Media Advisory - Sargassum Conference: Grenada
The fight against the influxes of sargassum kicks off tomorrow! The Conference will drive conversations to transform Sargassum from costly problem into a valuable resource.
WHAT: 2ND EU-CARIBBEAN GLOBAL GATEWAY CONFERENCE ON SARGASSUM
Theme: ‘Turning the Tide: Sustainable Practices and Economic Opportunities for Sargassum in the Caribbean Basin’
WHO:
- Prime Minister of Grenada the Honourable Dickon Mitchell and other Ministers of the Government of Grenada,
- Hon Kerryne James, Minister for Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy
- Mr Felix Fernandez-Shaw - Director, European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships
- Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
WHEN: 1st and 2nd October, 2024
WHERE: Radisson Grenada Beach Resort
WHY: Day 1 kicks off with high-level addresses by the dignitaries noted above. The session will comprise of a series of breakout panel sessions that focus on Unlocking the Potential of Sargassum, Creating Enabling Environments though strategies and National policies, data-driven approaches to collection and forecasting and finally, economic and business models around a sustainable sargassum value chain.
The agenda for both days can be found at https://sargassumconference.eu/.
This event will host over 300 participants and bring together Ministers and public authorities from Caribbean and Latin American countries and European Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions, as well as the private sector financing institutions, scientific community, and non/governmental organizations. It will connect the different actors to identify opportunities for investments and partnerships to support public initiative and commercial operations targeting the different stages of a Sargassum value chain.
This conference is an initiative under Global Gateway, the European Union’s strategy to boost investments that generate smart, clean and secure value chains across the world.
HOW: For interviews or additional information please email media@oecs.int, or call 1758-455-6327.
To register your interest in attending, please email director-gis@gov.gd.
Danny Moonie
OECS Communications Unit