Indian Ocean Blue Economy Summit6 May 2021 |
The aim of the Summit is to promote sustainable ocean/marine-based economies, through the development of Blue Economy activities that create wealth for coastal population and contribute to the conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Indian Ocean region.
The specific objectives are to enable Member States to build a knowledge economy, learning process for sustainable management of ecosystems, preservation of biodiversity, life under water and livelihoods support in the context of UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
The results of the Summit will be reported to the IOCINDIO-VIII Session.
The concept note and program are attached.
Organisers
The IOC Regional Committee for the Central Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO);
IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, Marine Technology Society (MTS);
Ocean Society of India (OSI);
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR);
Kuwait and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India.
| Notes |
The event will take place through the webex platform on Thursday, 6 May 2021 10:30-14:30 CEST (08:30-12:30 UTC). Please confirm your participation by 30th April 2021 to the Technical Secretary of IOCINDIO, Mr Ahanhanzo (j.ahanhanzo@unesco.org) and the IOCINDIO Chair Dr. Atmanand M.A. (atmanandma@hotmail.com) with a copy to Ms Elena Iasyreva of IOC (e.iasyreva@unesco.org). For connection details please see the Technical guidance attached. You can also listen the live streaming of the event on YouTube at the following link |
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Justin AHANHANZO
