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The latest news :

• 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), (...)
• 23 June 2020
  UPDATE: EU Sustainable Energy Week: Islands as champions of the green recovery?
  UPDATE: For those of you who were not able to enjoy the webinar live, the recording and the presentations can be accessed here: Event recording and presentations In the framework of the EU (...)
• 15 June 2020
  Webinar 1: "Dialogue on Marine Solutions in the Pacific"
  The BEST Initiative seeks to promote the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of ecosystem services, including ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and (...)
• 5 May 2020
  Report on the Oceans Conference
  The report on the Oceans Conference, which took place on the 16-17 October 2019, is now available. The OCTA Chair, the Prime Minister of Curaçao, M. Rhuggenaath, chaired the conference. In the (...)
• 5 May 2020
  Report on the Sustainable Energy workshop
  OCTA’s workshop, which took place on 9-10 December 2019 on the topic of sustainable energy, served as a platform for OCT representatives and energy experts to share best practices and experiences (...)

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