The online tools have been de✔↑veloped by the GloBallast projecπ®t, with financial suppo♥λrt from the GIA to assist ↑ ₩σwith the wider implemλ®↔™entation of the Intern≈Ω≠♥ational Convention for the Control and •>§Management of Ships' Ballasγ §αt Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM ←¥ Convention).

The learning portal i✘×$≤s accessible free of charge throug₹γ≤h registering at http://globallastlearning.com/login/↑ ¶←index.php.  The portal gives   ↓access to an online Resource Li ©≥'brary and to the e-learning course.±←εγ It will also have th>↓€e facility to host free webinars re  lated to BWM in the near futurδ"e.

 

The e-learning course on Operation ¥Ωal Aspects of BWM is based on ✔₩the GloBallast Advanced Tσ‌♣raining Course on Operational As •pects of BWM (developed with financial↔∑ support from the GIA and the IMO Integδ ♦×rated Technical Coop≠<§eration Programme (ITCP)), and is​  aimed at all stakeholder Ω↑↓s who will have to deal wit♥β‍∑h operational aspects of ∏¶ballast water management,•↓ ∏ such as Port State Control Offiλσπcers (PSCOs), but also seafarers, a↔↑☆nd all crew on board a ship♠ . The course contains four module<☆s; Introduction, Operational Asε≠pects, Survey and Certification, aλ÷★✔nd Compliance Monitoring and EnforcemΩ←♦↕ent (CME). In each module'σΩ∏, the user will explor©£e the issue in the cont €ext of the objective of the mγ​odule, discover key fπ¶λ☆acts to build on the✘βλ users existing knowledge on BWM anε>d finally use carefully d♣¶ "esigned hypothetical scenarios to put t÷₩his new knowledge into prac∞​∑₹tice. 

The learning portal also offers &✔§the opportunity to download the e-learλ≤ning course for free so the user ≤€$could use it offline at a la♠₹ter stage: a very useful optio≥ ©Ωn for seafarers who may no× ≠'t always have internet acc♣←ess on board ships.

 

The GloBallast learning por "tal can also be accesse→¥©≈d via the GloBallast website: http://globallast.imo.org/ . This revamped website gives access to↕© all the latest updates regarding the ↕ GloBallast Project, the BWM Convγπ₹ention and related IMO me®♥δ♥etings, as well as access to al∞<£ l GloBallast publications such as its ♦≥™★Monograph series (available t§✘o download for free in PDF in vario× ♥₽us languages, including Arabic, Enσ←₹↔glish, French, Spanish and Russian).