You are cordially invited to register to follow the IOI Side Event of the UNCTAD 4th Ocean Forum  being offered as a hybrid event (for online participation) as part of the IOI’s 50th anniversary commemorations. More information is below and on the IOI website https://www.ioinst.org/news/. It is also possible to register to attend the full UNCTAD 4th Ocean Forum  through remote participation. Please feel free to share the information and links within your networks too. Thank you, we hope to see many of you on the 6th April!, Best wishes - Antonella Vassallo

Join this special event organised during the UNCTAD 4th Oceans Forum and learn how capacity development, training, and education in Ocean Governance plays a central role in ensuring safe and healthy oceans for the benefit of humankind.

Under the UNCTAD15 theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” and guided by Agenda 2030 and the pursuit of the SDGs, Member States of UNCTAD endorsed the Bridgetown Covenant which highlights that preservation of the planet needs to take place both on land and sea, and calls for a greater understanding and clearer definition of the oceans economy in line with the SDGs. Other sections mandate UNCTAD to work closely with stakeholders to “Formulate and promote policies fostering productive capacities and structural transformation in developing countries”.

Capacity development, training, and education in Ocean Governance play a central role in ensuring safe and healthy oceans for the benefit of humankind. Additionally, obligations towards achieving the SDGs, notably SDG14 and other interdependent SDGs, place a burden of responsibility on decision-makers and practitioners, stakeholders and citizens, which may benefit from targeted capacity development and knowledge transfer at all levels.

The programmes and achievements of the IOI’s pentadecadal Ocean commitment invite reflection on their synergies with the Bridgetown Covenant and UNCTAD 15 outcomes and may serve to highlight the role of civil society stakeholders in achieving common aims towards Agenda 2030 and beyond. 

• Register here to attend the IOI SIDE EVENT ONLINE: https://bit.ly/3ImDwTb
• Learn more about the 4th Oceans Forum or Register to attend the full event. 
• For enquiries about the IOI Side-Event contact E: ioihq@ioihq.org.mt

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