OECD holds conference on ocean sustainability

Innovation for a sustainable ocean economy will be the theme of the conference "Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean: Observatories and Knowledge Networks", to be held on February 14, starting at 9:30 a.m., in the auditorium of IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, in Algés. At a time when there is an urgent need for a global response to the environmental and economic effects of ocean change, the role of innovation and international cooperation is increasingly crucial.

This conference is being held as part of the OECD's Ocean Economy Group and is co-organized by the OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Ministry of the Sea, through the DGPM - Directorate-General for Maritime Policy, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, through the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology.

The event will be opened by the Minister for the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, and closed by the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor. More than 200 participants from all over the world are registered, including institutional representatives, academia, industry and international organizations.

The conference program includes the launch of the OECD publication "Rethinking Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy", in which Portugal participated through the ministries mentioned above. Debates will be held on the role of Observatories and new policies to promote knowledge of the ocean, highly topical issues that represent an impetus for the continuity of the OECD's work on the economy of the sea and a strengthening of Portugal's international role in the field of the ocean.

See the Conference Program

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