Education, Outreach and Training Expert Group

COMNAP Practical Training Modules

Training Module 1: Environmental Protocol

This training module (version 1.0/March 2014) has been developed by the COMNAP Training Expert Group.  The information was combined from training presentations from the National Antarctic Programs of Argentina, Australia, France and Spain. It is intended that this presentation will be kept opened for development and input from all COMNAP members and should evolve to incorporate staff feedback in later versions.​ Anyone is welcome to use this training module. It is available below as PDF and PPT files in each of the four Antarctic Treaty official languages.

Environmental Protocol Training English 2014 (pdf)
Environmental Protocol Training French 2014 (pdf)
Environmental Protocol Training Russian 2014 (pdf)
Environmental Protocol Training Spanish 2014 (pdf)

Training Module 2: Non-Native Species

This training module (version 1.0/April 2015) has been developed by the COMNAP Training Expert Group.  The information was combined from training presentations from the National Antarctic Programs of Argentina, Australia, China, India, New Zealand and Spain. It is intended that this presentation will be kept opened for development and input from all COMNAP members and should evolve to incorporate staff feedback in later versions.​ Anyone is welcome to use this training module. It is available below as PDF and PPT files in english only at this time.

Non Native Species English 2015 (pdf)

COMNAP Early-Career Awards

The COMNAP Early-Career Awards (also known as COMNAP Antarctic Fellowship) was offered for the first time in 2011. It is designed to encourage the active involvement of early career Antarctic persons and to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty. More information is available here.