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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please find attached the message of the Director General of UNESCO on occasion of the World Oceans Day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission for UNESCO Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit today 8 June 2020 from 12-15h East African time (9 am - 12pm UTC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">The link for the meeting is below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mika.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ODIDO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">IOC Coordinator in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">IOC’s Sub Commission for Africa & the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit : 8 June<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">8 June</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">9 am - 12pm UTC </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The IOC-UNESCO is organizing the first-ever Virtual Ocean Literacy Summit will be held on the occasion of World Oceans
Day 2020 (June 8). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Summit will celebrate the successes of the ocean literacy community worldwide and aims to achieve the following three objectives:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Present the need for </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">shared responsibility, connectivity, and a global vision for the ocean.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Explore the role of OL as an essential tool for the transformation of scientific knowledge into action within the context of the Decade.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Inspire stakeholders, institutions, organizations, and individuals to join the global OL community and contribute to the achievement of its goals in the course of the Decade.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The event will commence with a keynote address that will set the scene by discussing the need for a global vision to drive positive actions towards ocean sustainability. This will be
followed by three panels featuring high-level speakers from different backgrounds, namely government, civil society, philanthropy, science, art, music, sport, private sector, and media, which will convey some key messages and highlight the inspirational values
the Ocean Literacy aims to bring forward. The summit will close with a final session that will invite all the participants to join the collective and transformative work of the Decade. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In parallel to the presentations and panel discussions, a series of videos will showcase existing OL initiatives and activities happening all around the world, and participants will
be invited through the chats, live forums, and through social media to share ideas about their possible contribution to advance a common agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The main foreseen output of this event is the creation of a wider Ocean Literacy community that is aware of the opportunities offered by the Decade and willing to contribute to the
achievement of its goals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">To register:
<a href="http://education.ocean.org/olsummit/">http://education.ocean.org/olsummit/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Peter Pissierssens/ Francesca Santoro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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