PECO2 Partnership for Education and Cooperation in Frameworl The PECO2 project running from October Cree | mmm | srs * 2020 to end of December 2023 aims to devel- — ‘op a common platform for organization and implementation of education and training in support to operational oceanography and marine services. It will, in particular; focus on the regional seas listed below and has clear relevance and complementarity to a number of international initiatives and programs such as ETOOFS, the UN Sustainable development goals and the [OPERATIONAL SYSTEM Decades of Ocean Sciences. EDUCATION & TRAINING: a ooo PECO2 is coordinated by the Nansen Center, ES EE =a Norway and funded by The key blocks for development and imple- "ART-2019 - International Partnerships for mentation of operational ocean forecast nt Education, Research and Innovation the Research Council of Norway. ils, please contact: Distributed Regional focus .no, email: Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean Remote Sensing Center, Benguela upwelling region Greater Agulhas Current regime . . . Indian Ocean jental Research Centre (India) South China Sea ® ° “Amenity Centre Madavan Tropical and South Atlantic Arctic Ocea . = Kochi-682506. Kerala, India. ~, v = /wwwinerciin est) httpy/wwne es Em Tropical Atlai ‘g Topical Au Ocean fy South China Sea e Now Indian Ocean felling region g | * * Greater Aguihas Current tegimes South Atlantic OceanThe project is built around 3 distinct and refined work packages that primarily targets the Education and Training module in the schematic illustration of the key blocks for develop- ment and implementation of operational ocean forecasting, notably: = WP4 Title: Scoping phase: Review needs and opportunities for research cooperation & training ‘Start: Month 2; End: Month 18 WP Leader: Laurent Bertino, NERSC, Changxiang Yan, IAP WP partners: UiB, NZC, CSIR, NERCI, KUFOS, NTC/UCT, CEREA = WP2Tit Undertake training courses in operational oceanography Start: Month 6; End: Month 39 WP Leader: Johnny A. Johannessen, NERSC and Mathieu Rouault, UCT WP partners: NERSC, NTC/UCT, UiB, NZC, CSIR, NERCI, KUFOS, IAP, CEREA => WP3 Titl evelopment of curriculum in operational oceanography Start: Month 12; End: Month 39 WP Leader: Johnny A. Johannessen + Laurent Bertino/Julien Brajard, NERSC, Mathieu Rouault, UCT/NTC WP partners: UiB, CSIR, NZC, NERCI, KUFOS, IAP Deliverables: 1-1: White paper for coordination of research cooperation and training in operational oceanography and marine services between the prolect partners 102-1; Delivery of the summer school on operational oceanography in January 2023 (Advanced Ocean Synergy Training Course on board the Statsraad Lemkhul). 02-2: Summary report on the summer schools and lessons learnt. 2-2: Delivery of the data assimilation crash course in 2020 and 2022. 102-4; Summary report on the data assimilation courses and lessons learnt. 12-5: Annual report on mobility grants (visit length, visiting institutes, study subject). 3-1; Recommendations for adaptation of training material for maritime/public sector. 13.2: Roadmap for the design and implementation of a common course portfolio for train- ing and education of marine professionals in line with the recent outline document from European Marine Board.Impact => Improved quality of education supporting operational oceanography through cutting-edge expertise. => New training materials, comprehensively covering the topic of operational oceanography to be widely available, leading to a new generation of researchers that are able to take advantage of new jobs in this growing area at the interface of research, services and industry. => Being trained in operational oceanography services will offer a strong professional opportunity for students in ‘geophysics, mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology and will contribute to a boost in the Norwegian research and education in a desirable direction of relevance to sustainable marine management and se the UN's SDGs, => Better cooperation between the partner countries, reinforcing international links through exchange of knowledge, stimulating new ideas and research collaborations via exchange students. =>. Scientific breakthroughs and improved regional provision of oceanography services. Key people in the project yuuuUDUUSE NERSC, Bergen, Norway: Prof. J. A. Shannessen (project manager), C. Downy (deputy manager), Dr. Bertino, Julien Brajard Geophysical institute, University of Bergen, Norway, Drs. N. Keenlyside, S. Koseki INERCI, Cochin, Indias Drs, K. Ajith Joseph, Dr. Nandini Menon N. and Dr. Bindu 6 KUFOS, India, Prof. S. Suresh Kumar Nansen-Zhu International Research Center, Beijing, China: Dr. Lel YU Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Dr. Changxiang Yan Nansen-Tutu Center, UCT, South Africa, Dr. M. Rouault, Dr. M. Vicchi CEREA Joint laboratory of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D, France, Prof. M. Bocquet, Alban Frachi CSIR, South Africa, Christo Whittle, Marie Smith This team have over the last decade made many important contributions to the field of operational oceanography and ‘ocean prediction, notably within data assimilation, numerical modelling, eddy dynamics, coupling of physics to biology and chemistry, high resolution satellite and in situ observations, as well as in education and training. sand hence to