After successfully hosting the forty third ASEAN Summit in 2023, Indonesia will once more host a world summit, the Archipelago and Island States Forum Summit (AIS Forum Summit). This prestigious event can be held on the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) in Bali on October 10-11, 2023. Indonesia will host the international forum with roughly 51 island countries participating.
This 12 months, the AIS Forum 2023 summit may have a really significant theme: “Fostering collaboration, enabling innovation for our ocean and our future.” The Summit program will deal with three necessary facets: the event of the blue economy, the challenges of climate change and strengthening solidarity between island and archipelagic states.
This 12 months’s AIS Forum Summit may even feature a discussion on illegal fishing, however the discussion is not going to be limited to illegal fishing, but quite to sustainable and protected fishing efforts. We hope that participating countries can work together to deal with the challenges and threats that threaten the sustainability of marine ecosystems.
The partnership and the AIS Forum Summit are expected to deliver numerous advantages. In terms of technology, fishermen may have access to advanced technologies that may improve the efficiency of the fishing process. Thanks to this technology, fishermen will give you the chance to more accurately determine the situation of fish, including their species and abundance, saving time and resources while fishing.
Additionally, the Forum will encourage the event of technologies that may increase understanding and awareness of climate change amongst fishermen. This technology can be a crucial tool for fishermen to predict climatic conditions before heading out to sea.
In addition to representatives of island countries, nine heads of international organizations may even take part in the Forum, including the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the Melanesian States Cooperation Group (MSG), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Additionally, heads of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations similar to the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) will take part in the Forum.
It is predicted that the AIS Forum 2023 summit is not going to only be a forum for discussion, but may even have an actual impact on the challenges facing island states. The summit can also be expected to turn out to be a sustainable forum for island states, just like other existing regional organizations.
