09:00 – 09:45

Aruba

09:45 – 10:30

Bonaire

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:45

Curaçao

11:45 – 12:30

Saba

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:45

Sint Eustatius

15:00 – 15:45

Sint Maarten

15:45 – 16:30

Greenland

09:00 – 10:30

Promoting investments in the OCTs

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee break

10:45 – 12:30

State of play of regional and thematic cooperation

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

The future regional and intraregional cooperation: next steps

09:00 – 16:00

Visit to Phare Amedee. Boat trip at 8:00.

08:00 – 08:30

Registration of participants

08:30 – 08:45

Opening remarks by OCTA Chair
Louis MAPOU, President of the Government New Caledonia
Welcome and approval of the agenda
Opening remarks by the Chair of OCTA

08:45 – 09:15

Annual report from the Chair of the Executive Committee Reports from the Roadmap 2022 Partenership Working Groups
The President of the OCTA Executive Committee, Mr. Juan THIJSEN (Aruba), will present the activity report of the past year and the roadmap for 2022.

09:15 – 09:45

Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer of the OCTA Executive Committee, Mr. Inuuteq Holm Olsen (Greenland), will present the OCTA financial report for 2020 and 2021, the budget for 2022, and the expected results of the audit that the European Commission is undertaking on the 2020 and 2021 grants.

09:45 – 10:0

Group photo

10:00 – 10:15

Coffee Break

DISCUSSION 1 : EU - OCTPARTNERSHIP

10:15 – 12:00

Round table on the future of the partnership
The OCTA Chair will open the discussion on the post-2021 debate and its implications for the OCTs. The OCTA Chair will then open the floor for interventions by Heads of Delegation on the following discussion points (interventions should be limited to 2 minutes):
- Reminder of the partnership framework = OAD 2021 / EU and OCTA strategies
- Post-Cotonou regional integration/cooperation and relations with neighboring and third countries

12:00 – 13:45

Lunch

DISCUSSION 2 : ARCHIPEL.EU PROJECT

13:45 – 14:15

The acting coordinator of the OCTA Secretariat will make a presentation on the results achieved by the OCTs as a part of the cultural program for the ORs and the Archipel.eu OCTs.

DISCUSSION 3 : THEMATIC PROGRAMS

14:15 – 14:30

11th EDF Thematic - Report on Green Overseas (GO) Programming
Expertise France will present the GO program and its implementation in the OCT.

14:30 – 15:15

Coffee break

OCTA RESOLUTIONS & ELECTIONS

15:15 – 15:30

Elections for OCTA Chair and Vice Chair, Executive Committee Chair and members, and Audit Committee
The OCTA Chair, Vice Chair, Chair of the Executive Committee, members of the Executive Committee and the Audit Committee shall be elected from among candidates nominated by the OCT Governments.

15:30 – 16:00

Presentation and approval of the Administrative Resolutions and the Political Declaration
The Chairman of the Ministerial Conference shall read out the Administrative Resolutions and the Political Declaration, and shall invite the political leaders of the OCTs to approve these two documents.

16:30 – 17:00

Signing ceremony of the Political Declaration and Administrative Resolutions
The signing ceremony of the Political Declaration and Administrative Resolutions by the Heads of Delegations of the OCTs will take place.

17:45 – 18:00

Closing remarks by the outgoing OCTA Chair Statement by the incoming OCTA Chair

19:00 – 21:30

OCTA Gala Dinner (Presidency of New Caledonia)

08:30

Registration – Meridien hotel

09:00 – 09:15

Official Photo

09:15 – 09:25

Welcome Address
Louis Mapou, Chair of OCTA and President of New Caledonia

09:25 – 09:35

Keynote Speech
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships

09:35 – 10:45

Plenary (political segment)

10:45 – 11:05

Coffee break

11:05 – 12:00

Plenary (political segment)

12:00 – 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 15:15

EU-OCT partnership
Youth engagement
Dialogue on Green transitions
Promoting intra-regional cooperation and investments

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 16:15

Visibility event
Launch Multiannual Programmes and Annual Action Plans  

16:15– 16:35

Closure of the Forum and joint conclusions
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships
Prime Minister of Greenland, in-coming chair of OCTA (tbc)

19:00 – 21:00

Forum Gala Dinner offered by EU