<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues in the FOME,<div><br></div><div>Apologies for cross-posting but perhaps you may have colleagues who might find the information below useful. Appreciate if you can forward this. A highlight that might be relevant is the adelphi GmbH, a Berlin-based NGO, has been selected as one of the first cohort of Ocean Innovators. </div><div><br></div><div>With thanks and well wishes.</div><div>Tine on behalf of the UNDP OIC Team</div><div><br></div><div>- - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">The UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge Team is very to share with you that early morning yesterday, UNDP launched the revamped OIC website (<a href="http://oceaninnovationchallenge.org">http://oceaninnovationchallenge.org</a>) highlighting </span><span style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit"><b>the winners of the first call for proposals on marine pollution (SDG14.1)</b></span><span style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, and launching the second </span><span style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit"><b>call for proposals on Sustainable Fisheries</b></span><span style="color:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit">. There was also a UNDP press release including quotes from UNDP Administrator and SG Special Envoy Peter Thomson. Please see the following links for full info:</span><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><div lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div class="gmail-x_x_WordSection1" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><p class="gmail-x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="gmail-x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.undp.org%2Fcontent%2Fundp%2Fen%2Fhome%2Fpresscenter%2Fpressreleases%2F2021%2FNine_projects_combating_marine_pollution_UNDP_Ocean_Innovators_2020.html&data=04%7C01%7Ckhristine.gudczinski%40undp.org%7C1d832be50e8a486ac4d708d8e313e181%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C0%7C637509021808115582%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=RBQcxQ%2FReFfnbOEDrcNYURohp5Ibg5VW5Jfhd5ZoBWM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Original URL: https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2021/Nine_projects_combating_marine_pollution_UNDP_Ocean_Innovators_2020.html. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">UNDP press release</font></a></span></p><p class="gmail-x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><a href="https://www.oceaninnovationchallenge.org/ocean-innovators" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.oceaninnovationchallenge.org/ocean-innovators" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2020 Ocean Innovators (including video)</font></a></span></p><p class="gmail-x_x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vert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