7. UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)

France

ABOUT

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC/UNESCO) promotes international cooperation in marine sciences to improve management of the ocean, coasts and marine resources. The IOC enables its 150 Member States to work together by coordinating programmes in capacity development, ocean observations and services, ocean science, tsunami warning and ocean literacy. The work of the IOC contributes to the mission of UNESCO to promote the advancement of science and its applications to develop knowledge and capacity, key to economic and social progress, the basis of peace and sustainable development. The IOC is in charge of coordinating the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030, the “Ocean Decade”.

ROLE IN PROJECT

UNESCO is providing Essential Variable (EV) delivery, setting up data flows into long term archives and the creation of data and metadata specifications (WP1); developing biodiversity variables based on Environmental DNA (eDNA) for Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) as part of WP2. They are leading WP6, developing and coordinating the Community of Practice (CoP) and co-design/co-creation and measure the impact of MARCO-BOLO on improving the effectiveness of the current marine biological observing system.

CONTACT:

Ward Appeltans|w.appeltans@unesco.org
Lisa Benedetti|l.benedetti@unesco.org