This virtual session “Co-designing the science and capacity we need for the Mediterranean Region” is convened by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, the Italian Oceanographic Commission, the European Commission, the United Nations Environment/ Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP), the Mediterranean Science Commission, with the support of the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and in collaboration with the BlueMed Initiative, as part of the Ocean Decade Virtual Series.

The session will be organised in two parts:
-Part 1 – What are the main challenges and opportunities for collaborative research at regional level?
-Part 2 – What are the capacity development, training, education and resource needs at regional level?