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PROCARIBE+ Mid-Term Meeting of the Project Board ● Bogota, Colombia (Hybrid) ● 2-3 June 2026

Agenda Item 2

SETTING THE SCENE:

Meeting Objectives

Project Objective, Components and Outputs, and key Beneficiaries

Review of the Project Governance Arrangements, the Project Board ToRs and RoP

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Review project performance to date, including financial and technical implementation progress, and issues & risks
Review, and approve the project’s revised Work Plan and Budget
Inform the Board of preliminary recommendations from the Project Mid-Term Review
Inform Project Board on progress with project communications, monitoring and evaluation, and social and environmental safeguards

Objectives of the Meeting

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UNDP/GEF PROCARIBE+ Project

May 2023 - May 2028

GEF grant: USD 15,4 M

successor to the CLME (2009-2014) and CLME+ (2015-2021) Projects,

and supporting the implementation of the

10-year regional Strategic Action Programme on the Marine Environment (CLME+ SAP; 2015-25*)

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Conservation & restoration of marine and coastal natural capital = the foundations on which to build sustainable economies and reaching the “societal” & “economic” SDGs

The SDG “wedding cake”

alternative representation of the

2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda, Stockholm Resilience Centre

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Bordered by 26 Sovereign States and 18 Overseas Territories

Includes 16 Small Island Developing States

2 LMEs*: Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems

Wider Caribbean Region (CLME+)

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Enhanced regional coordination and collaboration

Regional Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM)
Multi-stakeholder partnership(s)
New multi-stakeholder regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP)

Enhanced national capacity and enabling conditions

National Intersectoral Committees (NIC) connected to OCM
National Blue Economy scoping + Marine Reporting
Training & Capacity-Building (Marine Spatial Planning, Source-to-Sea, Blue Carbon,…)
Mainstream the marine environment in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) (Blue Carbon,…)

Key actions by all sectors of society

Micro-financing schemes for Civil Society and MSME supporting oceans (SGP)
Enabling conditions for a blue carbon financing instrument (country pilot)
Planning for Blue Economies and Marine Spatial Planning
Enhanced area-based ocean conservation (MPA/OECM)
Traceability for key Fisheries Products
Enhanced gear & practices in spiny lobster fisheries

Knowledge Management and Marine Data Infrastructure

Knowledge Management Hub “owned” by the OCM Membership, managed by the OCM Secretariat, and supported by the partnership(s)
“Blueprint” for the regional Marine Data Landscape/Infrastructure
Development of the Regional “State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies” (SOMEE)
Alliance with IW:LEARN

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The project is structured around 4 components, each one with a different focus.

C1 works at enhancing regional coordination and collaboration, through the operationalization of a region-wide Ocean Coordination Mechanism that aims at integrating all the countries of the region and inter-governmental org with an ocean-related mandate.

Component 2 is working towards enhancing national capacity and enabling conditions for improved management of marine resources.

Under C3, has a number of on-the ground activities supporting the implementation of a variety of actions by all sectors of society.

Finally, under C4, the project will aim at improving knowledge management and the data infrastructure to support the efforts to be made under the project and further enable the implementation of the CLME+ Strategic Action Programme.

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PROCARIBE+ Project (2023-2028): “PARTICIPATING”* COUNTRIES
Antigua & Barbuda	Aruba	Bahamas	Barbados	Belize	Brazil	Colombia	Costa Rica
Cuba	Curacao	Dominica	Dominican Republic	France on behalf of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barth, Saint Martin	Grenada	Guatemala	Guyana
Haiti	Honduras	Jamaica	Mexico	Netherlands on behalf of Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius	Nicaragua	Panama	St. Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia	Sint Maarten	St. Vincent & the Grenadines	Suriname	Trinidad & Tobago	USA	UK on behalf of Anguila, BVI, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos, Cayman Isl	Venezuela

GEF-eligible countries from the CLME+ region that provided a GEF OFP letter for the PROCARIBE+ PIF

non-GEF eligible countries from the CLME+ region

non-GEF eligible countries from the CLME+ region that provided a co-financing commitment for PROCARIBE+

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Agenda Item 2.2

Review of the Project Governance Arrangements, the Project Board ToRs, RoP and NFPs

Protecting and Restoring the Ocean’s natural Capital, building Resilience and supporting region-wide Investments for sustainable Blue socio-Economic development

PROCARIBE+ Mid-Term Meeting of the Project Board ● Bogota, Colombia (Hybrid) ● 2-3 June 2026

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Figure 1. Schematic representation of the composition of the PROCARIBE+ Project Board

PROCARIBE+ PROJECT BOARD COMPOSITION

DECISION-MAKING

facilitation + adoption

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Project Governance Arrangements

Implementing Partner UNOPS (Water and Climate Portfolio)

Responsible Party A

Responsible Party B

Responsible Party …

Responsible Party C

Responsible Party D

Project Assurance UNDP BPPS/NCE: UNDP/GEF RTA LAC Region for Water, Ocean, Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Observers and Resource Persons

Project Board/Project Steering Committee
Development Partner (Supplier) UNDP BPPS/NCE: UNDP/GEF Regional Technical Advisor (RTA) other than the RTA exercising the Project Assurance function Eligible UNOPS representative	Project Executive Country Representative(s) Chair/co-Chair elected on a rotational basis	Beneficiary Representatives Country Representative(s) Project National Focal Points Representative of the OCM Steering Group and Executive Group

Project Support Project Management Unit (PMU) (sub-unit within the Project Management & Coordination Unit, PMCU)

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Component 1:

Regional coordination and collaboration

Component 2:

National capacity and enabling conditions

Component 3:

Key actions by all sectors of society

Component 4:

Knowledge Management and Marine Data Infrastructure

SGP (UNOPS)

PEW

Under Implementation

IOCARIBE

UNEP Cartagena Convention Sec.

Venezuela

IMA

IOCARIBE

MAR Fund

OSPESCA

CRFM

Traceability Brazil

(CEA TBD)

Definition of Work and/or Selection of CEA ongoing

PMCU*/OCM

PMCU

PMCU*/OCM

UNEP Cartagena Convention Sec.

PEW

NCA / National SOMEE in Costa Rica (CEA TBD)

UNOPS Panama & CNAP Cuba

PROCARIBE+ Implementing Arrangements

10 agreements

9 partners

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Observers and Resource Persons

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PROCARIBE+ Responsible Parties (Co-executing Partners), and PROCARIBE+ Co-financing Entities that are not already represented on the Project Board as Beneficiary Representatives, will be automatically invited to participate in the discussions and activities of the Project Board as Observer (i.e. but without decision-making power).

Individual experts and/or representatives from relevant countries, entities, sectors, projects or initiatives (...), (a) can be invited, and/or (b) can request to be admitted to participate as Resource Persons and/or Observers in the activities of the PROCARIBE+ Project Board, subject to agreement (no objection) from the Project Board Members.

Observers and Resource Persons may be invited to take part in the discussions of the Board, but without decision-making powers

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Project Board Mission

“To collectively and responsibly support, enable and ensure the successful delivery of the PROCARIBE+ Project, while maximizing its benefits for both the project-participating countries and the region”�
The PROCARIBE+ Project Board is not intended to be used as a forum to discuss matters that do not pertain to the main roles of the Project Board specified in the PB TORs.

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Project Board Roles

The UNOPS-run Project Management Unit (PMCU) reports to the Project Board.

The Project Board’s role is to provide:

Oversight of project execution performance (“review & assess”)

Approval of project execution decisions (“provide/confirm direction”)

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Project Board Responsibilities

Provision of guidance and direction, and consensus decision-making
Oversee project execution
Project Risk Management
Coordination among beneficiaries, and with other initiatives

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Documents adopted intersessionally after the First Meeting of the Project Board

PROCARIBE+ National Focal Points Terms of Reference: Key Aspects / Full Document

PROCARIBE+ Project Board Terms of Reference: Key Aspects / Full Document

PROCARIBE+ Project Board Rules of Procedure: Full document

www.procaribeplus.org

Additional Guidance for Project Board

PROCARIBE+ PBM3. 2-3 June, 2026

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

For more information: info@procaribeplus.org