Connect the region through Blue economy - Dr Thakur & Dr Youdon, Workshop 2 - Blue Economy
Channel: The Bridge Tank
Date: 2022-02-22

Dr. Saurabh Thakur, Associate Fellows, National Maritime Foundation, India, expressed the idea of blue economy as a connecting element in the region that can lead to a regional blue economy strategy. He highlights the necessity of understanding top down and bottom up contents on how the blue economy is going to be implemented in the region. 

Dr. (Mrs.) Chime Youdon, Associate Fellows, National Maritime Foundation, India, insisted on 3 elements to keep the conversation going to start identifying blue economy’s solutions: Data collection methodology; Lack of climate change modeling and climate projection in India & Regional cooperation related to blue economy.

The Bridge Tank is in charge of organizing three workshops to understand the way in which Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka adapt to the physical impacts of climate change of the fishery resource and to identify the priorities, the opportunities and the needs for action. By identifying contacts for the AFD with fisheries resource management bodies and influential national or regional think tanks, these workshops aim to open discussion with any stakeholders engaged in this topic. 

This second workshop: Blue Economy in the Bay of Bengal - Implementation Issues, aims to open discussions between experts, policy makers and economic actors to identify gaps and challenges that impede a concrete and efficient implementation of blue economy value chains in the Bay of Bengal region. By linking research and operational approaches, this workshop conducts a collective inventory of data gathering and treatment systems, logistic and financial resources and gaps for sustainable blue economy activities (value chains and social and natural resilience) implementation and acceleration. 

Panel 2: National framework for improved coordination between public, private entities, researchers and implementers

In the Bay of Bengal countries, lack of coordination between public, private entities, researchers and implementers result in difficulty to drive strong, resilient and sustainable blue economy activities. Transversal and transparent coordination is needed to encourage public policy actions, and boost public and private investment for blue economy mainstreaming, such as infrastructures related to fisheries activities, access to market, legal framework, and social services for people. 

Watch panel 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J5Flm9soPc 
Watch panel 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnWKG...

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