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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">WIOMSA and UN Habitat are pleased to invite you to the launch of four cities Blue Economy studies (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Port Louis and Kilifi) and a strategic
\u201cRoadmap for the Development of the Blue Economy in Coastal Cities.<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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lilian Omolo [mailto:lilian@wiomsa.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Odido, Mika <m.odido@unesco.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Invitation to the launch of reports on "Coastal Cities of the Western Indian Ocean Region and the Blue Economy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I hope that you are well. Please assist us in circulating this to your networks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a href="https://blog.wiomsa.net/2021/12/08/invitation-to-the-launch-of-reports-on-coastal-cities-of-the-western-indian-ocean-region-and-the-blue-economy/" target="_blank"></a><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" href="https://blog.wiomsa.net/2021/12/08/invitation-to-the-launch-of-reports-on-coastal-cities-of-the-western-indian-ocean-region-and-the-blue-economy/" target=""_blank"" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:187.5pt;height:124.5pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t">
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center">WIOMSA and UN Habitat are pleased to invite you to the launch of four cities Blue Economy studies (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Port Louis and Kilifi) and a strategic \u201cRoadmap for the Development of the Blue Economy in
Coastal Cities. The Blue city case studies outline broadly the current situation concerning the blue economy in [\u2026]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="right" style="text-align:right">Read the full article here: <b><a href="https://blog.wiomsa.net/2021/12/08/invitation-to-the-launch-of-reports-on-coastal-cities-of-the-western-indian-ocean-region-and-the-blue-economy/" target="_blank">https://blog.wiomsa.net/2021/12/08/invitation-to-the-launch-of-reports-on-coastal-cities-of-the-western-indian-ocean-region-and-the-blue-economy/</a></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><a href="http://blog.wiomsa.net/" target="_blank">Please click here to go to the WIOMSA Blog site.</a></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Kind regards,</strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b>Lilian Omolo</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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