Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Mrs Edna Molewa, will deliver the keynote address during the 2nd session of the Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States of the Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, at the University of the Western Cape.
South Africa is the current chair of the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Sub-committee on Africa and Adjacent Island States. The session takes place at a time when the Sub-Commission needs to develop a strategic plan to research and monitor the oceans and coasts around the African continent.
The IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and Adjacent Island States is an intergovernmental subsidiary body of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO responsible for the promotion of regional and international cooperation, and the development and coordination of the Commission’s marine scientific and research programmes, the ocean services, the ocean observing systems, capacity development and related activities in the region by taking account of the specific interests and priorities of Member States from Africa.
Details:
Date: Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Time: 08h30 for 09h00
Venue: University of the Western Cape School of Public Health.
For further information contact:
Zolile Nqayi
Cell: 082 898 6483
E-mail: znqayi@environment.gov.za
