{"id":638,"date":"2018-11-27T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=638"},"modified":"2018-11-27T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:08:55","slug":"senior-government-officials-and-experts-in-kenya-to-discuss-blue-economy-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/senior-government-officials-and-experts-in-kenya-to-discuss-blue-economy-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Government Officials and Experts in Kenya to Discuss Blue Economy Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">26 November 2018<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-639\" src=\"http:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62ba268d-02b0-4dd4-9ac5-123e95aa8efa-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62ba268d-02b0-4dd4-9ac5-123e95aa8efa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62ba268d-02b0-4dd4-9ac5-123e95aa8efa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62ba268d-02b0-4dd4-9ac5-123e95aa8efa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62ba268d-02b0-4dd4-9ac5-123e95aa8efa.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Senior Government Officials and Experts in Kenya to Discuss Blue Economy Initiatives<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Hon. Dean Jonas, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Barbuda Affairs; H.E. KarenMae<br \/>\nHill, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; and Ideka Dowe, Political and Trade<br \/>\nAttach\u00e9 are currently attending the &#8216;Sustainable Blue Economy Conference&#8217; in Nairobi, Kenya.<br \/>\nAlso, in attendance is Joy Marie King, Director of International Trade in the Ministry of<br \/>\nForeign Affairs, Immigration, and Trade; and Amaya Athill, Legal Counsel in the Department<br \/>\nof Environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nThe three-day conference will be hosting 4,000 participants from around the world to explore<br \/>\nand coordinate avenues for harnessing the potential of oceans, seas, lakes and rivers to improve<br \/>\nthe lives of all, particularly people in developing states, women, youth and indigenous peoples.<br \/>\nThe conference will also focus on the latest innovations, scientific advances, and best practices<br \/>\nto build prosperity while conserving our waters for future generations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nEarlier today, Minister Jonas was a featured guest speaker during an OECD panel discussion<br \/>\non &#8216;Reaping the Benefits of the Blue Economy to Deliver on the 2030 Agenda: Gearing up<br \/>\nInternational Co-operation and Concessional Finance&#8217;. Minister Jonas&#8217; presentation focused on<br \/>\nthe core socio-economic and environmental measures that the Government of Antigua and<br \/>\nBarbuda will seek to prioritise in the transition to a sustainable ocean economy. Also, Minister<br \/>\nJonas outlined possible obstacles that the twin-island state may encounter during the transition<br \/>\nperiod and ways in which the international community could help to facilitate the<br \/>\nimplementation of the Blue Economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\nOn Wednesday, Minister Jonas will be addressing the conference on the impact of the<br \/>\nCommonwealth Marine Economies Programme (CMEP) and how it is helping Antigua and<br \/>\nBarbuda to develop Blue Economy opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 November 2018 &nbsp; Senior Government Officials and Experts in Kenya to Discuss Blue Economy Initiatives The Hon. Dean Jonas, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Barbuda Affairs; H.E. KarenMae Hill, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}