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First meeting of the STEERING GROUP (SG) of the

OCEAN COORDINATION MECHANISM (OCM)

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Saint George's, Grenada

13-14 May 2025

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SGM1 Agenda Item 10

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Expansion of the OCM Membership

Engagement of Observers in the OCM’s business

OCM engagement with the wider stakeholder community

Promotion of multi-stakeholder partnerships

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(v 1.0 - 9 April 2025)

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Antigua & Barbuda • Aruba • The Bahamas • Belize • Costa Rica • Curacao • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haití • Honduras • Netherlands on behalf of Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius • Panama • St. Kitts & Nevis • Saint Lucia • Sint Maarten • Suriname • USA

(*OCM Steering Group member States & Territories - status on 11 April 2025)

The activities of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism

are financially supported by

the UNDP/GEF/UNOPS PROCARIBE+ Project

CARICOM Secretariat • CCAD • CRFM • IOC of UNESCO (IOCARIBE) • OECS Commission • OSPESCA • UNDP • UN ECLAC • UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat

(*OCM Executive Group member IGOs- status on 11 April 2025)

“Whole-of-Society approach”

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The whole of interactions among

governments, civil society, private sector and academia

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to tackle challenges

affecting the ocean and their dependent societies

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and in the pursuit of

ocean protection & conservation and

ocean-based and resilient sustainable development opportunities

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INTERACTIVE OCEAN GOVERNANCE

THE OCM IS TO SUPPORT:

OCM

Steering Group

(countries)

OCM

Secretariat (PROCARIBE+ PMCU)

Consultant(s)/Companies hired by the PROCARIBE+ PMCU

to deliver the output(s)

Working Group X

OCM

P A R T N E R S H I P S

other WGs

Wider marine / BE stakeholder community

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global, (sub)regional, national…

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OCM

Executive Group (IGOs)

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Other

non-OCM WGS

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OCM MOU Article XX (SIGNATURE):

OCM MOU Article X (STEERING GROUP):

3.g. The SG is to invite States and Territories in the MoU Area, as well as, in coordination with the EG, IGOs whose objectives are aligned with the purposes of this MoU and that are active in the MoU Area, to become Signatories to the OCM

2. This MoU is open for signature by any State, Territory or IGO listed in Annex 1.

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4. After commencement of this MoU a request to become a Signatory by an IGO not listed in Annex 1(..) is expected to be subject to consensus decisions of both the SG and EG.

OCM MOU Article XI (EXECUTIVE GROUP):

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3.d. Make recommendations to the SG to further the purpose, objectives and functions of the OCM

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1. States, Territories, and IGOs inside or outside of the MoU Area,

or other relevant bodies and entities,

may be invited by a decision of the Steering Group

to associate themselves with this Coordination Mechanism as observers.

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OCM MOU Article V. Observers

1.e. The Steering Group may adopt, determine and regulate its own procedures, including procedures related to decision-making, the selection and rotation of the Chair, and the attendance and participation of observers at its meetings in accordance with the terms of this MoU;

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1.g. Invite States and Territories in the MoU Area, as well as, in coordination with the Executive Group, IGOs whose objectives are aligned with the purposes of this MoU and that are active in the MoU Area, to become Signatories to this MoU;

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OCM MOU Article X. Steering Group

2.e. The Executive Group may adopt, determine and regulate its own procedures, including procedures related to decision-making, the selection and rotation of the Chair, and the attendance and participation of observers at its meetings, in accordance with the terms of this MoU.

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OCM MOU Article XI. Executive Group

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What Parties, other than those listed in Annex 1

should be considered for observership, or membership?

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Suggestion:

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consider / differentiate between

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• essential/permanent observers

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• to the OCM (as a whole)
• to the OCM SG
• to the EG

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• ad hoc observers (specific OCM business)

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• “resource persons”

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Donor Community, IFIs,....?

POINTS TO BE DISCUSSED

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agrees that invitations be extended to all States and Territories [and IGOs] listed in Annex 1 to the OCM MOU and that have not yet signed the MOU, to attend the Meetings of the OCM Steering Group as Observers, [and to also be invited to engage in any further OCM SG business in that same quality]

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[(re)confirms that] [clarifies that], following the commencement of the OCM MOU, the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) that wish to do so and that are listed under OCM MOU Annex 1 "Potential Signatories for MOU Commencement", "States and Territories", item 31.a-e, [to] [can] join the OCM as individual OCM members by directly signing the OCM MOU [in coordination with the United Kingdom].

PROPOSED draft SGM1 DECISIONS

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The OCM Steering Group (SG)

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• The Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) will hold its annual conference in Cartagena, Colombia, in October 2025
• Week before: “Living Data” conference, in Bogota, Colombia (GBIF, OBIS,...)
• The GEF IW:LEARN Project has funds to:
• help co-finance a Regional Ocean Governance Dialogue (target region: LAC)
• help co-finance an intra-regional SIDS Workshop (target region: Caribbean)
• Project twinnings: GEF Projects PROCARIBE+ and African SIDS have submitted a proposal
• SIDS Coalition for Nature

PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN SUPPORT OF OCM WORK PROGRAMME:

first PROCARIBE+ co-funded Regional Partnership Forum @ occasion of GCFI, centered around “Collaborating towards a Wider Caribbean Marine Data & Information Management Landscape”

POINTS TO BE DISCUSSED

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