The final logistical and human preparations for hosting the activities of the 5th World Maritime Forum in Bizerte, scheduled for September 23, were at the center of a working session held, Monday at the seat of the governorate.
During the meeting, Governor Bizerte stressed the economic, touristic, environmental, and civilizational importance of the forum, recalling the need to formulate effective work plans in order to reduce the impacts of pollution, global warming, unbalanced exploitation of marine resources, and other outstanding issues.
For her part, the Director of the World Maritime Forum indicated that this event will be placed this year under the theme of “2050, the ocean”.
On the program of the forum, scientific interventions were provided by an audience of experts and oceanologists from Tunisia and foreign countries.
Interventions will focus on five main themes, namely: governance, geopolitics and security in the oceans and seas, climate and biodiversity and their impact on peoples, knowledge, science and scientific innovation, blue economy, technology, and renewable energies, and a fifth axis entitled “what the Mediterranean do we want by 2050”.