events event: SFS-MED Webinar: Blue Transformation: strategies and actions for more sustainable agrifood systems in the Mediterranean

Date: March 20, 2024

Place:  , - On Line

Description of the event: 

On March 20, 2024, the Union for the Mediterranean will be co-organizing a webinar on sustainable blue agri-food systems in the Mediterranean, under the framework of the SFS-MED Platform, a multi-stakeholder initiative initiated by the UfMS, FAO and CIHEAM.

If you want to hear about the importance of Blue Transformation in the Mediterranean, register here!

The SFS-MED webinar n. 7 will aim to address some key questions:

  • What are the most effective and viable measures, strategies and incentives to accompany a Blue Transformation in the Mediterranean, and how can stakeholders collaborate to implement them?
  • How can regional collaboration for a Blue Transformation in the Mediterranean address the main challenges to the effective implementation of such measures?

The Mediterranean Sea has always played a crucial role in the region’s societies, economies, and agrifood systems. The sustainable blue economy encompasses a wide range of maritime and coastal activities. These activities aim to balance economic growth, improved livelihoods, and social inclusion through the protection of marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversity, the sustainable use of aquatic resources, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. Key sectors contributing to the blue economy include fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, maritime transport and marine energies. Blue Transformation requires a systems approach, aimed at securing socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable value chains that help secure livelihoods, foster an equitable distribution of benefits, and support adequate use and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems.

The concept note and agenda will be available shortly here

Type: Open

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