BBNJ PrepCom-3 Side Event

The Contribution of Science and the Transfer of Marine Technology to the Implementation of a Potential BBNJ Instrument

2 April 2017, New York, United States of America

Co-organized by IOC/UNECO, Belgium, Belize and Maldives

Notes

1:15-2:45pm at room XII. A light lunch will be served.

Location

United Nations Headquarters

New York,
United States

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Mr. Julian Barbière
Mr. Ward Appeltans
1

Welcome Remarks

1.1

H.E. Ambassador Mr Marc Pecsteen (Belgium)

1.2

H.E. Ambassador Mrs Lois M. Young (Belize)

1.3

Prof. Peter Haugan (Chairperson of the IOC of UNESCO)

2

Panel Presentations

2.1

Key priorities for SIDS - Report from Belgium SIDS BBNJ meeting (H. E. Ambassador Mr. Ahmed Sareer, The Maldives and Chair of AOSIS)

2.2

Research capacity and infrastructure, drawing from GOSR findings (Harriet Harden-Davies, IOC consultant, Australia)

2.3

TMT guidelines operationalization (Asha Singh, director Environmental Governance Consulting/IOC consultant, Guyana)

2.4

Data integration and synthesis technologies for national to global analysis and understanding of marine ecology (Sky Bristol, USGS/OBIS-USA and IOC/OBIS Co-Chair)

3

Questions and Answers and general discussion

4

Concluding remarks

Event Documents

Code Title
Research capacity and infrastructure, drawing from GOSR findings
TMT guidelines operationalization
Data integration and synthesis technologies for national to global analysis and understanding of marine ecology

Background Documents

Code Title
Take-away document from the SIDS BBNJ Capacity Development Workshop, 7-9 March 2017, Belgium

Other Documents

Code Title
Concept Note and programme BBNJ PrepCom-3 side event

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 2
Confirmed 0
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 2
Groups: GOOS, IOC, IOC Capacity Development, IODE, MPR, OBIS
Created at 00:33 on 27 March 2017 by Mr. Ward Appeltans
Last Updated at 13:26 on 4 April 2017 by Mr. Ward Appeltans
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