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9. The Working Group recommended that a post for a Training and Education Officer 

 be established, as a matter of urgency, in the Office of Oceanography to deal 

 with the Training Programmes under Unesco and related IOC activities, 

 including their coordination with the jointly planned training programmes of 

 other agencies as envisaged in the above paragraphs. In noting that the ACMfLR 

 had made a similar recommendation respecting the FAO Department of Fisheries, 

 the Working Group expressed the conviction that such appointments would 

 enhance the support in this field to be given by the specialized agencies to 

 the work of the IOC. The Working Group emphasized that if IOC will in future 

 conduct a training programme as proposed above, it would be necessary for its 

 Secretariat to be adequately staffed for its implementation, 



10. Because of the limited time available to cover a very broad scope of subject 

 matter, the Working Group deferred discussion of several extremely important 

 items. These included, but would not be limited to the following: 



a. preparation by Unesco and FAO of lists of modern textbooks 

 and manuals, 



b. training programmes for technicians to assist and support marine 

 scientists and engineers, 



c. scientific training programmes in subjects of interest to a 

 broader spectrum of marine industry. 



Accordingly, the Working Group recommends that it be reconvened for a second 

 session, possibly some time late in 1969, to consider the above questions as 

 well as to give further detailed consideration to some of the present 

 proposals . 



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