OFI CEO Wendy Watson-Wright was recently featured in a report on the EurOcean 2019 Conference, where she moderated a session on bringing sea basin communities together.
Wendy introduced the session by referring to the importance of creating impact for society and bringing the strong and effective global community together to ensure the sustainability of ocean resources. Wendy also highlighted OFI collaborations with European North Atlantic countries, noting that “collaboration is essential to provide solutions to complex issues that cannot be solved by one partner alone.”
A key outcome from the session was the message that collaboration between different sea basin initiatives must and will continue, but processes to facilitate this collaboration are lacking and must be found. National willingness to implement common agreed research priorities was highlighted as the key to success of the sea basin collection.
