Sea Beyond: Mobilizing Ocean Literacy through Public-Private Partnership, SDG Media Zone - 2025 UN Ocean Conference.

Conversation on innovative public-private collaboration for ocean education: UNESCO-IOC and the Prada Group.

This session will spotlight the renewed partnership between UNESCO-IOC and the Prada Group under the SEA BEYOND programme, a pioneering initiative launched in 2019 to promote sustainability and ocean literacy through education, awareness, and youth engagement. The UNESCO-IOC and Prada Group will announce a new Multi-Partner Trust Fund, marking an open invitation for other private actors to join the global ocean literacy movement. The panel will explore how innovative public-private collaboration can scale impact and drive transformative change. Audiences will gain insight into the power of cross-sectoral alliances to support the Ocean Decade and foster a culture of ocean stewardship.

Speakers:

Francesca Santoro, Senior Programme Officer for Ocean Literacy, UNESCO-IOC


Marta Monaco, Financial and Corporate Communication Director, Prada Group

Moderator:

Daniele Moretti, Deputy Editor in Chief, Sky TG24

Join us during the 2025 UN Ocean Conference  from June 9-13 and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs.

The Conference aims to drive urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean science, pollution, fishing, maritime transport, biodiversity, financing and cooperation are among the issues to be tackled.

Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.
Related Documents. SDG Media Zone Programme (2025 UNOC)

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