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2022
United Nations Ocean Conference 2022: Meet the Ocean NOW!
The side-event organised by Universidade NOVA de Lisboa was structured in one plenary session and two workshops. The plenary session aimed to launch the proposal of the Bachelor’s of the Ocean to the public. The new degree is a pioneer degree under preparation in which key terms such as sustainability, global challenges, cutting-edge, international focus, and interdisciplinary, trace the path of its students. The Bachelor’s of the Ocean is based on five pillars that intersect in various areas: Law; Economy and Management; Biology, Engineering and Technology; History, Geopolitics and Culture; Information and Data Systems. The intersection between these areas will provide a fertile environment to identify and create opportunities and solutions allowing to overcome obstacles trough a wide, holistic approach of the Ocean. The Bachelor has the ambition to establish an overall understanding of the opportunities and threats, facing the Ocean at a global level and an entrepreneurial and differentiating positioning at a local level. It engages the participation of eight different faculties of two Portuguese universities, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and University of Algarve. Following the plenary session, two workshops took place, the first one entitled “Maritime Spatial Planning: tool for sustainable and inclusive economic development” in which Professors from Portugal and Norway with different backgrounds, from law, natural sciences and economics fomented a debated. The second workshop focused on “Coastal Management for a sustainable development” and the presentations from Professors from Norway, Edinburgh and Portugal ranged from law to natural sciences.
Blue Economy: um mar de oportunidades para as relações Itália-Portugal
To celebrate the United Nations World Ocean Day 2022, the Italian Embassy in Portugal partnered with the NOVA Ocean Knowledge Centre and promoted the event. Opening the session Embassador Carlo Formosa focused on the Italian efforts to develop its Blue Economy. Followed by the Economy and the Sea Secretary General Dr. João Rolo who concluded that Portugal and Italy have all the needed tools for blue economy growth to become a reality. Dr. Santi Cianci President of the Portuguese-Italian Chamber of Commerce reinforced that Portugal has the scientific knowledge and profissionalism in the field of the Ocean.
Professor Assunção Cristas, followed by stating that the Portuguese Law on maritime spatial planning is key for the protection and conservation of the ecosystems and environment while fomenting blue economy. Then, Professors Ugo Bardi and Ilaria Perissi aruged that it is important to think about the past when it comes to sustainable dynamics. Finally, they reinforced that aquaculture has to be studied from the ecosystems point of view. Consul Duarte Bué Alves started his speech by enhancing how critical the ocean situation is. Briefly explaining the role that oceans play. Concluding with the question “are we doing enough to protect the oceans?”.
The webminar concluded with the CEO of Seawind Portugal, Martin Jabukowski, presenting the benefits and importance of wind farms. While, Gabriele Cavicchi, CEO of Marinco, that presented their products and importance to the naval industry.
2021
Launching NOVA OCEAN Knowledge Centre
Launching NOVA OCEAN Knowledge Centre
To celebrate the United Nations World Ocean Day, NOVA School of Law organized the International Workshop “From Integrated Maritime Policy to International Ocean Governance: the progressive development of EU maritime policies”, an event that was closed by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Ocean, Ambassador Peter Thomson.
The event launched NOVA OCEAN, the new knowledge centre of NOVA School of Law, which will operate within CEDIS – Centre for R&D on Law and Society – and will naturally focus on Law, but it was born with a holistic vision and with the interdisciplinary vocation that is in the DNA of our Faculty, contributing to the achievement of major global goals, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 14 – Life below Water -, in line with the adhesion of NOVA School of Law to the United Nations Global Compact, the Blue Agenda of the European Union and the National Strategy for the Sea 2021-2030.