GRID-Arendal’s Sustainable Seas capacity development programme aims to contribute to the development of relevant products and tools for Integrated Marine Management as well as the support of processes such as regional marine assessments, marine spatial planning and marine environmental indicator implementation.
The different modules and project activities will be developed in cooperation with Norwegian and international experts with an additional focus on securing South-South knowledge, lessons and experience exchange.
The Sustainable Seas programme will result in the development of a regional network of Sustainable Seas Facilities.
These centers will facilitate Integrated Marine Management by:
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supporting a national network of stakeholders
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regional exchange of data and information
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exchange of expertise
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communicating on marine and coastal zone related issues
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participating in global processes (UN Regular Process, Convention on Biological Diversity, UNCLOS)
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enabling a regular cycle of products, tools and processes for Integrated Marine Management
On 18-21 June 2012, GRID-Arendal, under the auspices of the Secretariat of the Abidjan Convention (West Africa Regional Sea), hosted an exploratory workshop dedicated to identifying capacity building needs and priorities for the development of the capacity building programme. The report from the workshop is available
here. The priorities identified will be used as input (‘building blocks’) for the development of a programme proposal with technical projects together with partner organisations.