06/29/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/29/2022 18:05
This year's UN Ocean Conference will be held in Lisbon from June 27 to July 1, 2022. This panel is an official side event to the Conference, but it will be held entirely remotely and is available to all interested participants, whether or not registered for the 2022 UN Ocean Conference.
This side event will highlight the efforts of partner international organizations, financial institutions, and academia undertaken individually and jointly to strengthen ocean governance through capacity building. It will showcase the various courses and capacity building programs offered by the side event organizers in relation to the law of the sea and the blue economy.
The principles of sustainable ocean management are enshrined in a number of global and regional frameworks. Limited understanding of these frameworks may undermine their implementation at regional and national levels, which in turn undermines healthy blue natural capital and the livelihoods of communities that depend on the ocean and related ecosystems.
In addition to the training programs delivered by each partner organization individually, the event will feature the jointly organized Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Program, financed by PROBLUE and convened by the World Bank's Environmental and International Law Practice Group in collaboration with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations (DOALOS), the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Melbourne Law School (MLS), and the Center for Maritime and Oceanic Law at the University of Nantes (CDMO).
The side event will include short presentations from the partner institutions outlining their joint Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Program as well as their other training initiatives. Attendees will learn about the trainings' contents, target audience, ways to sign up, and reflections from alumni of the Training Program. The side event will also include a moderated discussion about the role of capacity building in promoting sustainable ocean management and the blue economy.
Francois Bailet, DAOLOS
Blaise Kuemlangan, FAO
Talatu Akindolire, ISA
Margaret Young, MLS
Martin Ndende, CDMO