Reflecting on BBNJ following the IGC5.2
March 10, 2023
One Ocean Summit University
February 8, 2022
World Ocean Day 2020
June 1st, 2020
Parliamentary G7 in Brest: marine sciences at the forefront of discussions
September 10, 2019
March 10, 2023
February 8, 2022
June 1st, 2020
September 10, 2019
The United Nations General Assembly has declared the decade 2021-2030 as the « Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development ». The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is in charge of submitting a programme for this decade. To this purpose, a series of international events, workshops and symposia are organized to contribute to the work of IOC. IOC is assisted in this task by a group of 19 international experts, the Executive Planning Group.
In this context, the Ocean University Initiative has proposed to the MARE conference in June 2019 to organize an international event, between conference and workshop. The aims are to gather researchers in the human and social sciences, in all their diversity, to identify central issues and conditions for the involvement of the social sciences in the UN initiative. Our event, under the name GLOSS (GLobal Ocean Social Sciences), has been labelled « Ocean Decade Event » by the IOC
There will be 6 brainstorming sessions organized in small groups, 6 to 8 people around 1 table with a maximum of 120 participants. Each group will be invited to discuss on series of thematic, disciplinary and methodological questions with the aim of co-creating a ground-breaking report that will be submitted to the Executive Planning Group to be held in January 2020. This contribution will also feed the discussion at the Global Planning Meeting planned in June 2020 to gather the views of stakeholders before the adoption of the implementation plan for the decade by the United Nations General Assembly’s in November 2020.
The event will take place at « Le Quartz » congress hall in Brest (France) on November 5th and 6th.
Registration fee is 100 € to cover cost of lunches and organization, extra 30€ for those who wish to join for social dinner. We invite PhD students and Post-Doc to apply to act as group discussion rapporteur; registration fee waiver for selected candidates. See registration web page for conditions.
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
(open to all participants)
(for participants who booked it when registered)
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
* Introductive speeches (30′)
* Group discussions per table (45′)
* Synthesis of table rapporteurs (15′)
You do not need to print it, a copy will be distributed to you during the event.
Le Quartz Congrès, Square Beethoven, 60 Rue du Château, 29210 Brest, France
5 min walk from Train Station
15 min from the Airport by Taxi. Airport website.
Secure parking nearby (150 m.). Ask to get a preferential rate.
Please follow the steps by clicking on the link below
What will be expected of the rapporteurs? Take notes during the 6 workshops and summarize the main ideas at the end of each session. All will be done in English!
Your contribution as rapporteur will be acknowledge in the final product of the GLOSS event.
Do not hesitate to contact your PhD school to find out if this time can be valued in training hours.
You are a PhD student in Social Sciences and you master English?
Send us a short CV and a recommendation letter from your PhD supervisors
Find here all the presentations of the speakers of these two days. Shared Drive giving you access to photos taken during the event. An access request is necessary. This is a collaborative calendar. Do not hesitate to contact us to let us know about events that are not listed. If you wish to attend one of them we will put you in touch with the organizers (gloss[@]ocean-univ.org).Slides
Pictures
Ocean Decade Events Calendar
The University of Bres is implementing the Ocean University Initiative with the support of the French government, the Brittany Region, Brest Metropolis – through the Campus Mondial de la Mer – and the French Agency for Biodiversity.
The United Nations University (UNU) is an autonomous and decentralized academic organization supported by the United Nations General Assembly and UNESCO. The UNU’s mission is to develop research and education actions in areas that concern the United Nations, its agencies and Member States. Officially established in 1972, on the initiative of Japan, the United States and France, the UNU is comprised of 13 institutes and programs located in 12 countries each with its own Director, advisory board and staff. The headquarters are based in Tokyo, Japan (UNU Centre), the Vice-Rectorate is located in Bonn, Germany and administrative services are in Malaysia.
The UNU institutes are thematic centers which develop and implement research and training programs in their thematic area. Also, these institutes act as think tanks operating as a bridge between academia and public policy. They are dedicated to promoting international collaborative research projects and mobilizing the expertise of renowned academics. In terms of education, the UNU primarily focuses on capacity building of executives in developing countries. The UNU institutes pertain to the internationalization of Masters and PhD programs by delivering degrees or joint degrees in partnership with national universities. They represent a unique international cooperation network combining research and education.
UNU 2017 annual report:
https://i.unu.edu/media/unu.edu/publication/95189/unu_ar2017_en.pdf
UNU 2015-2019 strategic plan:
http://i.unu.edu/media/unu.edu/attachment/48794/unu_strategic_plan_2015-2019_en.pdf
Established in a maritime region by nature, at the heart of a research and academic environment which gathers over 7000 scientists and academics, the Université de Bretagne Occidentale has developed excellence in marine science.
Founded in 1997, the European Institute for Marine Studies is a department of the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), an Earth and Space science observatory, which federates over 400 UBO, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), and Ifremer staff members and together with 200 Masters students and as many PhD candidates. Because of its scope and foundation, this research ecosystem meets the conditions to allow the UBO to support a United Nations University Institute dedicated to the science and governance of the ocean and coasts. I am utterly convinced that this institute will be a fundamental tool to unify French skills and interests’ global influence regarding the ocean, based on the United Nations University goals.
France does not host any UNU institute on its territory, while the headquarters of UNESCO and, in particular, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission are in Paris. Moreover, France is one of the leading nations in oceanographic research (mainly located at the tip of Brittany). This excellence is recognized both nationally and internationally.
international cooperation, in developing countries in particular. The establishment of a UNU-OCEAN institute in France would aim at reinforcing cooperation in support to the international maritime agenda in the context of SDG, the Future Earth dynamic and the decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) lead by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
France is a major maritime player. With the world’s second largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), it has responsibilities over the entire ocean at all latitudes. France must make sure that the voice of the ocean and coats is heard within the UN, in particular, as a Member State of international conventions: conventions dedicated to maritime issues such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Regional Seas Conventions or more general conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
France is also a key player in oceanographic research, which includes all subjects in earth, life, environment, human and social sciences. Whether it is basic (fundamental) research, applied research or education, the national marine and coastal science community is very active in terms of
UNU is committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): UNU aims to cover all its 17 objectives. The issue of water management is generally addressed by an institute (UNU-INWEH), which concentrates its action mainly on continental waters. Fishery resources are also being addressed by the Icelandic UNU-FTP through training programmes. This programme addresses the relationship between people and the ocean through fisheries exploitation. The UNUFTP programme also develops two research projects:
• “Blue growth in Small Island Developing States Initiative”,
• FarFish on the development of sustainable fishing by European vessels in waters outside European jurisdiction.
The ocean and coasts as such are not a specific theme of an existing institute. The importance of the ocean on land is, however, underscored by the UNU in its communication, both given that it covers three-quarters of the planet, and that there are strong interconnections with land. The ocean and coastlines are also a central theme of the work of several UN agencies and conventions.
Giving the ocean and coasts their United Nations University
The establishment of a UNU Institute requires the signature of an international bilateral agreement between the host country and the UNU, as well as a nonexpendable initial contribution to the UNU endowment fund.
The international agreement provides the UNU institute and its staff members the benefits granted to international organizations.
The interests generated by the contribution to the endowment fund constitute the basic funds for the institutes which develop their research and academic program according to their ability to raise additional funds. Depending on the case, these may be additional contributions to the endowment fund, contractual contributions to the functioning of the institute (state, local authorities or research institutes) or projects. Related United Nations programmes and funding (Global Environment Facility, World Bank) are examples of project development opportunities for UNU institutes.
A steering committee was set up in order to bring about a unifying, coherent and ambitious project. This steering committee brings together scientists across all horizons in marine and coastal sciences.
The European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM), in charge of the implementation of the project, has been labelled as “Graduate School”, under the name ISblue (Interdisciplinary School for the Blue Planet), with the support of the French Programme “Investments for the Future”. It reinforces the European Institute for Marine Studies specialization in the ocean and coasts.
The project has strong national institutional support. Moreover, the expectations of United Nations agencies concerning such a structure dedicated to the sea is strong. From the point of view of research, the agenda of international negotiations in the busy ocean topic (law of the sea, climate change, biodiversity, coastal risks, blue growth …) generates a strong demand for international cooperation.
From the point of view of education, the opportunities are:
