About the Speaker

Mr Benoît Gauthier, Head of the Regional Economic Service, Embassy of France in India has focused his presentation on two directions: A short presentation on the common road map on blue economy and ocean governance which has been set up with India in February 2022, which is built with the sustainability aspect as the main objective. The roadmap is ranked into 4 pillars: institutional, economic, infrastructures and scientific and academic. This roadmap should accelerate bilateral cooperation between the two countries and the implementation of projects. But the real issue is how to further operationalize this roadmap in concrete actions and tools. And a presentation of what are the financial tools to implement the Indo-Pacific strategy? The regional economic department can mobilize grants and loans in projects where there is a sustainability aspect. These tools can be mobilized for monitoring and preserving the fishery resource, sustainable fishing, weather forecasts and preservation of marine and coastal biodiversity.