Mission and Vision

Welcome to the Corporation Center of Excellence in Marine Sciences, CEMarin.

We are an international, non-profit academic consortium, driven and funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) of the German Federal Foreign Office. Founded in 2009, we became a DAAD Center of Excellence for research and teaching in 2015, focusing on high-level interdisciplinary research and academic training through transnational cooperation with 10 member institutions: 8 Colombian and 2 German, among other national and international partners.

 

Recognizing that problems in the field of marine sciences cannot be solved by isolated individuals or institutions, we integrate interdisciplinary research on scientific and socioeconomic questions related to marine ecosystems in Latin America with innovative postgraduate training and the ongoing construction of international networks.

Mission

At CEMarin, we are an international non-profit organization that aims to answer fundamental environmental and socio-economic questions on marine ecosystems in Latin America. We integrate interdisciplinary marine research with innovative postgraduate support, and international networking across natural and social disciplines.

Vision

By 2027, we envision CEMarin as an international leader in integrative marine research, postgraduate support, and academic networking in Latin America. Drawing on our access to two oceans and the combined expertise of our member institutions, we will facilitate scientific discovery in emerging fields of marine science related to environmental change and its impact on ecosystems and society, the sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as technological advances. Postgraduate researchers trained by CEMarin will have the capacity to become renowned members of the international scientific community and active ambassadors of marine ecosystems.

 

We are a central platform for the networking of Colombian and international marine scientists in order to promote and coordinate highly visible, externally funded, collaborative research projects. Through strategic investments in marine infrastructure as well as research and training programs over the upcoming years, we will increase our impact on the researchers, postgraduate students, and communities we serve.