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<span lang="EN-US">Its with great pleasure that I share with you the link to the Ocean Literacy for All toolkit:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is for the moment available only in English, but it will soon (maximum by the end of the year/beginning of the new one) be available in Spanish and French as well.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The lesson plans contained in the tool kit will be tested, in collaboration with the UNESCO ASPnet, in some selected schools of different regions</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The publication was launched during the International Ocean Literacy Conference:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a id="LPlnk403606" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/special-themes/international-ocean-literacy-conference" previewremoved="true">http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/special-themes/international-ocean-literacy-conference</a></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">More than 100 people from 34 different countries met in Venice to express their willingness to work together to advance ocean knowledge worldwide.</span></p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Century Schoolbook">Mika Odido<br>
IOC Coordinator in Africa<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Century Schoolbook">Nairobi, Kenya</font></div>
<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Century Schoolbook">Tel: +254 20 7621244</font></div>
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