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- 21 January 2021
OCTA Political Declaration
The 8th of December, OCTA Ministerial Conference took place virtually and was hosted by Curaçao.
OCTA members discussed the impact of the crisis in the OCTs, during this last year of (...)
- 19 January 2021
OCTA joins the Greening the Islands Observatory
OCTA signed an agreement to join the Greening the Islands Observatory (GTIO) as member of the Island Advisory Board.
The Island Advisory Committee – one of the two leading bodies of the GTIO, (...)
- 13 January 2021
Job vacancy - KIWA Initiative
There is a vacancy in Noumea as Administrative and Financial Manager of the KIWA initiative.
Position to be filled as soon as possible, for a 5-year period.
Kiwa is a regional initiative (...)
- 8 December 2020
OCTA Executive Committee
Under OCTA’s present statutes, the Executive Committee is composed of 8 Members and one President, elected by the Ministerial Conference every year from among OCTs having an Europe-based (...)
- 20 November 2020
OCTA Webinar on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
OCTA is organising a Webinar on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which will take place on the 26th of November at 21:00 Brussels time (GMT+1).
The Webinar will feature a presentation of (...)
- 9 November 2020
Save the date - OCTA Webinar on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Save-the-date – OCTA is organising a Webinar on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 on the 26th of November at 21:00 Brussels time (GMT+1). The webinar will last for approximately 90 minutes (...)
- 30 October 2020
Island Innovation Ambassador Program 2021
Island Innovation is starting the applications for the Island Innovation Ambassador Program 2021.
This year was the first year that they carried out the Ambassador Program, which involved the (...)
- 9 October 2020
Outermost Regions Forum 2020: Participation of Mr Eugene Rhuggenaath, Curaçao’s Prime Minister and OCTA Chair
The 2020 Outermost Regions Forum will be a virtual event held over the afternoons of 12, 13 and 14 October 2020 from Brussels.
This Forum is a high-level dialogue platform for the nine outermost (...)
- 29 September 2020
The BEST 2.0+ call for proposals has been launched
Funded by the European Commission - DG DEVCO, BEST 2.0+ continues the EU BEST Initiative and is a direct follow up of the BEST 2.0 Programme.
The objective of BEST 2.0+ is to promote the (...)
- 25 September 2020
New ExCo President - Mr Edmond Paris, representative of Aruba
As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting hard our countries and territories. Sanitary and financial crisis have been a constant since March this year. As a result of this, the Executive (...)
- 15 September 2020
EU4Ocean workshop on 24-25 September 2020
The European Ocean Coalition (EU4Ocean) connects diverse organisations, projects and people that contribute to ocean literacy and the sustainable management of the ocean.
On 24 September, a (...)
- 15 September 2020
New pilot call for Culture programme OCTs and ORs
On the 14 September, the European Commission launched a new call for proposals worth €1 million to support artists, cultural organisations and institutions in the Outermost Regions as well as in (...)
- 2 September 2020
OCTA and Enviropea organise a webinar of the LIFE programme for OCTs
The LIFE Programme is the main European Union’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action, OCTs will be only fully eligible to LIFE as of the next programming period 2021-2027, a (...)
- 1 September 2020
Online session on Integrated management of natural resources and sustainable development of small islands
Integrated management of natural resources and sustainable development of small islands
Experts from different geographical areas and backgrounds will lead this session: from public (...)
- 15 August 2020
Meeting OCT success stories! Caribbean Education and Culture Foundation - Sint Maarten
Welcome to our new section where we are interviewing OCT-based organisations working with EU programmes.
This month we have interviewed the Caribbean Education and Culture Foundation (CECF), (...)