Events

EU International Ocean Governance Forum 2021

2021.3.18

The European Commission in association with the European External Action Service invites ocean stakeholders worldwide to the presentation of the final recommendations for ocean sustainability action by the Eu’s International Ocean Governance (IOG) Forum.

The event will take place in a virtual format at 14-17hrs (CEST) on April 20, 2021.

The event will mark the conclusion of the open and inclusive consultation process on International Ocean Governance launched by the European Commission in association with the European External Action Service in 2020 with the establishment of the IOG forum. Further information on the consultation and the Forum can be found here.

The recommendations will support the development of the International Ocean Governance Agenda –the EU’s plan of action for the future of our oceans. The Agenda is an integral part of the European Green Deal and the EU’s response to the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular, the Sustainable Development Goal 14 ‘to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources’.

Registration is open and can be done here. Registration deadline is April 19, 2021 midnight CEST.

A draft agenda can be downloaded here or found below.

 

Agenda

 Time (CEST)

Session

Speaker

14:00

 

Welcome

 

Charlina Vitcheva, Director General, Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

 

14:05

 

Accelerating action for ocean sustainability

 

Virginius Sinkevičus, European Commissioner for Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

 

14:15

 

Unfolding the ocean and climate nexus: the US perspective

 

John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (tbc)

 

14.25

 

Shaping Zanzibar’s blue future

 

Aboud S. A. Jumbe, Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Blue economy and Fisheries (tbc)

 

14:35

 

Reversing marine biodiversity decline: China on the way to CBD COP 15

 

(tbc)

 

14:45

 

Health Break

 

15:00 Moving towards a sustainable blue planet –recommendations for future actions

 

IOG Forum representative (tbc)

 

15:20 Panel I – Are we steering the right course?
  • Sigrid Lüber, Co-Managing Director, Ocean Care (tbc)
  • Karin Kemper, Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, World Bank (tbc)
  • Nadia Pinardi, University of Bologna (tbc)
  • Jakob Granit, Chair, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (tbc)

Questions/Answers

 

16:00 Panel II – The EU’s all crew on deck approach
  • Charlina Vitcheva, Director General, Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Veronica Manfredi, Director Quality of Life, Directorate General for Environment
  • Koen Doens, Director General, Directorate General for International Partnerships
  • Jean-Eric Paquet, Director General, Directorate General for Research and Innovation
  • Matthias Petschke, Director Space, Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space
  • Magda Kopczynska, Director Waterborne, Directorate General for Mobility and Transport

 

Questions/Answers

 

16:40 Future Ocean Governance –a Vision from Portugal

 

Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of Maritime Affairs, Portugal (tbc)

 

16:50 Bringing in the foreign policy angle Kristin de Peyron, Deputy Managing Director, Human Rights, Global and Multilateral Affairs, European External Action Service

 

17:00 Closing Charlina Vitcheva, Director General, Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission