The Centre for Coastal Management (CCM), University of Cape Coast (UCC) has launched its 10th anniversary celebrations ahead of the climax in November 2023. Activities commemorating the anniversary will include community services, games, seminar, and dinner among others. 

The anniversary is on the theme, "Celebrating a Decade of Impactful Research and Capacity Building towards Sustainability and Resilience of Africa's Coastal and Marine Environment."

The Vice-Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, who launched the anniversary, applauded the Centre for its impact towards enhancing the visibility of the University. He also lauded the Centre for its conscious gender mainstreaming through sponsoring 49% females to pursue post graduate programmes in Coastal Management.

"More than 35% of the students trained were from other African countries, boosting the international and regional image of UCC," he added.

Prof. Boampong urged the CCM to rededicate itself to work harder to achieve more laurels for the University.

The Vice-Chancellor said the organisation of seminars and workshops by the Centre for politicians and regulatory agencies had fostered sustainable coastal development in Ghana. He name-checked USAID, World Bank, Danida and the French Embassy for their invaluable contributions to the Centre.

He encouraged other centres and departments in UCC to emulate CCM.

L-R: Director of CCM, Prof. Aheto; Pro VC, Prof. Rosemond Boohene; Former Pro VC, Prof. G.K.T. Oduro and Immediate Past Pro VC, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh cutting the anniversary launch cake. Behind is the Provost of CANS, Prof. Moses Joojo Eghan.

For his part, the Director of the CCM, Prof. Denis Aheto, expressed gratitude to past and current managements of the University for their enormous support to the Centre. 

He said the Centre had granted 343 scholarships to students to pursue programmes in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in the University. He also announced that students and faculty of the Centre had produced eighty-five research works for the past five years. 

The Director disclosed that nationals from Denmark and Kenya had benefited from the short courses of the Centre.

Prof. Aheto announced that CCM and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences had envisaged to transform into an Ocean Institute with global reputation in capacity development, applied research and policy influence on the continent's coastal and marine domain.

At the launch, a former Vice- Chancellor of UCC, Prof. D. D. Kuupole, along with the immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, unveiled the CCM anniversary logo.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC