Arab Women in Maritime - Biofouling Management Workshop (AWIM-BMW)
IMO’s GloFouling Partnerships project is organizing the Arab Women in Maritime – Biofouling Management Workshop (AWIM-BMW), within the context of the wider celebrations of the International Day for Women in Maritime (IDWIM) on 18 May 2023. The theme of IDWIM this year is: "Mobilizing networks for gender equality".
Date: 10-11 May 2023
Location: Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The workshop aims to:
increase awareness on ships’ biofouling management and best practices in the shipping industry and its importance to both protect marine biodiversity and tackle climate change; and
discuss opportunities for women in the biofouling management sector, identify existing barriers and gaps related to gender equality and recommend solutions.
Background
The GEF–UNDP–IMO GloFouling Partnerships project is a collaboration between the IMO, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to tackle the pressing issues caused by biofouling. The project drives actions to implement the IMO Biofouling Guidelines and best practices for biofouling prevention and management, through policy development, capacity building, awareness raising and knowledge sharing.
The GloFouling Partnerships project also supports developing countries to achieve a number of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and specifically SDG 5 (Gender Equality "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls") to reduce existing disparities in maritime administrations, the scientific community, and the private sector.
Please find IMO Biofouling Guidelines here.