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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:World Oceans Day\, Special Webinar. The Blue Economy and COVID-19 P
 andemic: New challenges\, recovery measures and resilience [On-line]
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:​BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in our life
 times. It is estimated that the pandemic may generate a decline of world t
 rade by a third this year. The Blue economy accounts for about 3.5 to 7 pe
 r cent of global GDP.  Blue economy sectors\, such as coastal and maritim
 e tourism\, fisheries and seafood production\, maritime transport and logi
 stics are being heavily affected. Disruption of supply side capacity\, suc
 h as transport routes\, limited access to ports and logistic closures\, fa
 lling demand of some fish products and tourism activities\, and a potentia
 l rise in the number of sanitary and regulatory measures are undermining t
 hese sectors.Yet\, the impacts among blue economic sectors are uneven\, as
  the level of restrictiveness and type of measures taken varies among affe
 cted countries in terms of depth\, type of activity and timing. Also\, the
  time and steps for easing or lifting measures could be quite different am
 ong countries depending on the capacity to manage the spread of the diseas
 e among the population and capacity levels of sanitary services. Given the
  unprecedented nature of threats and the disruptions caused by COVID-19\, 
 countries are implementing policy responses and trade measures with differ
 ent philosophies\, time frame\, scales and levels. ObjectiveThis webinar s
 eeks to provide an outlook on the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pande
 mic and explore opportunities and prospects for recovery and resilience in
  coastal and island developing countries. The seminar would be also a good
  opportunity to identify action that partners take to adjust the research\
 , technical cooperation and capacity building trade-related response to th
 e pandemic.Registration and log-in details: tbc&lt\;p&gt\;​&lt\;strong&g
 t\;Background&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;The COVID-19 pandemic
  is unprecedented in our lifetimes. It is estimated that the pandemic may 
 generate a decline of world trade by a third this year. The Blue economy a
 ccounts for about 3.5 to 7 per cent of global GDP.&amp\;#160\; Blue econom
 y sectors\, such as coastal and maritime tourism\, fisheries and seafood p
 roduction\, maritime transport and logistics are being heavily affected. D
 isruption of supply side capacity\, such as transport routes\, limited acc
 ess to ports and logistic closures\, falling demand of some fish products 
 and tourism activities\, and a potential rise in the number of sanitary an
 d regulatory measures are undermining these sectors.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\
 ;Yet\, the impacts among blue economic sectors are uneven\, as the level o
 f restrictiveness and type of measures taken varies among affected countri
 es in terms of depth\, type of activity and timing. Also\, the time and st
 eps for easing or lifting measures could be quite different among countrie
 s depending on the capacity to manage the spread of the disease among the 
 population and capacity levels of sanitary services. Given the unprecedent
 ed nature of threats and the disruptions caused by COVID-19\, countries ar
 e implementing policy responses and trade measures with different philosop
 hies\, time frame\, scales and levels. &lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&
 gt\;Objective&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;This webinar seeks to
  provide an outlook on the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and
  explore opportunities and prospects for recovery and resilience in coasta
 l and island developing countries. The seminar would be also a good opport
 unity to identify action that partners take to adjust the research\, techn
 ical cooperation and capacity building trade-related response to the pande
 mic.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Registration and log-in details
 &amp\;#58\; tbc&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;br&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\nView meeting o
 n unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/world-oceans-day-special-webinar-
 blue-economy-and-covid-19-pandemic-new-challenges-recovery
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