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AN: ED31B-01    [Abstracts]
TI: Towards Successful Models of International Cooperation in Graduate Education and Research in Ocean Sciences: The Role of Local Developments for Successful Memoranda of Understanding.
AU: * Pantoja, S
EM: spantoja@udec.cl
AF: Departmento de Oceanografia y Centro FONDAP COPAS Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile
AU: Farrington, J
EM: jfarrington@whoi.edu
AF: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#25 360 Woods Holoe Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1536, United States
AB: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for enhancing Higher Education and Research in Ocean Sciences signed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA (WHOI) and the University of Concepcion, Chile (UDEC) was signed in 1999 at a time when the University of Concepcion had already committed significant resources to enhance its graduate education and research efforts in ocean science. The combined efforts build human capacities in ocean sciences within Chile and the agreement between UDEC and WHOI and the associated activities became attractive for both parties because both gained in intellectual and practical terms. UDEC graduate students and faculty have the opportunity of conducting part of their research in Woods Hole, interacting with WHOI scientists, and using new approaches, it has resulted in joint publications. WHOI scientists have a base of operations and Chilean colleagues in research for investigating important and interesting oceanic phenomena in the Eastern South Pacific Ocean. The MOU inaugurated an Austral Summer Institute that provides interesting teaching opportunities for WHOI scientists by bringing them into contact with enthusiastic students from around Chile and South American countries. Furthermore, UDEC had ongoing interactions with colleagues at European Universities and in Japan and is a focal point for multinational cooperative ocean research. New initiatives emerged in Chile that required international support such as the creation of the Center for Oceanographic Research for the Eastern South Pacific, a 10-y research initiative funded by CONICYT (Chile Science Agency) and based at University of Concepcion. The Center hosts about half the graduate students of the UDEC's graduate program in Oceanography.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 4200 OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly