Nairobi Convention Secretariat
The Nairobi Convention holds meetings of its Contracting Parties every two years to review the implementation of their decisions. The ninth meeting of the Contracting Parties, held from 29 to 31 August 2018 in Mombasa, Kenya, was divided into two segments: Technical Experts meeting on 29 August 2018 and a heads of delegation meeting on 30 and 31 August 2018. At the heads of delegation meeting, 15 decisions were adopted.
The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) regional Science to Policy Workshop aimed to promote the linkages between science and policy for evidence-based decision-making and provide timely technical advice and policy recommendations. The 2021 workshop was themed ‘Transition to a Sustainable Western Indian Ocean Blue Economy: Addressing the challenges and seizing the opportunities.
The expected outputs of the workshop were:
