The Centre for Coastal Management at the University of Cape Coast is developing a marine
litter training programme for the West African Region with funding from the United Kingdom’s
Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP). The Marine Litter Training Programme, made
up of three short courses, i.e. (a) Marine Litter Monitoring and Assessment, (b) Social and
Behavioural Research in the Context of Marine Litter and (c) Marine Litter Management - policy
and interventions is geared towards building expertise in marine litter research to fill critical