The session will explore transformative partnerships (including SIDS-SIDS cooperation) required to foster knowledge generation, solution-oriented and transdisciplinary research, and to support innovation.
This session will be moderated by H.E. Dr. Satyendra Prasad Permanent Representative of Fiji to the UN.
Opening statements from partners
-Under-Secretary-General Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu, UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
-Dr. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences at UNESCO, SIDS focal point, Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO
-Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Assistant Director-General at UNESCO
Opening statement from Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
-H.E. Mrs Janine Felson, Deputy Permanent Representative of Belize to the UN and Deputy Chairperson of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
The Ocean Decade and the SIDS
-Dr. Jens Kruger, Acting Deputy Director - Ocean and Maritime Program, Pacific Community, and Member of the Executive Planning Group - Ocean Decade
Panel and Interactive dialogue
1-Transformative partnerships to foster co-design and co-delivery of science and technology in SIDS
-H.E. Dr. Aubray Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, Co-chair of Steering Committee on SIDS Partnerships
2-Opportunities of collaboration across regions
-Ms. Kate Brown, Executive Director, Global Island Partnership
3-Indigenous and local knowledge systems as catalyst for successful and sustainable solution-oriented research
- Dr. Frances Koya Vaka’uta, Director, Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies & Pacific Heritage Hub, The University of the South Pacific
4-Knowledge and innovation in support of a sustainable ocean for SIDS – Research in support of regional governance and actions
-Dr. Alejandro Acosta, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
5-Science and partnership in support of National ocean policy development in Pacific SIDS as a model for integrated ocean management
-Ms. Grace Kaue, Principal Legal Officer, Office of Ocean Affairs- Ocean Affairs Secretariat, Department of Justice and Attorney General, Papua New Guinea
Question & Answer Period
Closing
