Building and Enhancing Sectoral and Cross-sectoral capacity to support sustainable resource use and biodiversity conservation in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction To enhance  awareness of ABNJ governance to support sustainable resource use and biodiversity conservation in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction through strengthened cross-sectoral capacity building. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. This project will lead to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in ABNJ through increased sectoral and cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination. The global environmental benefits that result from this will lead to the following socio-economic benefits:    Increased food security. Fisheries that are managed sustainably provide an increased amount of fish that are able to be caught. An increase in catch whilst not depleting the stock leads to increased food security. This is of particular importance in a world where the population is expected to increase to 10 billion people by the mid-century.  Climate change mitigation. Sustainable resource use in ABNJ maintains ecosystem functioning, one function of which is carbon storage. Maintaining the ocean’s ability to store carbon through restoration of key ecosystems will mitigate against further global warming and its associated socio-economic impacts.  Ecotourism. By conserving and sustainably using biodiversity in ABNJ, there will be an increase in migratory marine species that, although spend much of their time in ABNJ, also spend time in national waters. This presents opportunities for countries to increase their tourism sectors and benefit from the presence of biodiversity.  Opportunities for women. This project, through its capacity building element, will target women to increase the gender balance of ABNJ-sectors and actors. By building the capacity of women for sectoral and cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination, the project is increasing the number of women in decision-making. This will lead to more management decisions that have positive impacts and results for women, making the benefits from ABNJ fairer and more equitable.  Conserving traditional and indigenous knowledge. Sustainable resource use in ABNJ will result in a healthier ocean overall, including national waters. In turn, this will allow indigenous and local coastal and island communities to continue their traditional ways of life that depend on a healthy ocean. In turn, by protecting and preserving these communities, the scientific community can benefit from traditional and indigenous knowledge which is highly valuable in addressing global issues.The project will deliver valuable outputs that would allow it to contribute to the achievement of the Project and Program global environment benefits through:- Enhancing capacity and knowledge of 1750 Women and 1750 Men to improve cooperative management of ABNJ in 2 regionally-defined ecosystems (Pacific Islands and South East Pacific) within one ocean basin- Building, sharing, and applying capacity, knowledge and information to develop a regional cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination mechanism in ABNJ in the two pilot regions (level 1.5)- Building and applying national capacity and knowledge to support the development of a cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination mechanism for ABNJ (level 1.5)          - Development of an active online ABNJ governance platform that ensures that all actors have access to information on existing governance bodies; facilitating the dissemination of, and uptake of project knowledge and experiences through IW:LEARN; and facilitating the active participation of project staff and national representatives at IW conferences (level 4).