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Submission Number: 29
Submission ID: 59065
Submission UUID: 91309ec6-5ea6-47a3-973e-23494df1dcc2
Created: Sun, 15/05/2022
Completed: Sun, 15/05/2022
Changed: Thu, 30/06/2022
Remote IP address: 86.229.211.216
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
| Name of organization | Centre for Blue Governance / University of Portsmouth |
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| Name of contact person | pierre.failler@port.ac.uk |
| Email address | pierre.failler@port.ac.uk |
| Secondary email address | |
| International telephone number | 00442392848505 |
| Address | Richmond building portsmouth. po13de United Kingdom |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/centre-for-blue-governance |
| Title of contribution | Training Course on Blue Economy valuation toolkit |
| Type of contribution | Learning material (e.g., video, presentation, booklet, article and website) |
| Contributing to other elements of the IPBES work programme | Policy instruments, policy support tools and methodologies |
| Brief description of contribution | The lack of knowledge of blue resources at stake is a major gap hindering the sustainable harnessing of Blue Economy resources, policy development and implementation on the Blue Economy. As an example, more than 80 per cent of the oceans remain completely unmapped. This is combined with an equally poor mapping of freshwater and groundwater resources on the continent. To address this, ECA has embarked on the development of a Blue Economy valuation toolkit aimed to guide data collection and analysis for the socio-economic assessment of blue resources, including goods and services generated; which in turn is expected to provide an accurate snapshot of the potential of the Blue Economy and to help inform decision-making. In addition, there is still lack of clear understanding of the concept and multisectoral approach of the Blue Economy by policy makers and stakeholders. ECA has played an instrumental role in the past few years in assisting member States and regional bodies in developing their first strategic policy frameworks using the methodology provided by the Blue Economy Policy Handbook for Africa (ECA flagship publication). Countries such as Seychelles have decided to fully focus on the Blue Economy to sustain their post-Covid19 recovery. Indeed, due to the vastness of its opportunities the Blue Economy repre- sents more and more a very promising outlet to build economies back better, for sustainable growth within the context of the socio-economic crisis generated by the Covid 19 pandemic. Hence, there is need to build and develop capacities on the Blue Economy concept, approach, related policy and valuation tools to raise awareness, disseminate knowledge and enable key players to apply it through tailor-made assessments as well as policy and regulatory frameworks and action plans. IDEP in partnership with the Centre for Blue Governance, University of Portsmouth, conside- ring its importance has decided to organize a second edition accommodating the participation of a Portuguese audience. This training falls under Cluster 4 (Integrated Natural Resource Management) of the training cata- logue adopted by the Technical Advisory Committee of UNIDEP and endorsed by its governing council. |
| Other organizations involved in the contribution | UNECA, IDEP, UNESCO |
| Link to online contribution that could be shared with the IPBES community | FR : https://knowledge.uneca.org/idep/fr/node/115 EN : https://knowledge.uneca.org/idep/node/115 PORT : https://knowledge.uneca.org/idep/event/ferramentas-de-avaliacao-da-economia-azul |
| Start year | Sat, 01/01/2022 - 00:00 |
| End year | Sat, 01/01/2022 - 00:00 |
| Estimated monetary value of contribution in USD | 70000 |
| Region | African States |
| Countries | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Which objective(s) and sub-objective(s) does the contribution support | Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement, Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities |
| Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement | Implementation of the training and familiarization programme |
| Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities | Encouragement of the development of science-policy platforms, networks and assessments for biodiversity and ecosystem services at the national and (sub)regional levels |