Final Agenda
Agenda
MONDAY, 3 September 2018 |
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Session |
Registration and Opening of the Meeting |
Venue |
Room DIGITATA 1, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar Sea Plaza |
Time |
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08:30 09:00 |
Registration |
09:00 10:30 |
Welcome message and opening remarks
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Session |
Regional Network Updates |
Chair |
Ivica Trumbic |
Content |
This session provide participants with updates on the GEF LME:LEARN project (toolkits, services) and share experiences from the Latin America-Caribbean and Asia-Pacific Regional Networks. |
10:30 11:00 |
Updates on the GEF LME:LEARN project and other Regional Networks - Natalie Degger |
Coffee break and group photo (11:00 – 11:30) |
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Session |
Activities in the Region |
Chair |
Natalie Degger |
Content |
Regional Network Members who have undertaken GEF LME:LEARN twinning and ICO exchanges will report back to the network on their experiences and lessons learned. This session will also allow members to share what activities they are currently working on that may be of interest to the network. |
11:30 13:00 |
Twinning
ICO Exchanges
Informal network sharing- Are you doing something similar or different that you would like to share?
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Lunch break (13:00 – 14:30) |
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Session |
Science to Management in the Africa Region |
Chair |
Ivica Trumbic |
Content |
This session will inform participants on the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). It also focuses on the value in using science to make management decisions, best practices in engaging the scientific community, and steps towards facilitating the science to management interface. |
14:30 15:00 |
United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
How science works along with policy and governance
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15:00 15:30 |
Examples of best practice from around the region
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Coffee break (15:30 – 16:00) |
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16:00 17:00 |
Moderated Panel Discussion
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17:00 |
Closing |
18:00 19:00 |
Marketplace Cocktail: Needs and Offerings
Venue: Terrace Ocean, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar Seaplaza |
TUESDAY, 4 September 2018 |
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Session |
Private Sector Engagement at the Regional Level |
Chair |
Natalie Degger, GEF LME:LEARN |
Content |
In order to bring transformational change to the global ocean environment, marine projects, institutions and the private sector must identify new ways of working together. Examples of successful partnerships with large corporate actors include the Globallast partnership with shippers and the International Maritime Organization, as well as Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) and Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) working with the private sector to promote innovative, market-based approaches fostering good fishing practices and fishery management. To foster these partnerships there needs to be a better understanding of the challenges faced by both the private sector and marine projects in engaging with one another; how to better communicate the investment potential of marine projects, and the opportunities for investment by the private sector at the regional level. The best way to advance and align business, environmental and social objectives is by learning first about the drivers of the businesses in the Asia-Pacific Region. Most businesses approach the environment through the lens of risk, in other words how does the availability of natural resources impact their business? During this session participants have the opportunity to hear from a few businesses operating in the Asia-Pacific Region. More specifically this session will focus on:
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Time |
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09:00 10:30 |
World Ocean Council -Christine Valentin, COO and Board Member WOC: Ocean Business Leadership and Collaboration on Sustainable Development The private sector perspective from: • Shipping (Amadou Dia, CMA - CGM) • Seafood (Makhtar Thiam, Union des Pêcheurs Exportateurs et Mareyeurs du Senegal, UPAMES) • Fishing (Alassane Dieng, Groupement des Industriels et Armateurs de la Peche Maritime au Senegal, GAIPES) • Aquaculture (Magatte Ba, Agence Nationale de l’Aquaculture, ANA) • Shipbuilding and Equipment(Ababacar Ngom, NGOM Freres) Framing questions:
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Coffee break (10:30 – 11:00) |
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11:00 13:00 |
Round table Moderator: Christine Valentin Participants: • Private sector representatives • Regional intermediary organizations • Regional project representatives Framing questions:
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Lunch break (13:00 – 14:30) |
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Session |
Africa Regional Network: Looking Forward |
Chair |
Ivica Trumbic |
Content |
This session will be dedicated to action planning for sustaining our Network to enhance coastal and marine management in the Region |
14:30 15:30 |
Action planning for next steps
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Working Coffee break (15:30 – 16:00) |
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16:00 17:00 |
Reporting back
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17:00 17:30 |
Meeting Wrap Up
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