List of UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks in the field of Small Islands and Coastal Areas:

Algeria

• UNESCO Chair in Prospective and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (708) - National Marine Science and Coastal Management Institute (ISMAL) -  established in 2008.

Chile

• UNESCO Chair in Coastal Oceanography (57) - University of Concepción - established in 1993.

Curaçao

• UNESCO Chair on Caribbean Smalls Island Development (897), The University of the Netherlands Antilles-established in 2010.

Germany

• UNESCO Chair in Marine Geology and Coastal Management (95) - University of Kiel - established in 1997.

Jamaica

• The Small Island States Universities Consortium on Capacity-Building to Implement the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) (719) - University of the West Indies, Secretariat to the Consortium - established in 2006.

Latvia

• UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Coastal Development (554) - University of Latvia - established in 2001.

Philippines

• UNESCO Chair in Integrated Management and Sustainable Development in Coastal Regions and in Small Islands (515)  - University of the Philippines - established in 2000.

Senegal

• UNESCO Chair in Integrated Coastal Management and Sustainable Development (206) - Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar - established in 1997.

Spain

• UNITWIN – The “Wise Coastal Practices For Sustainable Human Development, Europe Region” (WICOP-EUROPE) Network (588) - University of Cádiz - established in 2002.

United States of America

• UNESCO-Cousteau Ecotechnie Chair in Coastal Resources (665) - State University of New Jersey - established in 2004.