{"id":4871,"date":"2020-11-30T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2020-11-30T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:20:13","slug":"webinar-africas-prosperity-is-tied-to-its-oceans-and-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/webinar-africas-prosperity-is-tied-to-its-oceans-and-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Africa\u2019s prosperity is tied to its oceans and seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/d0e6eb42-ae43-4791-9e51-2b91e32b9824.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4425 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/d0e6eb42-ae43-4791-9e51-2b91e32b9824.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"252\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A major strength of Africa\u2019s 2016 Lom\u00e9 Charter on maritime security and development is its recognition that no country can singlehandedly prevent maritime threats or sustainably develop its maritime domain. The charter calls on neighbouring states and partners to work together on training, education, business and industry. Although 35 countries signed the Lom\u00e9 Charter, only two have ratified it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To encourage ratification, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the African Union Commission are running a series of regional seminars. Speakers will highlight the substantial economic and development benefits to Africa of vibrant fishing, shipbuilding, tourism and trading industries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This event co-hosted by the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ISS<\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">African Union Commission<\/span> will take place online via <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Zoom<\/span> platform, on <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Tuesday, December 8, 2020,<\/span> under the theme \u201c<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Africa\u2019s prosperity is tied to its oceans and seas<\/span> \u201c.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simultaneous French interpretation will be provided for this seminar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chair:<\/strong>&nbsp;Timothy Walker, Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher, ISS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Keynote address:&nbsp;<\/strong>HE Stanislas Baba, Minister, Adviser on the Sea to the President of Togo, AU Champion on Maritime Affairs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amb Dr Namira Negm, Legal Counsel, African Union<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">HE Dr Maurice Kamga, Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ibukun Jacob Adewumi, Director of Programmes and International Partnership, Africa Marine Environment Sustainability Initiative, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Edwin Egede, Professor of International Law and International Relations, Cardiff University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register :<a href=\"https:\/\/issafrica.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJEtdeCvqTktGNWU4241r_5ld8pvhYPTwIIU\">https:\/\/issafrica.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJEtdeCvqTktGNWU4241r_5ld8pvhYPTwIIU<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Photo credit: ISS<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major strength of Africa\u2019s 2016 Lom\u00e9 Charter on maritime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,442,1300],"tags":[1595,1576,1596,43,44,1597,1598,1299],"class_list":["post-4871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-webinar","tag-africas-2016-lome-charter-on-maritime-security-and-development","tag-african-union-commission","tag-iss","tag-maritimafrica-en","tag-maritime-en","tag-oceans-en","tag-seas-en","tag-webinar-en","post_format-post-format-status"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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