The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, in collaboration with the Government of Italy, the Municipality of Venice, and the Prada Group, will host the Ocean Literacy World Conference on June 7-8 in the city of Venice, Italy. This Conference will bring together international experts in ocean literacy and ocean education from across various sectors.
The main outcome of the event will be the collective development of the “Venice Declaration”. This Declaration will contain inputs and pragmatic recommendations for formulating policies and strategies that consider Ocean Literacy in the framework of Sustainable Development Goals (particularly Sustainable Development Goal 14) and the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Furthermore, it will advocate for including Ocean Literacy as one of the central elements of the discussion at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica, to be held in June 2025, in Nice, France.
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