This capacity building workshop on ocean governance will take place on 9 October 2022 (the Sunday directly before the General Assembly).

Led by Sebastian Unger, Ben Boteler and Matt Gianni, with input from Luise von Pogrell, David Johnson and Vikki Gunn, this workshop will provide information on the importance of “translating” scientific findings to policy and regulatory action. We will discuss the various means and methods of identifying the scientific information that policy-makers and regulators are likely to find relevant and the means by which to effectively interject the information into regulatory processes. We will discuss a number of such processes, for example regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) in the Atlantic that regulate bottom fisheries for their impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the current negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to develop regulations needed to protect and preserve the marine environment from the harmful effects of mining activities. We will provide ‘real world’ examples from these and other organisations on how science has been used to inform the debates and negotiations regarding conservation and sustainable use of the marine environment. 

Please note this is an in-person event, and the working language will be English.