Events Outcomes for the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region

The Nairobi Convention Secretariat in executing the SAPPHIRE project organized the third SAPPHIRE Project Steering Committee (PSC) held virtually on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 16 March 2021 from 15h00 – 17h00 East African Time.This was following a request for the Project Management Unit to host a third PSC meeting to present the project workplan and budget for 2021.

The objective of the third PSC meeting was to:

i) review the project progress from the fourth quarter of 2020,

ii) discuss and approve the workplan and budget for 2021,

The Nairobi Convention in collaboration with WIOMSA and other partners are convening the 2021 Science to Policy Dialogue over three days from the 23rd – 25th March 2021.

This year’s theme is: Transitioning to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the WIO region: Addressing the challenges and harnessing opportunities

To access the abstracts of papers to be presented in the meeting, GO HERE.