Examples of using Cdus in English and their translations into Arabic
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Eleven CDUs were created in the period 1995-1997, financed by UNDP.
The TSC Central Support Unit hasplayed an important role in promoting coordination among the CDUs and the GEF project coordinators.
Five new CDUs have been established in association with the following UNDP/GEF regional projects.
The focus of the projectinitially is on the establishment of six regional GEF-funded CDUs associated with GEF International Waters projects.
In 1999, five new CDUs were established and financed by the Global Environment Facility(GEF), 1 and are associated with five regional GEF international waters projects.
The new phase of the TSC programme calls for effective coordination among all actors involved,namely the CDUs, the project coordinators and the TSC Central Support Unit(CSU) located at the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea.
Two new CDUs joined the programme in 1996: Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development(PCMARD) and the Centre d ' Études et de Recherches sur le Droit des Activités Maritimes(CERDAM), in France.
While each regional CDU will develop courses that assist the regional project in meeting its objectives, these courses will be shared by the other regional GEF International Waters projects,or by other CDUs in the TSC network.
In addition, it undertakes periodic monitoring visits to the CDUs to discuss progress, needs and requirements arising from course development activities and the general operation of the CDUs.
The TSC Course Developers Workshop and Planning Meeting took place at United Nations Headquarters from 17 to 28 August 1998 with the participation of 10 new course developers and2 managers representing the GEF-funded CDUs.
Network expansion activities focuson identification and assessment of potential new TRAIN-SEA-COAST CDUs and the organization and implementation of a Second Course Developers Workshop tentatively scheduled for the first semester of 1996.
The second Course Developers Workshop(New York, 28 April-10 May 1997), which was held immediately after the Coordination Conference, trained 14 individuals(course developers)from existing and newly established CDUs as well as from other organizations.
The Central Support Unit at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea continued to provide assistance to CDUs in the form of quality control of the courses under preparation, backup and direct support to CDUs and overall programme management and coordination.
The TSC programme, which initially established a network of 11 CDUs in 10 countries with the assistance of UNDP/Sustainable Energy and Environment Division and became operational in 1995, has entered a new phase and is being implemented through a UNDP/GEF programme entitled“Strengthening Capacity for Global Knowledge-Sharing in International Waters”.
Through intensive training, 16 individuals selected from existing as well asforthcoming TSC course development units(CDUs) learned how to apply the TSC pedagogic methodology in the course development process and made a tentative plan for their training activities to be initiated upon their return to their respective countries.
This was the first workshop/meeting in the series with participants from CDUs from the first phase of the TSC Programme, CDUs associated with the GEF International Waters Projects together with new members of the network, such as TSC/Germany and the forthcoming TSC/Indonesia.