This Regional Kickoff Conference will mark the launch of the UN Ocean Decade in the Tropical Americas. The event will represent the beginning of the region-wide efforts in a substantive development and implementation of Decade Actions and aims to catalyze partnerships among various ocean stakeholder communities in the region, and co-design of transformative ocean science solutions to the Ocean Decade Challenges in order to achieve the Ocean Decade Outcomes and Sustainable Development Goals.

The conference is convened by IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions-IOCARIBE with UN Agencies and Partners under the auspices of the Governments of Barbados and Colombia.

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