The program for the CIEBD-GG 2025 in Yaoundé is available here

CIEBD-GG

CIEBD-GG 2025

The challenges of the CIEBD-GG 2025

Conservation

Roundtable on Marine Conservation and Climate Resilience

Fishing

Roundtable on Sustainable Fisheries and Coastal Livelihoods

Security

Round table on maritime security, safety and governance of the blue economy

The CIEBD-GG in numbers
400

Expected
Participants

10

High-level
participants

25

Number
of experts

20

Event
partners




CIEBD-GG 2025

The high-profile figures expected

Mme Amina J. Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

M. YANG Philémon

President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA)

M. Peter Thomson

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Oceans

Day 1 – Technical and Ministerial Working Sessions (Experts, Ministers, Regional Bodies)
Schedules Subjects Speakers
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Opening remarks by H.E. Mbella Mbella, Minister of External Relations, Republic of Cameroon
  • Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
09:30 - 10:30 Setting the Scene – Building a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Gulf of Guinea’s Geopolitical Context
  • Opening remarks: WTO Director-General: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • H.E. Amb. Tommo Monthe, Permanent Representative of Cameroon to the UN
  • Amb. Fathallah Sijilmassi Director General of the AUC African Union or Mr. Moses Vilakati, African Union representative (Eswatini)
  • Amb. Nancy Karigithu, Special Envoy for Maritime and Blue Economy, Kenya
  • Prof. Martin Ndende, CDMO, University of Nantes
  • Rym Benzina Bourguiba, President, La Saison Bleue (Tunisia)
  • OOC Kenya representative (H.E. Hassan Ali Joho, Cabinet Secretary)
11:00 - 12:30 Panel: Marine Conservation and Climate Resilience
  • Opening remarks :
  • H.E. Pierre Hélé, Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, Cameroon
  • H.E. Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Minister of Environment, Nigeria
  • H.E. Jean-Luc Assi, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Côte d’Ivoire
  • Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO and Chairperson, GEF or Susan Gardner, Director, Ecosystems Division, UNEP (TBC)
  • David Obura, Chair, IPBES
  • Representative from WWF or IUCN West Africa
  • Pr. Victor Djomatchoua, Economist
14:00 - 15:30 Panel: Sustainable Fisheries and Coastal Livelihoods
  • Opening remarks: Prof. Fabien NKOT, PGA Special Adviser
  • H.E. Dr. Taïga, Minister of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, Cameroon
  • H.E. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ghana
  • H.E. Gaston Dossouhoui, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Benin
  • H.E. Edem Kokou Tengue, Minister of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection, Togo
  • Mr. Honma Ken, Advisor on Fishery and Aquaculture, JICA
  • Senior Fisheries Officer, FAO Regional Office for Africa (TBC)
  • Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
  • Gulf of Guinea Commission Representative
16:00 - 17:30 Panel: Maritime Security and Blue Economy Governance
  • H.E. Moudouma Ndinga Dieudonné Loïc, Minister of Transport, Merchant Marine and the Sea, Gabon
  • H.E. Francisco Medina Catalán, Minister of Fisheries and Water Resources, Equatorial Guinea
  • H.E. Daniel Neto Vaz, Minister of Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Environment, São Tomé and Príncipe
  • ICC Yaoundé Representative
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO), regional coordinaton
  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ghada Fathi Waly
  • Prof. Maurice Kengne Kamga, Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
18:00 – 19:00 Review of the Yaoundé Ministerial draft Declaration by Experts from official delegations.
Day 2 – High-Level Segment and Ministerial Declaration (Heads of State, PGA Office, Ministers)
Schedules Subjects Speakers
09:00 - 09:30 Opening of the High-Level Segment
  • H.E. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon or Representative
  • H.E. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN
  • Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
  • Senior Representative from the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA)
  • Reflections on outcomes of Day 1
09:30 - 11:30 Ministerial Roundtable – Accelerating Regional Action Ministers from: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo
11:30 - 12:30 Adoption of the Yaoundé Ministerial Declaration and Closing Ceremony
  • Government of Cameroon
  • Ambassador Peter Thomson
  • Senior representative from the Office of the PGA
  • Official endorsement of the declaration
14:00 - 15:30 Dialogue on Finance, Innovation and Partnerships
  • African Development Bank
  • Océans 5
  • Private sector leaders: Ørsted, Maersk, TotalEnergies, OceanHub Africa
  • Innovation and community-led voices: ABALOBI
  • Cameroonian business leaders: Célestin Tawamba, President of GECAM
15:30 - 16:30 Press Briefing and Media Engagement
  • Key messages from the Ministerial Declaration
  • Media (Government of Cameroon and PGA Office)

CIEBD-GG 2025

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reception and stay of conference participants pleasant.

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