4th edition of the World Sea Forum - Bizerte
Richard Sempéré (MIO-CEM) participated in this Forum.
In Bizerte, faced with the degradation of marine ecosystems, decision-makers and experts are committed to an exemplary Mediterranean by 2030.
The 4th edition of the World Sea Forum - Bizerte, produced by La Saison Bleue, was held on September 24 and 25 in Bizerte, Tunisia.
This edition was a great success with more than 18,000 people connected and 400 participants in person. As the only international meeting dedicated to maritime issues in the southern Mediterranean, the World Sea Forum-Bizerte has established itself, year after year, as the place of all expressions, both those of the countries bordering the Mediterranean and the African continent, of which Bizerte is the northernmost point.
Like the previous sessions, the 4th edition of the World Forum of the Sea-Bizerte was chaired by Pascal LAMY, carrier of the Starfish Mission to the European Commission.
The Forum 2021 brought together, during two days of exchanges and meetings with the general public, a set of experts and high-level speakers, political leaders and emblematic figures in the field of environment as H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Annick GIRARDIN, Minister of the Sea (France), Ricardo SERRAO SANTOS, Minister of the Sea (Portugal), and Nasser KAMEL, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Françoise GAILL, oceanographer ...
Several Tunisian ministers are actively participating in the forum, like Habib AMMAR, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, Kamel DOUKH, Minister of Local Affairs and Environment, Asma SHIRI LAABIDI, Secretary General of Maritime Affairs ...
This edition was also an opportunity to present the winner of the project Amwej and the program "Ghodwa, youth and environment.
In addition, for three days, the Old Port of Bizerte was animated by festivities, organized by the municipality of Bizerte, a collective of local associations and Envirofest.
Taking up the recommendations of the Plan for an exemplary Mediterranean in 2030, Pascal LAMY, President, said in conclusion of the Forum: "In Bizerte, in front of the increasing and very worrying degradation of marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean, we ask national and regional policy makers, international bodies and all actors of the sustainable blue economy to take rapid and consistent measures on the protection of biodiversity up to 30% of the maritime space by 2030, including 10% in strong protection, the development of marine protected areas, the fight against plastic pollution and overfishing as well as to the bluing and decarbonization of maritime transport "