CTI-CFF Holds 8th Senior Officials Meeting and 4th Ministering Meeting in Malaysia

The CTI-CFF held its 8th CTI Senior Officials Meeting and 4th Ministerial Meeting on November 22–26, 2012. These high-level events, held in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, Malaysia, focused on several key issues: progress on the establishment of the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat; review and endorsement of the CTI-CFF Regional Financial Architecture; review of the roles, functions, and coordination mechanisms of the Regional Secretariat with other CTI-CFF bodies; agreement on the criteria and process for admitting new CTI-CFF partners; endorsement of the preparation plan for recruitment and development of operational systems for the permanent Regional Secretariat; and endorsement of the communication strategy and 2013 work plan, among others. The CTI-CFF Council of Ministers (CTICOM) is the highest decision-making body of the CTI-CFF and is composed of six government ministers from each of the Coral Triangle countries. The CTICOM meets annually, and its current chair is the Government of Malaysia.