{"id":3377,"date":"2023-05-16T17:20:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T17:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:31:09","slug":"the-22nd-wio-compas-certification-event-in-seychelles-ends-with-a-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2023\/05\/16\/the-22nd-wio-compas-certification-event-in-seychelles-ends-with-a-splash\/","title":{"rendered":"The 22nd\u00a0WIO-COMPAS Certification Event in Seychelles ends with a splash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><b><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3378\" src=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WIO-COMPAS-e1684257528388-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WIO-COMPAS-e1684257528388-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WIO-COMPAS-e1684257528388.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launched on the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0of May by Mr. H.E. Flavien Joubert, Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and the Environment, Seychelles, the 5-day intensive WIO-COMPAS certification event came to an end on the 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of May. Six trained assessors evaluated 15 MPA practitioners\u2019 experience, knowledge, and skills towards certifying them as competent Marine Protected Area Professionals. Candidates were independently evaluated to ascertain their level of competence in their unique roles within the MPA space. Most participants would agree that the rigorous certification process not only tested their professional competence but also their emotional reserve. Luckily, the Seychelles Parks and Gardens Authority (SPGA), meticulously planned an exciting field trip for all participants to learn about their coral restoration efforts in St. Anne\u2019s Marine Park, where candidates could demonstrate their skills out in the field and take a much-needed respite from showcasing case studies, portfolios and grueling interviews. <strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>The WIO-COMPAS programme has already certified over 116 MPA professionals in the WIO, and is endorsed by IUCN, the International Ranger Federation, and WIO regional governments. Let&#8217;s celebrate this amazing achievement and continue to support the conservation efforts in the region!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched on the 3rd\u00a0of May by Mr. H.E. Flavien Joubert, Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and the Environment, Seychelles, the 5-day intensive WIO-COMPAS certification event came to an end on the 7th\u00a0of May. Six trained assessors evaluated 15 MPA practitioners\u2019 experience, knowledge, and skills towards certifying them as competent Marine Protected Area Professionals. Candidates were<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/2023\/05\/16\/the-22nd-wio-compas-certification-event-in-seychelles-ends-with-a-splash\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,298,194,233],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","tag-marine-protected-area-professionals","tag-mpa-practitioners","tag-wio-compas","tag-wio-compas-certification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3387,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiomsa.org\/wiompan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}