Meetings & Events of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism

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In this section you will find relevant, detailed and updated information about the meetings of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism. Click on the links to find content related to meeting materials and agendas, decisions and recommendations and lists of participants.

OCM Steering Group Meetings

SGM1.2: Continuation of the 1st OCM Steering Group Meeting, 6 August 2025, Convened Virtually

Meeting Agenda, Decisions and Recommendations and List of Participants +

SGM1.2 Meeting Agenda
SGM1.2 Annotated Agenda
SGM1.2 Meeting Decisions and Recommendations
SGM1.2 List of Participants

SGM1: 1st OCM Steering Group Meeting, 13-14 May 2025, St George's, Grenada

SGM1: Meeting Overview +

The inaugural Meeting of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism Steering Group was convened by the OECS Commission and celebrated in Grenada on 13 and 14 May. The primary objective of this meeting was to launch and operationalize the OCM, and to conduct a collective discussion leading to the provision of a general direction to further the OCM mandate.

The event brought together a total of 55 participants representing respectively 17 and 7 OCM Steering Group Member and Observer States and Territories and 8 and 1 Member and Observer Executive Group Intergovernmental Organizations. Key appointments made during the meeting include Grenada as Steering Group Chair, Panama as Vice Chair, and PROCARIBE+ PCMU as the formal secretariat of the Ocean Coordination Mechanism.

Additional outcomes include the provisional adoption of OCM SG rules of procedure, the adoption of the (preliminary) Steering Group Rules of Procedure and the adoption of the (preliminary) 2025-2028 Work Programme. Due to time constraints a number of matters on the agenda could not be addressed. For this reason the SG will convene virtually on the 6th of August to address the most urgent pending matters from SGM1.

(Video) Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Opening Remarks +

Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

You can also find the opening remarks from the Director of the OCM Secretariat and PROCARIBE+ Coordinator, Patrick Debels here.

Meeting Agenda, Decisions and Recommendations and List of Participants +

Meeting photos +

Meeting photos

OCM Executive Group Meetings

EGM1: 1st OCM Executive Group Meeting, 24 February 2025, Convened Virtually by the OECS Commission

The First Meeting of the Executive Group of the Wider Caribbean Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM EGM1) was held virtually on February 24, 2025, convened by the OECS Commission. The meeting aimed to establish OCM Executive Group governance arrangements, facilitate strategic and tactical decision-making for the OCM's way forward (including support from the UNDP/GEF/UNOPS PROCARIBE+ Project), and develop recommendations for the OCM Steering Group's first meeting.

Meeting Agenda, Decisions and Recommendations and List of Participants +

Background Materials +

OCM Special Events

OCM Special Events +