Events and opportunities
Islands of Oppertunities Week, Aruba - BEST technical workshop
There will be a BEST technical workshop, February 20 in Aruba during the OCT-EU Forum. The event shall bring together representatives from the Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions, as well as other organisations and stakeholders.
The findings of the event will be brought to the OCTs Ministerial Conference on 23 February 2017. The agenda will showcase results of the BEST Preparatory Action and the BEST 2.0 Programme, inform about new developments and provide the opportunity to discuss on how to build a sustainable partnership dedicated to mobilising resources to protect the unique ecosystems and the services they provide in the EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories.
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Islands at the frontline of climate change: from impacts to solutions
COP21: 7 December 2015 Le Bourget – Centre de Conférence – French Pavilion
Organized by the French Overseas Ministry and IUCN, this event will assess the situation in the Pacific, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean regions where both Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and EU Overseas are located, all facing the same climatic issues and challenges. Real sentries, these EU Overseas are living laboratories showcasing solutions to be promoted into the Lima-Paris Action Plan.
Read more about the event and see the list of Islands, Ocean and EU Overseas related event at COP21 here.
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Contact : Carole Martinez
Recent events
RICH, BEAUTIFUL AND VULNERABLE –
PRESENTING THE BEST ECOSYSTEM PROFILES OF THE EU OUTERMOST REGIONS AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
On 19 October 2015, the preliminary results of the BEST III regional ecosystem profiles were presented to the larger public during a full-day event hosted at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels.
The representatives of the regional BEST knowledge hubs shared the outcomes of their participatory work developed in consultation with local stakeholders over the past year.The profiling experts illustrated the biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as main threats specific to their region. These scientific data served as the base for the discussion at the local level to identify and prioritize Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), and guide future conservation activities. Each BEST regional knowledge hub concluded with tangible critical areas for actions and investment needs.
Past events
From the Poles to the Tropics- All you want to know about the Association of the OCTs with the EU and never dared asking
InfoPoint Lunch-time conference
The conference will provide detailed information about the association between the European Union and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), starting by outlining how it came to be, its goals and the instruments to achieve those goals. Followed by explanations on programming and differences with ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) context.
23.01.2015. 12.30 - 14.00.
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International Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change: from Strategies to Action
This high-level meeting follows one held in July 2008 in the island of La Réunion, under the French Presidency of the European Union. It aims to assess, six years after its adoption, the implementation of the “Message from Reunion Island”, and define a new roadmap and priorities for action.
22-25 October 2014
2nd Conference of SERA (Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia): from large to small islands
17-21 November. Nouméa, New Caledonia. Nouvata Park
This conference aims to bring together land managers, scientists and practitioners who work in biodiversity restoration at a time of significance for the region's species, ecosystems and landscapes with a focus on restoration of degraded sites, in particular in island regions.
UN Conference on Small Island States
Apia, Samoa, 1-4 September 2014
22 May 2014. International Day for Biological Diversity
The United Nations proclaimed 22 May the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. The theme for 2014 is Island Biodiversity.
NetBiome-CSA First International Conference "Boosting sustainable development from high biodiversity: Prospects for green and blue growth in ORs and OCTs"
27 May 2014. Gran Canaria Island, Spain
Hosted by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) at their facilities.
5th Annual Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) Steering Committee Meeting
Washington D.C., 18 to 20 February 2014
Call for Island Bright Spot recommendations
20-25 October 2013, Marseille, France
