<div dir="auto">Dear All,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This upcoming virtual event on Ocean Accounting might be of interest to you and your colleagues. Kindly pass it around as it pleases you. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks, <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Ibukun Adewumi </div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Research/Technical Expert, Global Ocean Accounts Partnership <br>West Africa Liaison Officer, World Ocean Council<br>Member, UNFCCC/NWP Expert Group on the Ocean (Lead, Public-Private Partnership for Ocean Data and Governance)<br><a href="mailto:westafrica@oceancouncil.org">westafrica@oceancouncil.org</a><br>+33 75 335 9169</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">African NCA Community of Practice</strong> <span dir="auto">&lt;<a href="mailto:ncacommunityofpractice@gmail.com">ncacommunityofpractice@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021, 10:13<br>Subject: VIRTUAL THREE HOUR KNOWLEDGE SHARING WORKSHOP UNPACKING OCEAN ACCOUNTING<br>To:  &lt;<a href="mailto:ibukunadewumi@gmail.com">ibukunadewumi@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br></div><br><br><u></u>










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<div>T<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">he Global Ocean Accounts Partnership will be holding a 2nd International Dialogue on Ocean Accounts on 20 April 2020 (see </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold">www.oceanaccounts.or</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">g</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">). </span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">In order to give members of the Africa NCA CoP a further introduction on ocean accounting, a three-hour virtual knowledge sharing workshop will be held by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology on 16 April 2021. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This workshop is targeting CoP members who are members of, or who are interested in joining, the Africa NCA CoP Ocean Accounting Working Group (OAWG). The workshop is being conducted with other ocean accounting CoPs so apologies for any cross postings that may have been received.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Topics to be included in this workshop include:-</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     What is an ocean economy? Are there differences between an oceans and a blue economy? If so, how do they differ?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     How do we integrate the sustainability of ocean wealth and inclusivity of ocean benefits within ocean resource uses and economies?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     What is an account?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     What are National Accounts?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     What are Oceans Accounts and how do they align with National Accounts?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     How do we use ocean accounts to integrate data from across the environmental, social and economic domains in consistent, standardised and comparable manners?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     How do we go from data to information to statistics to indicators? </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     Ocean Sciences are changing. How can we use Big Data in the ocean science-to-policy interface?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     How can Ocean Accounts and associated indicators be used in ocean decision support?</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">\u2022     Ocean Accounts for Africa?</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The workshop is targeted towards attendance of the Global Oceans Accounting partnership 2nd International Dialogue on Ocean Accounts but is open to all interested participants.</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">To register for this workshop please email </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">Ken Findlay on </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold"><a href="mailto:findlayK@cput.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">findlayK@cput.ac.za</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">copying Peter Katanisa, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:bold"><a href="mailto:pkatanisa@worldbank.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pkatanisa@worldbank.org</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">including the following -</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">1. Email Header: Registration CPUT workshop on oceans accounts \u2013 16 April and your name</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">2. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">Your affiliation</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">3. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">Your interest in ocean accounting</span>
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