Flanders, FUST, and IOC

Dr Vladimir Ryabinin Executive Secretary,

IOC of UNESCO

Brussels, 14 May 2018

> 40 M US$ investment in science, > 25 M US$ to IOC

Flanders UNESCO Trust Fund for Science

Flanders = reliable donor

IOC: Functions

World’s most important distributed database for the state and

evolution of marine life: >50 million observations of 120,000 marine

species, integrated from >2,500 databases provided by >600 sources

www.obis.org

Publications

The 2030 Agenda of Sustainable development

1. Poverty

2. Food

3. Health

4. Education

6. Water

7. Energy

8. Industry

11. Cities

13. Climate

1. Pollution

2. Ecosystems

3. Acidification

4. 6. b. Fishing

5. Protected Areas

6. SIDS & LDCs

a. Science capacity

c. UNCLOS

+ BBNJ

UN Decade

of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development,

2021-2030

UNGA-72 Omnibus Resolution

2018 2019 2020 2021

UNGA

Resolution

proclaiming

the Decade

UN Oceans

Conference

Ad Hoc

Planning

Group

established

World Oceans

Summit

MS

consultation on

initial plans

ICP-19

EC 51

(July):

Planning

Group

approved

SG report

to UNGA

Regional/global workshops

Regional consultation

Stakeholder feedback

IOC Assembly -30

Interim Report from

Planning Group

SG report

to UNGA

Draft Implementation Plan ICP-21

SG report

to UNGA

Review of

Implementation

Plan by MS and

others

IOC EC 53:

Approval of

Implementation

Plan

UNGA

considers

Implementation

Plan

Preparation Phase The Decade

Timeline

OceanObs’19

WOA-2 (2020)

2nd UN Ocean Conference (2020)

…

IPCC SROCC (2019)

Roadmap Document

Global Ocean Observing System

Map (Atlas) of the Ocean

Knowledge of Deep Sea

eDNA

Ocean-related warnings

(tsunami, sea level, HABS),

and down stream services

and predictions, e.g. for El

Nino and tropical cyclones

% of Area of World EEZs

Covered by Approved MSP

Ocean Literacy

Capacity Development

Transfer of Marine Technology

Thank you! Dankuwel!