discussions
for green transition of the maritime sector. The maritime industry needs to thrive in the new normal, to
move beyond recovering from this crisis towards focusing on building effective strategies and exploring
new approaches to emerge successfully from this global pandemic.
UniKL has given an opportunity to pen the booth during the 3 days event and slot for knowledge sharing
especially to the programme offered at UniKL that suit with the maritime requirements.
During sharing knowledge session, the speaker briefly discussed about the programme that has
collaboration and funded by Erasmus Mundus fund. Speaker shared the objective, the benefit and
outcome from involved in the project.
The session has been attended by attendee during that day and spell out in the event interactive
multimedia.

ATTENDEES Approx. 200 pax.

See details

8th February 2022 Welcoming and Orientation Day for 1st year Students (Bachelor and Postgraduate Programme)

The Welcoming and Orientation Day event hosted by UniKL and UniKL MIMET was conducted on
8th February 2022 for Bachelor and postgraduate programmes. It was attended by approximately
40 new 1st year students. The briefing was conducted by Programme Coordinator and assisting by
team member, Mrs Azila Ayub. The main contents of the briefing include the brief introduction about
the UniKL campus as general, programme learning outcome, programme pathways, as well as the
introduction to the MARE that UniKL as involved in.
Students also been shared the courses involve in the project and the output and benefits by
involvement on it. Ms. Azila Ayub also mentioned the possibility of the students involved in Summer
School and selected workshop during the duration of the project.
Information about the project as overall and the objectives of the project contribution for the selected
courses in Bachelor of Maritime Operation and Master of Maritime Operations and Management
were explained.
The event was made successful through collaboration between the Dean’s Office, Marketing Unit
(MeSRA) and the Academic Services Section (AcSS).

Approx. 40 pax.