| CODE | ERL5006 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Ocean Policy Making: Application of Policy Measures to Specific Ocean Issues | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Environmental and Resources Law | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will give an introduction to the background, concept, function, development processes, formulation techniques and examples of ocean policies through standard lecture presentations as well as through a guided role-playing exercise. Students are expected to work within groups under the overall guidance of the coordinating lecturers and other appointed experts on the creation, development and formulation of ocean policy within a set problem posed around current pressing issues of policy formulation. As part of their allocated groups, students will engage with their assigned ocean and coastal issue so as to put into practice the knowledge gained in this and previous study-units of the Masters Degree and to carry out additional research on existing policies and instruments in order to create policy documents adequate to meet the issues and challenges presented. Assessable outcomes will be in the form of an assignment paper from each student, a seminar paper by each group and a group presentation of the chosen policy development process needed, from co-lecturers and other appointed experts. Students are expected, as part of their allocated groups, to engage with their assigned ocean space and/or working fields so as to build a new or modify/consolidate/revamp an existing policy in the relevant ocean space and/or working fields. Students are expected to use the knowledge gained in the previous study-units of the Masters Degree as well as the ocean policy-specific knowledge imparted in this unit, and to carry out additional research for this assignment. They are also expected to draw on existing pertinent policies, frameworks, institutions, governing instruments and dynamics, particularly those relating to the relevant ocean space and/or working fields. The policy should be discussed within each group, and the group-specific output elaborated in the form of a policy document as directed. In addition, groups are expected to role-play the chosen policy development process or, alternatively, present the outcome of their teamwork. Study-unit Aims: 1) Familiarise the student with the concept, structures, instruments, applications, development processes and limitations of ocean policies as a main governance tool, particularly from an international perspective; 2) Encourage the student to apply the knowledge gained from the previous study-units of the Programme into the building, formulation and presentation of "real world" policies for the oceans during this current study-unit; 3) Encourage the student to research ocean policy issues and materials. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Appreciate the importance and the complexity of developing ocean policies as a key governance tool, particularly from an international perspective; 2) Outline the major pertinent frameworks, governing instruments, structures and dynamics in relation to ocean policy at the global level and selected key regional levels; 3) Describe in some detail the pertinent frameworks, governing instruments, structures and dynamics in relation to ocean policy for the ocean space and/or working fields assigned to the student as part of the simulation exercise; 4) Identify priority issues in relation to ocean policy at the global and regional levels and for the ocean space and/or working fields assigned to the student as part of the simulation exercise; 5) Appreciate the current state of ocean policy development for the ocean space and/or working fields assigned to the student as part of the simulation exercise; 6) Understand the limitations and challenges posed to policy makers; 7) Appreciate the importance and role of other ocean governance tools in creating policies. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Identify the basic tools and techniques of ocean policy development, formulation and adoption; 2) Comprehend the complexities of engaging in teamwork for the development, formulation, negotiation, and adoption of an ocean policy; 3) Engage in the fundamentals of research in the field of ocean policy development and analysis; 4) Provide input in the development of ocean policy. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Primary Texts • Lee Kimbal, International Ocean Governance, IUCN .ISBN 2-8317-0630-0.2003. • Edgar Gold, Maritime Transport, the Evolution of International Maritime Policy and Shipping Law, LEXINGTON BOOKS, 1981. • EU Maritime Policy – documents to be downloaded from webpage. • Elisabeth Man Borgese, Ocean Governance and the United Nations, Centre for Foreign Policy, Dalhousie University, June 1995. Secondary texts • Geoff Holland and David Pugh, Troubled Waters, ocean science and Governance, Cambridge University Press ISBN978-0-521- 76581-7 2010. • Gregg Mills, Maritime Policy for Developing Nations ,ISBN1-874890-60-9, 1995. • Ocean Governance, Pacem in Maribus Proceedings PIMXIX 1991. • Common Heritage and the 1st century, Pacem in Maribus Proceedings, PIMXXV, 1997. • Linda Glover and Sylvia Earle, Defying Ocean`s End, Island Press, ISBN1-55963-753-6,2004s • Ocean Year Books, annual, Governance Section. Articles and papers • A Behnam, Water: Preserving Our Oceans , Inter parliamentary Union, March, concept Paper, 2010 • A.Behnam, Bio diversity –an Issue of Governance, PIMXXXII Proceedings,2007 • A.Behnam, Water: Defending Acquired Rights: the Common Heritage Principle and UNCLOS, Telos, Volume V,ISBN: 978-1-4709-4511-4, 2011 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Group Learning, Lecture and Seminar | |||||||||
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