event:
Pre-Conference Workshops for the African Kick-off Conference for the UN Decade of Ocean Science and Sustainable Development Date: January 24, 2022 to January 26, 2022
Place: Hybrid format (online and Egypt), Alexandria - Egypt
Description of the event:
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
of UNESCO and the Government of Egypt, through the National Institute of
Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), are organizing the "Regional Conference
for the Launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development
in Africa and Adjacent Island States", from 10-12 May 2022, in a hybrid
format.
In preparation for the conference, pre-conference
workshops are planned virtually from 24-26 January 2022. These pre-conference
workshops will focus on four thematic areas: (1) Climate change, pollution and
other environmental stressors, (2) Ocean Economics and Food Security, (3) Ocean
Observations and Monitoring and Access to Data and Information and (4) Capacity
Building and Oceanography.
The Conference itself will provide a forum to take
stock of the state of ocean science and technology in the region, to deliberate
on how ocean science in Africa should be supported and focused on achieving the
societal outcomes required by the Decade, and also to seek the interest and
commitment of the ocean science community to engage in a number of research
directions that are essential for sustainable ocean management.
To find out more about the pre-conference
workshops and to register, click here. For more information about the
conference, click here
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