The talks will have the format of a seven-minute talk, where a moderator asks questions to one or two speakers, followed by a five-minute interaction with the audience.
Title Speaker(s) Date & Time Moderator
The Mediterranean MPA Forum partnership, process and MPA roadmap
  • Ms Puri CANALS (MedPAN President)
  • Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
 Saturday 10 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Saba GUELLOUZ (SPA/RAC)
The MedFund: a conservation trust fund to improve the management of Mediterranean MPAs
  • Mr Khalil ATTIA (SPA/RAC Director)
  • Ms Puri CANALS (MedPAN President)
 Saturday 10 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
The SAIS-EBSA transferable process: A transboundary governance framework for the sustainable management of the South Adriatic Ionian Strait EBSA (SAIS-EBSA)
  • Mr Peter MACKELWORTH (Marine Institute Croatia) (online)
  • Ms Ivana STOJANOVIĆ (Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Montenegro) (online)
  • Mr Mitja BRICELJ (EUSAIR TSG3 Pillar coordinator, Water and Investments Directorate, Slovenia) (online)
 Monday 12 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Mr Khalil ATTIA (SPA/RAC Director)
The “Med Conservation Grant Tracker” – nine donor organizations come together to map conservation action in the Mediterranean
  • Ms Lina HANSSON (FPA2) (online)
  • Ms Charlène MINSTER (MAVA Foundation) (online)
 Monday 12 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
The Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMIs) and the SPAMI Twinning Programme
  • Ms Saba GUELLOUZ (SPA/RAC)
  • Mr Oliviero MONTANARO (Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy)
 Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
The importance of networks of MPA managers and their effectiveness in implementing the GBF, the ambitious objectives adopted under the Barcelona Convention and the European Biodiversity Strategy
  • Ms Purificacio CANALS (MedPAN/EU Ocean Governance project)
  • Ms Marie ROMANI (MedPAN Executive Secretary) (online)
 Tuesday 13 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Mrs Purificacio CANALS (MedPAN/EU Ocean Governance project)
PAMEx: the Mediterranean a model sea by 2030
  • Ms Naig COZANNET (Agence Française de Développement - AFD)
  • Mr Kamal DADI (Agence Française de Développement - AFD)
 Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Saba GUELLOUZ (SPA/RAC)
Biodiversity and ecosystems at the core of the green and blue transition in the UfM region
  • Ms Alessandra SENSI (Head of Sector for Environment, Green, and Blue Economy – Union for the Mediterranean) (Online)
 Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 14:00 EST (UTC-5) Ms Saba GUELLOUZ (SPA/RAC)
Together for the Med: conciliation of uses: fisheries and marine biodiversity protection
  • Ms Auriane PETIT (BlueSeeds) (Online)
  • Ms Yaprak ARDA (IUCN-Med) (Online)
 Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Marie ROMANI (MedPAN)
Screening of the film “Sentinels of the Mediterranean: Acting for Marine Biodiversity”
  • Introduction by Ms Auriane PETIT (BlueSeeds)
 Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 14:45 EST (UTC-5) Ms Marie ROMANI (MedPAN)
The Mediterranean Sea declaration as an emission control area for sulphur oxides (Med SOx ECA)
  • Mr Gabino GONZALEZ DEOGRACIA (UNEP/MAP Deputy Coordinator)
 Thursday 15 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Lorenza BABBINI (INFO/RAC Director)
Role of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection in the conservation of terrestrial and marine nature in Morocco
  • Mr Brahim HADDANE (IUCN SSC Vice-Chair - North Africa)
 Thursday 15 December 2022 at 14:00 EST (UTC-5) Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
The Post-2020 SAPBIO: the Mediterranean marine GBF in the framework of the Barcelona Convention
  • Mr Gabino GONZALEZ DEOGRACIA (UNEP/MAP Deputy Coordinator)
  • Mr Khalil ATTIA (SPA/RAC Director)
Thursday 15 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Lorenza BABBINI (INFO/RAC Director)
The Post-2020 Mediterranean Strategy for MCPAs and OECMs
  • Mr Khalil ATTIA (SPA/RAC Director)
  • Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)
Friday 16 December 2022 at 13:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Saba GUELLOUZ (SPA/RAC)
The EU-funded IMAP-MPA project supporting Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries for establishing, planning and managing effective networks of marine protected areas, in the framework of the Barcelona Convention
  • Mr Philippe THEOU (UNEP/MAP) (online)
  • Mr Mohamed Said ABDELWARITH, (Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, EEAA)
 Friday 16 December 2022 at 14:30 EST (UTC-5) Ms Souha EL ASMI (SPA/RAC)