Summary

The 2nd edition of the MSPforum for Latin America and the Caribbean will be the occasion for practitioners involved in Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) initiatives in this region to strengthen and exchange knowledge as well as share their experience and discuss transboundary and south-south cooperation on three related topics: 

• Transboundary MSP
• Biodiversity and Climate and Ocean Nexus for MSP
• Sustainable Blue Economy

Within the context of the projects IW:LEARN, MSPglobal and PROCARIBE+, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) and its Sub Commission IOCARIBE are co-organising the forum with the following partners and projects:

• Ministry of Environment of Panama (Host Country)
• United Nations Office for Project Services - UNOPS 
• Caribbean Environment Programme - UNEP-CEP
• Permanent Commission for the South Pacific - CPPS 
• Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States - OECS 
• Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism - CRFM 
• Caribbean Biodiversity Fund - CBF
• World Wide Fund for Nature - WWF 

When: 20 and 21 February 2025

Where: Panama City, Panama

Languages: English and Spanish