Start: 18 October 2018

End: 19 October 2018

Status: Confirmed

Indonesia

Description
Objectives
Agenda
Documents
Venue

About This Event

Background

The CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) was designed to leverage and coordinate action and investment across this vast expanse of ocean space. Goal 1 of the RPOA is “’Priority Seascapes’ Designated and Effectively Managed.” This Goal directs CTI-CFF countries to prioritize large-scale geographies for investment and action and expand the use of best practices in these areas. Under this Goal, the first target includes ‘Priority Seascapes Designated, with Investment Plans Completed and Sequenced’. The Sulu Sulawesi Seascape was the first and only Priority Seascape already endorsed.

Seascapes are areas in which the management and conservation of natural resources can coexist to provide a pathway towards sustainable economic development. The integrative nature of seascapes allows for the pursuit of a multitude of commitments, targets and goals to improve ecological and socio-economic well-being. A range of planning tools can be utilized to pursue seascapes. Investment in achieving the elements of seascapes will help the CTI countries meet both international and national level commitments and targets.

During the SOM 13 held in Manila on November 2017, one of the Seascapes related decisions endorsed was the decision “Support the continued progress of the Lesser Sunda and the Bismarck Solomon Sea Ecoregion (BSSE) towards “priority seascape” nomination”. This recommendation was also included in the Work Plan of the Seascapes Working Group 2018.

Following up the SOM 13 decision, a multilateral meeting was held at Jakarta on 20 April 2018 in order to continue the nomination progress of the Lesser Sunda and BSSE as Priority Seascapes. Setting the target of endorsing and adopting the Lesser Sunda and Bismarck Solomon Seas Ecoregion as Priority Seascapes in the upcoming SOM 14 this year, there are several steps need to be fulfilled to meet the procedures for trans-boundary Priority Seascapes designation, as suggested in the document of Seascapes General Model and Regional Framework for Priority Seascapes.

Another Seascapes related decisions during the SOM 13 was “Task the Seascapes Working Group to finalize the Updated Rules of Procedure in time for SOM 14”. This document is essential to play as a guidance for decision making process within the Sescapes Working Group in the future.

In addition, the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Convergence Meeting held in Cebu - Philippines on July 2018 highlighted another concern on the needs of creating sub-regional working groups under the structure of Seascapes Working Group for each of the priority seascape, namely Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape, also Lesser Sunda and BSSE once adopted at the SOM14.

Organizers/Host of Events

Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs
Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries

CTI-CFF wishes to convey its deepest appreciation to the Australian Government for supporting the activity.

List of Attendees

NCCs and SWG Parties from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste,
Regional Secretariat of CTI-CFF
Embassy of Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands in Jakarta
Development partners & collaborators

Objectives

This event aims to bring together Seascapes TWG focal points from CT6 countries as well as development partners and collaborators to:

Follow up and evaluate the nomination of Lesser Sunda and BSSE as CTI-CFF priority seascapes
Finalize the Rules of Procedure of the CTI-CFF Seascapes Working Group, including the proposed coordination structure for each of the priority seascape under the Seascapes WG

Provisional Agenda

Time	Agenda	Person in Charge/Facilitator	Remarks
Wednesday, 17 October 2018: Arrival of Participants
Day 1: Thursday, 18 October 2018
08.30-09.00	Registration	Organizer
	Opening
09.00-09.10	Remarks	Acting Executive Director of CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat
09.10-09.25	Opening remarks	Chair of SWG
09.25-09.30	Introduction of participants	Chair of SWG
09.30-09.35	Review & approval of provisional agenda	Chair of SWG
09.35-10.00	Group photo and coffee break
	Session 1
10.00-10.15	Presentation on the progress made toward the nomination of Lesser Sunda and BSSE as priority seascapes	SWG Indonesia
10.15-10.35	Response from PNG on BSSE	Chair of SWG	Each country is expected to give comments and inputs to support the nomination the priority seascapes.
10.35-10.55	Response from Solomon Islands on BSSE	Chair of SWG
10.55-11.15	Response from Timor Leste on Lesser Sunda	Chair of SWG
11.15-12.00	Discussion	Chair of SWG
12.00-13.30	Lunch break
	Session 2
13.30-15.00	SWG evaluate the nominated priority seascapes	Chair of SWG
15.00-15.15	Coffee break
	Session 3
15.15-16.30	SWG approve and endorsed Lesser Sunda and BSSE as priority seascapes (or not)	Chair of SWG
Day 2: Friday, 19 October 2018
	Session 4
08.30-08.45	Present the results of Convergenve Meeting on the idea of sub-working groups of Sulu-Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda, and BBSE under the SWG structure	Chair of SWG	This was the recommendation of Convergence Meeting in Cebu on July 2018
08.45-09.30	Discussion
09.30-09.45	Coffee break
	Session 5
09.45-10.00	Present the Draft Rules of Procedure of the CTI-CFF Seascapes Working Group	Chair of SWG
10.00-11.00	Country inputs and discussion	Chair of SWG
11.00-12.00	Finalize the Rules of Procedure of the CTI-CFF Seascapes Working Group	Chair of SWG
12.00-12.30	Outcome and closing remarks	Chair of SWG
12.30-finished	Lunch (provided)
18.00-finished	Dinner (provided)