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The latest news :

• 1 March 2021
  OCTA Report: Participation of OCTs in EU programmes 2014 - July 2020
  We are pleased to announce the publication of the updated report on the participation of OCTs in EU programmes. The success of the first edition, that represented the creation of the first (...)
• 23 February 2021
  OCTA report on migration received by the Crisis Management Office (BRA)
  The national coordinator for the Venezuelan crisis and Crisis Management Office (Bureau Rampenbestrijding Aruba-BRA), M. Rino Hermans, has received today from M. Edmond Paris, President of the (...)
• 22 February 2021
  Job vacancy at OCTA
  The Association of Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTA) is looking for a Project Assistant - Administrative and Finance who will provide a junior profile, with a (...)
• 12 February 2021
  Launch of a ‘Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency’
  The Council of the European Union has approved the launch of a ‘Global Alliance on Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency’ (GACERE), which will take place in the margins of the United Nations (...)
• 12 February 2021
  EU joins the International Coral Reef Initiative
  Ocean governance: the EU joins the International Coral Reef Initiative to protect marine ecosystems - In the context of the EU’s ambitious International Ocean Governance agenda, the ICRI (...)
• 12 February 2021
  First BlueInvest fund agreements
  First BlueInvest fund agreements secure EUR 45 million for the blue economy - During the BlueInvest Day conference in Brussels, EIF Chief Executive Alain Godard and Virginijus Sinkevičius, (...)
• 8 February 2021
  18th edition of the International Festival of Oceanic Documentary Film (FIFO)
  From 6 to 14 February 2021, the International Festival of Oceanian Documentary Film (FIFO) will offer a selection of Oceanian documentaries in a 100% digital version. 80 documentary films have (...)
• 26 January 2021
  OCTA Webinar 2021: EU4Health
  The first OCTA webinar of 2021 is taking place on Wednesday 27 January. The event, co-organised with the European Commission will present the new EU4Health programme. The event will take place (...)
• 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 (...)

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