EU4Ocean news
 
On June 8th, the first Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit will be organised on the occasion of World Ocean Day. There is no better chance to celebrate the creation of the "EU4Ocean” coalition and its dedication to ocean literacy, together with Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, and IOC-UNESCO. Because of the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will meet virtually to officially announce and celebrate this launch and share ideas and perspective for the protection of our blue planet.  
 
EMSEA is supporting the Network of European Blue Schools where students embark on a journey to discover the ocean and its value, together with their teachers. Students can select an ocean topic and create a plan around it, or identify a local marine related problem and try to solve it. Successful projects will earn their school the European Blue School certification, because the ocean literate kids of today are the responsible adults of tomorrow.
 
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit
You can register here to join us and be part of the change for the ocean:
https://education.ocean.org/olsummit/
 
Monday, 08th June 2020
11:00 – 14:00
More information on EU4Ocean can be found on our Projects page.
 
 
POSTPONED TO 2021
 
The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has a bigger and bigger influence on this year’s events. EMSEA has taken the decision to postpone this year’s conference in Poland to September 2021. While hugely disappointing, this feels the best course of action to keep you all as safe as possible at a time of universal uncertainty.  
 
We will be working with our host the Gydynia Aquarium to finalize the details and will share more information about our plans for 2021 in the coming months.
 
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you at one of our next events online.
 
 
 
 
If you wish to support the work of EMSEA and join our community of marine educators and scientists then you can become a member for 40 euro a year. Please go to the Membership page.
 
 
 
 
Events of Interest
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit
Monday, June 8, 2020
 
The first Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit is being organized on the occasion of World Oceans Day 2020 (June 8). The Summit will celebrate the successes of the ocean literacy community worldwide and aims to achieve the following three objectives:
Present the need for shared responsibility, connectivity, and a global vision for the ocean.
Explore the role of OL as an essential tool for the transformation of scientific knowledge into action within the context of the Decade.
Inspire stakeholders, institutions, organizations, and individuals to join the global OL community and contribute to the achievement of its goals in the course of the Decade.
 
Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit
8 June, 2020
9am – 12:30 am UTC
 
Registration
https://education.ocean.org/olsummit/
 
Draft Agenda
9:00-9:05 Special opening message: UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay 
Opening
9:05-9:10 Vladimir Ryabinin (Executive Secretary of IOC-UNESCO): Ocean Decade, Ocean Literacy 
9:10-9:15 Megan Rowling, moderator (Thomson Reuters journalist) 
9:15-9:25 Keynote by Peter Thomson(UN Special Envoy for the Ocean): Why we need ocean action, and the role of ocean literacy  
9:25-9:28 Video“The Earth has One big Ocean with many features”
9:28-9:30 Panel 1:  Our ocean connects us … 
  • Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea of Portugal
  • Thomas Remengesau Jr., President of Palau 
  • Chip Cunliffe, Head of Sustainability, AXA 
  • Helen Ågren, Ambassador for the Ocean, Sweden 
  • Tyler-Rae Chung, Member of the Early Career Ocean Professionals Group for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 
9:55-10:10 Debate with moderators 
Debate – 10:10-10:20
10:20-10:25  Justin Wordland, moderator (Time Magazine journalist)
Panel 2– Our Ocean engages us…
  • Margaret Leinen, Scripps Institute
  • Kerstin Forsberg, Planeta Oceano
  • Nina Jensen, REVOcean
  • Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
  • Markus Reymann, Alligator Head Foundation and TBA21 Academy 
  • Sylvia Spalding, IPMEN and NMEA
10:50-11:00 – questions with moderator 
Debate with questions from the audience - 11:10-11:15
Lisa Friedman, moderator (New York Time journalist) – 11:15-11:20
Video by Anne de Carbuccia, One Planet, One Future 
Panel 3– Our Ocean inspires us 
  • Can Büyükberbere, Visual Artist 
  • John Canning, Interactive and MR Producer
  • Görkem Hayta, Cultural Diplomacy Expert 
  • Lorenzo Bertelli, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility of Prada S.p.A. 
  • Alexia Barrier, International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA)
11:50-12:00 debate with moderator 
Debate with audience – 12:00-12:10
12:10-12:15 Video message– EC Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, The EU Ocean Literacy Initiative 
12:15-12:20 Kenza Khallafi, Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection, a proposal for an Ocean Literacy Network in Africa 
12:20-12:25 The way forward – OL as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and looking forward to the 10 years we have to work together – Julian Barbière (IOC-UNESCO) 
12:25-12:28 Teaser Demo of Panel 3 (featuring Tame Impala’s One More Year) 
Closing remarks 
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