All for oceans, ocean for all
In the time of the plastic era, polluted oceans and climate changes we need to find, and create, new modern ways to deal with this imminent threat. World Aqua Day is a unique conceptual and systematic method for executing the world’s largest ocean cleanup each year. The idea was created by the World Aqua Day’s founder and OACM’s president, launched officially in Monaco by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, and financed by Mr. Bernie Ecclestone, former CEO / Owner of Formula 1. Today, World Aqua Day is developing into the world’s largest media event on the planet, which will include participation of 190 nations. Millions of people will be united on this day to perform the largest ocean cleanup action ever seen, by divers beneath the ocean surface and ordinary people on land. The ocean cleanup will be performed simultaneously across the planet and precisely synchronised by official time keeper because of the different time zones. This is the day when ordinary people become athletes in a race against the time to save the ocean and divers become ocean ambassadors. World Aqua day will have the EOMD Scale Measuring Unit (Extracted Ocean Marine Debris), to measure each year’s result.
The 3rd World Aqua Day’s official opening ceremony is the official cleanup start for all participating nations, precisely synchronised by official time keeper of the hosting country. The opening ceremony must be officially opened by the head of the host state and an official WAD Committee’s member (World Aqua Committee). World Aqua Day’s official opening symbol (old diving helmet) must be passed from hand to hand from the previous head of state to the new head of state who opens the next World Aqua Day. The diving helmet opening ceremony protocol in 2024 will be similar to the official opening by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. The action starts from the moment when the head of state passes the diving helmet to the diver officially appointed by the WAD Committee. The diving helmet must be submerged below the ocean surface, after that the official time keeping starts and divers all over the world can start the cleaning.
The World Aqua Day Committee’s president / founder Kristijan Curavic, founder and investor Mr. Bernie Ecclestone, CEO Mr. Gerhard Heiberg, Stjepan Mesic former President of the Republic of Croatia, are responsible for the economic, environmental and social development of World Aqua Day. The WAD’s global impact will have significant change in the introduction of new environmental preservation measures at a high decision-making level and our approach to creating new innovative ocean preservation methods. The WAD Committee welcomes new members who aspire to support the environmental preservation of the ocean from the government, corporate and organisational sectors with experience and expertise in economy and environment preservation.
The OACM Group’s World Aqua Day has been supported by royal families from all over the world: Norway, Monaco, Great Britain, Jordan, Middle East, and is in the process of uniting them in several global ocean preservation initiatives. In order to make a concrete global impact, OACM Group believes in its long-term strategy of establishing creative multilateral communications between heads of state, governments and the corporate sector, while integrating the world organisations’ objectives in a joint coordination effort to maximise the ocean preservation’s efficiency.
The World Aqua Day Committee’s member Stjepan Mesic, former President of the Republic of Croatia in the period 2000 – 2010, has worked together with the WAD’s founder and OACM president since 2009 to build the organisational credibility, communication strategy and diplomatic relations with heads of state around the world. This OACM Group’s diplomatic long-term strategy has resulted in a successful ocean preservation collaboration with heads of state on many continents: EU – Slovenia, H.E. Borut Pahor with cleanup and certification of Lake Bled, EU - President of Malta H.E. Marie Louise Coleiro Preca with cleaning and White Flag International CSMA Certification of Golden Bay beach, SEE region - President of New Macedonia H.E. George Ivanov with Lake Ohrid’s White Flag cleaning and certification, Africa - President of Seychelles H.E. Danny Faure receiving White Flag award for Beau Vellon beach in Victoria. OACM’s SOS CP System and World Aqua Day have officially received support from the 1st G7 nation, from Prime Minster of Canada H.E. Justin Trudeau.
