The Coastal Ocean Environment Summer School In Nigeria and Ghana (COESSING) is an international collaboration aimed at advancing ocean science in West Africa and furthering ties between scientists in West Africa and elsewhere around the globe. One-week summer schools have been held every year since 2015. We’ve held in-person and virtual schools, hosted in both Ghana and Nigeria. The online schools feature lectures, panels, and tutorials, and the in-person schools focus on hands-on research projects. In 2024, we will hold an in-person school in Nigeria, as well as a virtual school. Pending successful funding efforts, we will alternate summer schools between Ghana and Nigeria into the future. We have also received funding to hold a sister effort in Kenya in 2025 and 2026.
COESSING is an endorsed project of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development