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  • 26\/11\/2026<\/h4><\/div>
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  • 27\/11\/2026<\/h4><\/div>
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    • <\/span><\/div>
      14:30 - 15:30<\/div>
      Opening Ceremony<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      - Rym Benzina, President of La Saison Bleue\n- Abdeljalil Lahjomri, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco \n- Ahmed Mehdi Mezouari, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries and Food Sovereignty, in charge of Maritime Fisheries \n- Keynote \u2013 Africa at the heart of global challenges (UNOC 2025 \/ BBNJ):\n- Olivier Poivre d\u2019Arvor, Ambassador of France, Special Envoy of the President for the Poles and Maritime Issues<\/div><\/div>
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      15:30 - 16:30<\/div>
      Unveiling of the Africa Blue Compass (ABC)<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      - 15:30\u201315:50 : Presentation of the roadmap (300 experts) : Rym Benzina, President of La Saison Bleue \n\n\n- 15:50\u201316:30 : Roundtable: \u201cHow can this report be turned into concrete action for African maritime sovereignty?\u201d \n - Dr Eunice Asamoah, Fisheries Scientist, Professor in the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana \n - Prof. Amel Hamza-Chaffai, Expert for the fourth cycle of the UN World Ocean Assessment (2026\u20132030), Chair of the IOC\/UNESCO Africa Task Force (African Science)\n - Claire Jolly, Head of Unit, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), OECD \n - Sam Megwa, Africa Lead, Lloyd\u2019s Register Foundation <\/div><\/div>
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      16:30 - 17:10 <\/div>
      Neptune Mission Academy<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      - Presentation (15 min) :\n - Ashok Adic\u00e9am, Director of the Neptune Mission, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)\n\n- Fireside chat (25 min) : \n - Abdellah Laouina, Professor of Geomorphology in Rabat, resident member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco\n - Amine Lehna, Director of Development and International Relations, Fondation Jacques Rougerie, France\n - Marina Levy, Director of the Ocean Institute, Alliance Sorbonne Universit\u00e9, France (online)\n - Martin Ndende, University Professor, University of Nantes, France<\/div><\/div>
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      17:10 - 17:25<\/div>
      Task Force des Nations Unies : bilan et perspectives<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      - Tarek Cheniti, Senior Regional Coordination Officer, Regional Office for Africa, UN Development Coordination Office (DCO \u2013 Dakar)<\/div><\/div>
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      17:25<\/div>
      Group photo<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      20:00<\/div>
      Welcome dinner<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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      • <\/span><\/div>
        09:00 - 09:30 <\/div>
        Welcome of participants<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        09:30 - 11:00<\/div>
        First meeting of the African Ocean Panel (AOP)<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - 09:30-09:40 : Official launch\n\n- 09:40\u201309:45 \u00b7 Opening keynote: \n - Carmen do Sacramento Neto dos Santos, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Angola\n\n- 09:45\u201310:10 : Voices of coastal, island and landlocked countries\n - Fahardine Ahamada Ali, Chair, South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), Comoros\n - Gugulethu Faith Hlabangana, Representative, Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market Forum, Zimbabwe\n - Azza Jiddou, Technical Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Fisheries, Maritime and Port Infrastructure, Mauritania\n - Jean-Paul Wong Mpondo, National Coordinator, Cameroonian Network for the Development of Island Localities and Indigenous Peoples (RECADELI), Cameroon\n\n- 10:10\u201310:35 : Regional governance and the high seas \n - Taoufik El Ktiri, Executive Secretary, COMHAFAT, Morocco\n - Nancy Karigithu, Co-Chair of the Strategic Group on Oceans and the Blue Economy, Africa-Europe Foundation\n - Luna Merino, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Ocean & Climate Platform (online)\n - Ahmed Senhoury, Executive Director, Regional Partnership for Coastal and Marine Conservation (PRCM), Mauritania \/ Senegal\n - David Willima, Africa Regional Coordinator, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, South Africa\n\n-10:35\u201310:55 : Science and sustainable fisheries \n - Hamadi Baba, President, National Federation of Fisheries, Mauritania\n - Khallahi Brahim, Permanent Secretary, Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), Senegal \n - Elvis Kum, Africa Policy Lead on Deep-Sea Mining, WWF, Cameroon\n - Fatou Sock, Regional Coordinator, Coastal Fisheries Initiative, FAO (Rome)<\/div><\/div>
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        11:00 - 12:30<\/div>
        Blue Economy investments in the Gulf of Guinea<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - 11:00\u201311:15 : Presentation (15 min):\n - Tarek Cheniti, Senior Regional Coordination Officer, Regional Office for Africa, UN Development Coordination Office (DCO \u2013 Dakar)\n\n- 11:15\u201311:20 : Keynote (5 min):\n - Jonathan Ignoumba, Minister of Transport and Merchant Marine, Gabon \n\n- 11:20\u201311:55 : Cross-Border cooperation\n - Anthony Akpan, President, Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE), Nigeria (online)\n - Jean Renaud Bikoe, Head of Department, Ministry of External Relations, Cameroon\n - Sandrine Djakoure, Deputy Director of Marine and Coastal Economic Development, Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\n - Dr Ven\u00e2ncio Soares Gomes, Deputy Executive Secretary for Natural Resources, Gulf of Guinea Commission, Angola \n - Carole Martinez, Senior Public Policy Officer, MedPAN, France \n - Ysaac Chavely Mbile Nguema, Program Manager for IUU Fishing and Blue Economy, African Marine Conservation Organisation (AMCO), Cameroon\n\n- 11:55\u201312:30 : Financing opportunities \n - Ludovic Arnaud, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD (UN Trade & Development), Switzerland\n - Cynthia Barzuna, Deputy Global Director of the Ocean Program, World Resources Institute (WRI), Costa Rica (online)\n - Adil Chikhi, Regional Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) \n - Sylvia Michele Diez, Senior Natural Resource Management Specialist, World Bank \n - Ahmed Lefghih, Executive Director, BACoMaB Trust Fund, Mauritania<\/div><\/div>
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        12:30 - 14:00<\/div>
        Working lunch<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        14:00 - 15:00<\/div>
        Environmental emergency: towards a plastic-free Africa<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        -14:00\u201314:15 : What global treaty to adress plastic pollution? State of the international negotiations\n- Keynote: Momar SOW, Director of Community Marine Protected Areas (DAMCP) (5 min),\n- Antoine Lafitte, Director, Plan Bleu (UNEP\/MAP)\n\n\n-14:15\u201314:25 : The Mediterranean mobilises\nOpening by Nadia Hai, Ambassador, Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)\n- Keynote: Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development and Environment (5 min) (TBC)\n- Rym Benzina, President, La Saison Bleue, \n- Philippe Masset, Director of European & international, ADEME, France\n- Patricia Ricard, President, Institut Paul Ricard, France\n\n\n-14:25\u201315:00 : In Tangier, Africa takes actions\n- Adil Aghzar, Professor of Oceanography and Coastal Management, Abdelmalek Essa\u00e2di University and Nature Solutions, Morocco\n- Hassan Agouzoul, National Coordinator (National Hub WestMED Initiative for Morocco), SDG Action Strategy Center\n- Imad Cherkaoui, Programme Coordinator, WWF Morocco\n- Jalal Hamine, A. GM&E Sales Manager - Business Development, Hilton Tangier Al Houara Resort and Spa <\/div><\/div>
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        15:00 - 16:30<\/div>
        The blue economy at Moroccan level<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - 15:00\u201315:30 : National Strategy (SNEB), Atlantic Vision, Science and Geopolitics \n\n- Siham Fellahi, Blue Economy Programme Coordinator, Ministry of Economy and Finance \n- Keynote : (5 min): Jamal Machrouh, Geopolitical Researcher\n- Yassine Elaroussi, Head of the Cooperation Division, Directorate of Strategy and Cooperation, Department of Maritime Fisheries\n- Naima Hamoumi, Retired university professor, expert in marine geosciences and training engineering, Mohammed V University, Morocco\n- Nada Nejar, Chief Finance Engineer, Blue Economy Analyst, Ministry of Economy and Finance\n\n- 15:30\u201315:50 : Territorial Engagement, Regional Dynamics and Civil Society \n\n- Kamal Lakhlmass, Harbour Master, Tanger Med Port\n- Nisrine Iouzzi, Director, Dakhla Atlantique Construction (Dakhla Atlantique)\n- Hamid Oulbaz, Terminal Planner, Eurogate Tanger Med\n- Mohammed Adnane Ouzzine, President, Moroccan Maritime Foundation\n\n- 15:50\u201316:10 : Port Hubs, Connectivity and Maritime Logistics \n\n- Omar Akouri, Secretary General, Federation of Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture (FPMA)\n- Fatima Zohra Hassouni, Head of the Division for the Sustainability and Management of Fisheries Resources, Ministry in Charge of Maritime Fisheries\n- Amina Figuigui, Director General, National Fisheries Office (ONP)\n\n- 16:10\u201316:30 : Fisheries, Aquaculture and Sustainable Value Creation \n\n- Miguel Bernal, Executive Secretary, General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM \u2013 FAO) (online)\n- Abdenbi Almi, Secretary-General for Regional Affairs \u2013 Souss-Massa Region\n- Abdelmalek Faraj, Director General, Blue Economy \n- Abderrahim Ksiri, Member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), President of AESVT \n- Rabie Khamlichi, Secretary-General for Regional Affairs \u2013 Tangier-T\u00e9touan-Al Hoceima Region<\/div><\/div>
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        16:30\u201316:45<\/div>
        Coffee break<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        16:45\u201317:25<\/div>
        Engagement and innovation<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - Women\u2019s leadership \n- Asmaa Benslimane, Secretary General, WIMAFRICA \n- C\u00e9cile Couprie, Regional Director for North Africa, AFD\n- Meriem Fares, Director of Marketing, Communication and Public Relations, Tanger Med \n- Florentine Guihard-Koidio, Chair of the Strategic Monitoring Committee, Network of Women in Maritime and Port Sectors, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\n- Chantal Ngoie Mbwese, National President, DRC, WIMOWCA (Women in Maritime in West and Central Africa), DRC\n- Kessen Tall, President, La Marche Bleue, Mauritania\n\n- Innovation: blue projects \n- Amine Amar, Associate Professor and independent consultant, Al Akhawayn University\n- Anuradha Bhattacharya, Director of Programmes and Partnerships, MENA Oceans, United Arab Emirates\n- Adeline Pilon, Co-founder, ELYX Foundation, France\n- Ernest Tindo, Founder and President, Pan-African Youth Organisation for the Blue Economy (OPJEB), Benin\n- Gianni Valenti, President and Founder, Gaia First, France <\/div><\/div>
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        17:25\u201317:55<\/div>
        Cap 2027: Atlantic cooperation<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - Opening keynote (5 min): Val\u00e9rie Verdier, Chair and CEO of IRD \n- Testimonial (5 min \u2013 pre-recorded video): James Morrison, Director, \u201cHealthy Planet\u201d, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission\n- Mohamed El Hafedh Ejiwen, IMROP, Mauritania (Fisheries science of the West African Atlantic coast)\n- Bouchta El Moumni, President, Abdelmalek Essa\u00e2di University (Training and university cooperation)\n- Abdelfattah Sifeddine, Research Director \/ IRD Representative\n- Yassine Zahri, INRH Agadir (Atlantic fisheries economics) <\/div><\/div>
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        17:55\u201318:25<\/div>
        Closing<\/h6><\/div><\/div>
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        - Summary : Rym Benzina, President of La Saison Bleue\n- Closing remarks : Olivier Poivre d\u2019Arvor, Ambassador of France, Special Envoy of the President for the Ocean and the Poles<\/div><\/div>
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