Caribbean Marine Atlas Phase 2 - Kickoff meeting

25 - 29 August 2014,

Courtyard Marriott Hotel Coconut Grove
2649 S Bayshore Dr

Miami, FLORIDA 33133
United States

Annotated Agenda

1. OPENING OF THE MEETING
1.1. Welcome
1.2. Adoption of the Agenda
1.3. Designation of Chair and Rapporteur for the Meeting
1.4. Introduction of participants
2. CMA2: SETTING THE SCENE
2.1. Objectives and expected outcomes of CMA2
2.2. Review of the CMA2 Project Document and Report of the 'Caribbean Marine Atlas Review and Planning Meeting, December 2013'
2.3. '5x5 Session' overview of other regional and global initiatives, relevant to the objectives of CMA2 and CLME+
2.3.1. CLME + PCU
2.3.10. UNEP ROLAC (the UNEP Live platform)
2.3.11. FAO (FIRMS, iMarine)
2.3.12. Comision Permanente des Pacifico Sur (CPPS)
2.3.13. European Commission - Joint Research Centre
2.3.14. University of the West Indies (mFisheries)
2.3.15. ICAN (Marine Atlases, best practices and lessons)
2.3.16. Caribbean regional OBIS node
2.3.2. WWF (MAR2R GEF proposal)
2.3.3. The Nature Conservancy (CCI, ECMMAN, others)
2.3.4. IOC (Transboundary Water Assessment Programme, TWAP-LME component)
2.3.5. UNEP ROLAC (GEF/UNEP/CARICOM indicators initiative)
2.3.6. UNEP CEP (reporting under the Cartagena Convention and its protocols; State of the Convention Area; Regional Seas Indicators)
2.3.7. IOC (World Ocean Assessment)
2.3.8. FAO (indicators under the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF)
2.3.9. Conservation International (Ocean health Index)
2.4. Lessons learnt andbest practices under CMA1
3. IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING AND EVALUATION ISSUES
3.1. Presentations by sub-regional governance bodies
3.1.1. Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)
3.1.2. Organization of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of the Central-American Isthmus (OSPESCA)
3.1.3. Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
3.2. Overview of pre-identified priority monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
3.3. Identification/Updating of priority management and monitoring and evaluation issues at resp. the national and regional levels
4. CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (national atlases and related data systems)
4.1. Barbados
4.10. Saint Kitts & Nevis (new)
4.11. Trinidad & Tobago
4.12. Turks & Caicos
4.13. United Kingdom (new)
4.14. United States - Puerto Rico (new)
4.15. United States - NOAA
4.16. Venezuela
4.2. Belize (new)
4.3. Colombia
4.4. Cuba
4.5. Dominica
4.6. Jamaica
4.7. Mexico
4.8. Netherlands Antilles
4.9. Panama
5. STAKEHOLDER MAPPING
5.1. Updating of stakeholder inventories, departing from the results of Day 2
5.2. Identification of actions to engage stakeholders (WP3 - A3.2)
6. PLATFORM FUNCTIONALITIES AND DELIVERY MECHANISMS
6.1. Identification of data and information services required by stakeholders (WP3 - A3.3, A3.4)
6.2. Functionality requirements
6.3. System design and architecture - overview of relevant technology solutions
6.4. Identify and select preferred system architecture and technology solutions (WP5 - A5.1)
7. CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH
7.1. Capacity development (WP6)
7.2. Communication and Outreach (WP7)
8. COMMON DATA NEEDS, AND READILY AVAILABLE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA SETS
8.1. Common data needs
8.2. Readily available public domain data sets of relevance to CMA2
9. CMA2 SCOPE, PARTNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS, AND 2014-2015 WORK PLAN
9.1. The CMA2 Partnership: contributions by, and synergies with regional and international partners initiatives
9.2. Review and revision of the 2014-2015 work plan
9.3. Work plan 2014-2015
10. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT
11. CLOSING OF THE MEETING