UN-Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Mediterranean Workshop - Report

The present report outlines the main results of the Mediterranean Workshop preparing the UN-Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development hosted by the Italian Oceanographic Commission and organized in Venice at IOC/UNESCO premises on 21 st -23 rd January 2020. The United Nations proclaimed the 2021-2030 the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), giving mandate to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC) to coordinate the preparatory activities and implementation through: the establishment of an 'Expert Planning Group' (EPG), a Stakeholder Forum and the organization of a series of planning/preparatory meetings at global and regional level. In order to take into consideration regional emerging environmental and ecosystem developments, new policy requirements, latest scientific and data advances, technological breakthroughs and evolving societal demands, regional workshops have been organized around the world. The Workshop entitled The Mediterranean Sea We Need for the Future We Want allowed to decline the specific priorities identified to meet the Decade's societal objectives in the perspective of the Mediterranean Sea uniqueness, proving the added value of alignment and coordination among key stakeholders to raise the voice of the Basin at the global level. Extensively based on the outputs of the discussion collected at this link, this report provides also a brief insight on the process and the methodology that brought to the Med Workshop and its follow-up so far. This last includes feeding outcomes report at global level and consultations on the development of the Decade Implementation Plan.