Side Events | The COP 13 of the Abidjan Convention

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Time (GMT)	Organizer	Title of the event	Description
09:00-10:30	WACA	WACA, a programme to improve coastal community resilience	This side event will demonstrate, through the objectives, methodology and some results, how the West African Coastal Resilience Investment Project (WACA ResIP) focuses on livelihoods, quality of life and well-being and social development, alongside physical and ecological investments, and what coastal communities gain in terms of resilience and improved living conditions.
10:30-12:30	World Bank, GIZ, Grid Arendal, The Tara Foundation, Sustainable Seas Trust, EAF-Nansen, MEAs	Best practice to manage plastic waste in the Abidjan Convention Region	Learn about the activities carried out in the Abidjan Convention area to tackle plastic pollution, exchange best management practices and discover future opportunities.
14:00-15:30	ABC / GRID Arendal	Planning for the Future: Reflections on Integrated Ocean Management and the future of Ocean Governance in the Abidjan Convention region	Highlight and share key results of the Integrated Ocean Management project and Present the Abidjan Convention Integrated Ocean Management policy.
15:30-16:30	SST GOAP	Ocean Accounting in Support of Sustainable Blue Economy Development in Abidjan Convention Region	The objective of this side event is to provide an overview of ocean accounting and illustrate how various ocean accounts can help assess ocean activity in the Abidjan Convention region and the development of the Blue/Ocean Economy at the national level.
16:30-17:30	PRCM, ABC, IUCN, CSE	Additional Abidjan Convention Protocol on Marine Protected Areas (MPA)	In the framework of the MEAs project launch meeting, the Abidjan Convention Secretariat organized hosted a Working Group workshop on Marine Protected Areas in charge of leading the activities related to the development of the Additional Protocol on Marine Protected Areas and to develop a roadmap. The purpose of this side event is organized in accordance with working group roadmap.