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Join the Side event of the United Nations OCEAN Conference: The Ocean as a global common
Päivitetty viimeksi Keskiviikko, 29/06/2022
The Youth4Ocean Forum will host a side event at the next United Nations OCEAN Conference - Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking, partnerships and solutions in Lisbon, Portugal. The event will be held on 30th June 2022 from 11:30 - 13:00, and can be joined online or in person.
The side event will be hosted in collaboration with World Ocean Network, Ocean as Common, Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Programme of IOC-UNESCO, Surfrider Europe, Institute of Oceanology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, University of Brest - UBO, European Marine Board, Today We Have, EurOcean, WildTrust, Youth4MPAs and Nausicaa.
We care about what we know, and we care about what affects us emotionally. This all-inclusive side event will emphasize the importance of creating one ocean generation connected to the ocean through personal experiences, shared knowledge and storytelling. It will encourage a trans-generational dialogue by facilitating communication between different generations of stakeholders with diverse cultural backgrounds, anchored in the concept of having the ocean as a global common and its individual and local impacts shared through story-telling.
This side event aims to connect stakeholders from different backgrounds, sectors, cultures and generations. We will operate an 'All welcome policy'- this will be an inclusive workshop and the more diversity among participants the better.
Speakers, young people, and participants will share their perception of the ocean as a common good, the global commons and heritage. Attendees will exchange personal stories about how the ocean benefits them and their communities, alongside a showcase of cultural approaches to ocean management and innovative solutions achieved through trans-generational cooperation.
The workshop will involve networking and storytelling activities to connect diverse stakeholders and young people from different backgrounds and sectors. It will engage the audience with personal ocean-related stories to find agreements and differences of opinion, activating emotional and collective intelligence to plan future concrete cooperation and innovative solutions for managing, protecting and restoring ocean and coasts through effective trans-generational cooperation.
Do you want to join the event?
Find the agenda and more information about the side event here.
The event will be held at the Institut français du Portugal - French Embassy (Rua Santos-o-Velho 11) in Lisbon, Portugal. The event can also be viewed online.