Advancing knowledge and cooperation for a healthy ocean and prosperous society
1. Opening
Part I. WESTPAC strategy, activities and capacities
3. Brief review of on-going WESTPAC programs/projects/working groups since the 13th WESTPAC Session, (27-29 April 2021, Virtual) and the implementation of relevant suggestions from the 13thSession
3.1 Ocean and climate
3.2 Marine biodiversity, ocean ecosystem health and human health
3.3 Knowledge of emerging issues (WGs)
3.4 Capacity development (in general)
3.5 An overview about the Sub-Commission’s development since its last Intergovernmental Session (WESTPAC-XIII, April 2021)
5. Latest development on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)
5.1 Global development
5.2 WESTPAC led UN Decade Actions and Decade Coordination Office
5.3 Other Decade related matters
6. The 11th WESTPAC International Marine Science Conference & 1st Regional UN Ocean Science Conference
Part II. Brainstorming on WESTPAC’s future development in the post pandemic era
7. Brainstorming on what we shall further develop (10–12-minute thoughts, ideas, and perspectives by everyone)
Roundtable discussion
8. Future development for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) and Decade Coordination Office (DCO)
9. Preparations for the Fourteenth WESTPAC Intergovernmental Session (tentatively Mar-April 2023)
10. Date and Venue for the next Advisory Group meeting
11. Other matters
12. Closure
Proposal for hosting a Regional Training and Research Center (RTRC) for the IOC Regional Network of Training & Research Centers on Marine Science in the Western Pacific and Adjacent Areas
9th Floor, Government Complex Building B
c/o Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
120 Chaengwattana Road, Thung
Songhong, Lak Si, Bangkok 10210, Thailand
Tel: (66) 2 141 1287-88;
Fax: (66) 2 143 9245;
Email: iocwestpac@unesco.org
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