Dr. Robin South reports another busy year ahead. A week long Alumni Refresher is planned, as is a three-day Leaders' Seminar. A second Marine Awareness course for Dive Operators may be held in August. Congratulations to the development team who completed the excellent materials for the course in Management Issues in Environmental and Resource Economics. In 1996 the emphasis will be on training and development.
Work continues on the translation and production of course materials in Spanish.
In addition, this Centre, located at the National Marine Data and Information Service office in Tianjin, has offered to host Pacem in Maribus in November 1996 in cooperation with IOI-Japan. The National Commission for the Seas and Oceans was established in Japan in 1995. In cooperation with IOI-China this office is preparing for regional and international hearings for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans. Across the Oceans , Winter 1996, International Ocean Institute 1996, published 4 times a year by the International Ocean Institute to provide information on the activities of the organisation and its members. Unsolicited articles are welcome.