Dear SSJ-Forum,

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)would like to invite you to our upcoming webinar:

*_"_**_Ocean Governance: Sustainability and _**_S_**_ecurity seen from Japan and Europe_**_"_*__


- Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 10:00 a.m.- 11:15 a.m.(Oslo GMT+1); 18:00 p.m.- 19:15 p.m.(Tokyo, GMT+9)

*Speaker**s:***

Professor and Captain Kentaro Furuya <https://amti.csis.org/author/kentarofuruya/>, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); Japan Coast Guard Academy

Dr. Andreas Raspotnik <https://www.fni.no/staff/research-staff/andreas-raspotnik>, Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)

*Chair:*Dr. Wrenn Yennie Lindgren <https://www.nupi.no/nupi_eng/About-NUPI/Employees/Researchers/Wrenn-Yennie-Lindgren>, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI); Associate Researcher, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)

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*R**egistration*: This Teams-based webinaris open to the global public, but registration is required. *Click here <https://nupinytt.wufoo.com/forms/m1dlhjlt1feuu7u/>**to **register**.*


*BRIEF **OVERVIEW:*
Our invited speakers will reflect on their experiences as practitioners, policymakers and academics in their discussion of how to realize a sustainable and secure maritime space. What are the governance gaps that need to be addressed in ensuring the sustainable management of oceans? What more can ocean states, such as Japan and Norway, do to elevate specific ocean governance issues and in what fora?

Specialized in maritime safety and security with more than 30 years of experience in the Japan Coast Guard,*Professor**and Captain Kentaro**Furuya***will discuss Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, which constitutes a threat to the sustainable use of fisheries resources as well as other maritime security issues, such as human trafficking and drug smuggling. Focusing on specific cases in the Indo-Pacific region, he will discuss the role of the flag and coastal states to reduce IUU fishing.