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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To Members of IPHAB, for free further distribution:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Since 1993 the IOC has conducted training courses on harmful microalgae. In its present format, the course gives
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">accreditation in HAB identification through a practical exam at the end of the course which qualifies for the ‘<i>IOC Certificate of Proficiency in Identification of Harmful Algae</i>’.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The present announcement is to explore whether there is an interest in a ‘Brush-up’ course aimed at participants who have previously attended IOC courses, and/or
experienced HAB analysts. The course will focus on species described during the last decades and recent advances in HAB taxonomy.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Indicate your interest by email to Jacob Larsen
<u><a href="mailto:jacobl@bio.ku.dk">jacobl@bio.ku.dk</a></u> before the end of 2023.
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If there is sufficient interest, the IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae, University of Copenhagen, Denmark will seek to organize a one-week brush-up course
in 2024.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Yours sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ENEVOLDSEN</span></b><span style="color:#002060"> <br>
Head a.i. IOC Ocean Science Section </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Head, IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae<br>
University of Copenhagen, Marine Biological Section</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="color:#002060">Universitetsparken 4, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark</span><span lang="DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="color:#002060">+45 23 26 02 46</span><span lang="DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="color:#002060">E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:h.enevoldsen@unesco.org"><span lang="DA" style="color:#002060">h.enevoldsen@unesco.org</span></a><span style="color:#002060">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="FR" style="color:#002060">Visit the IOC HAB web site at:
</span></i><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhab.ioc-unesco.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cissha%40whoi.edu%7C41b03ff606b04ec02e4808dbe9b787eb%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638360746703533780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b5MWO3P3PnSFFrw49NiZ1nucUpE9KpMIzVLd%2FfS26fE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/" shash="MCLe3j+sUpIz3UL3AXQPUVOcYNo+ey03rYhjf+FqHQg6ippDWBBfDuy9MwSPr+KXCThBBWdXqXFBkscH7N4tzFdFyPBfwY6gfaRYMKSGEyWZj42qZKQuAkJp0yJ7xVDrh3EngvBSQNDwkkxNobNoYQHnqne+lPeygtgH4f+W280="><i><span lang="FR" style="color:blue">http://hab.ioc-unesco.org/</span></i></a><i><span style="color:#002060">
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