BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d0589cd31b DTSTART:20200604T030000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200604T050000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:Online conference - World Oceans Day. The Blue Economy and COVID-19 Pandemic: New challenges\, recovery measures and resilience [On-line] CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​\n \n\n \n \n\n\nBackground\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic is u nprecedented in our lifetimes. It is estimated that the pandemic may gener ate a decline of world trade by a third this year. The Blue economy accoun ts for about 3.5 to 7 per cent of global GDP.  Blue economy sectors\, suc h as coastal and maritime tourism\, fisheries and seafood production\, mar itime transport and logistics are being heavily affected. Disruption of su pply side capacity\, such as transport routes\, limited access to ports an d logistic closures\, falling demand of some fish products and tourism act ivities\, and a potential rise in the number of sanitary and regulatory me asures are undermining these sectors.\n\nYet\, the impacts among blue econ omic sectors are uneven\, as the level of restrictiveness and type of meas ures taken varies among affected countries in terms of depth\, type of act ivity and timing. Also\, the time and steps for easing or lifting measures could be quite different among countries depending on the capacity to man age the spread of the disease among the population and capacity levels of sanitary services. Given the unprecedented nature of threats and the disru ptions caused by COVID-19\, countries are implementing policy responses an d trade measures with different philosophies\, time frame\, scales and lev els.\n\nObjective\n\nThis online conference seeks to provide an outlook on the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and explore opportunities and prospects for recovery and resilience in coastal and island developin g countries. The conference would be also a good opportunity to identify a ction that partners take to adjust the research\, technical cooperation an d capacity building trade-related response to the pandemic. \n\nYouTube r ecording\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/sQV1s5IBVHY\nhttps://youtu.be/sQV1s5IBVHY "\; target="\;_blank\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad .org/meeting/online-conference-world-oceans-day-blue-economy-and-covid-19- pandemic-new-challenges DTSTAMP:20260707T135625Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR