Attendance at Final Coordination Meeting of the IAEA project INT7019 (7–11 October 2019) / 12.11.2019

INT7019 (Supporting a Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network – toward increased Involvement of developing states) meeting was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Bor Krajnc represented the Slovenian part of the project where our department participates in collaboration with the Marine Biological Station of the National Institute of Biology.

Meeting was attended by representatives of the countries of Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Namibia, Peru, Philippines, Slovenia, Thailand and Turkey. Work of regional groups was discussed together with the plans for the future such as the possibility of extending or reapplying for the project and exploring the possibilities for applying to Ocean Acidification projects outside of IAEA. Within the project, a science communication workshop (focusing on the topic of ocean acidification) with stakeholders, the public and project promoters was held.

IAEA information about the project: https://www.iaea.org/projects/tc/int7019

Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network: http://www.goa-on.org/

International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification: https://www.oaalliance.org/

African regional hub (OA-Africa): https://www.oa-africa.net/

Latin American Regional hub (LAOCA): https://laoca.cl/en/

Mediterranean Ocean Acidification Hub (OA Med-Hub): http://www.goa-on.org/regional_hubs/mediterranean/about/introduction.php