September 27, 2021 – 14h00 to 16h00
Online event
Live Interpretation in English & interprétation en direct en français disponible
Many efforts are made in the Mediterranean Sea to improve the knowledge base on the state of marine ecosystems and on (maritime and land-based) activities that impose pressures on the sea. These include research projects, ocean observation initiatives and activities from maritime sectors and civil society mobilised in the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. While existing knowledge gaps are clearly recognised, questions arise on how available knowledge is effectively used for supporting sustainable practices and decision-making, from individual citizens to decision makers, from the local to the Mediterranean scales.
Our assumption is that more efforts are required (a) to structure available knowledge from different sources in a widely accessible Mediterranean Marine Knowledge System (MKS) and (b) to set-up or strengthen mechanisms for “translating” available knowledge to “something” that is understood by, and relevant to, different target groups – and that’s where ocean literacy has a key role to play.
The objective of the high-level event is to bring together decision makers to shed lights on solutions and mechanisms that can facilitate the translation and transfer of available knowledge to people who most matter in making the Mediterranean Sea sustainably blue. The high-level event will address three specific questions:
Agenda - from A to Z
Pierre Strosser, ACTeon (EU4Ocean coalition coordinator)
Iain Shepherd, from Marine Knowledge and Investment, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (European Commission)
Tatjana Hema, UN MAP coordinator
Karmenu Vella, former member of the European Commission (in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries between 2014 and 2019)
Maria Cristina Pedicchio, President of the Maritime Technology Cluster MareFVG and Member of Mission Ocean
Rosalia Santoleri, Director, Institute of Marine Science (National Research Council) and President of the Italian Oceanographic Commission, coordinator of SciNMeet
Iain Shepherd, from Marine Knowledge and Investment, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, Ocean Ambassador of France
Tatjana Hema, UNEP/MAP Coordinator
Iain Shepherd, Marine Knowledge and Investment, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (European Commission)
Mehdi Ben Haj, Parlament Méditerranéen de la Mer
Mariana Damanaki (Greece), former EC Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries between 2010 and 2014
Tatjana Hema, UNEP MAP coordinator
Andreea STRACHINESCU, Head of Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Pierre Strosser, ACTeon (EU4Ocean coalition coordinator)
Pierre Strosser @ p.strosser@acteon-environment.eu