The Regional Secretariat Visits NCC Indonesia to Strengthen the Coordination

The CTI-CFF Executive Director, Widi A. Pratikto, paid a working visit to the Director General of Indonesian MMAF’s Marine Spatial Management, Brahmantya Satyamurti, in his capacity as Executive Secretary of Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) of Indonesia National Coordinating Committees (NCC) at MMAF Office, Thursday, 29 September 2016.

The main aim of the meeting is to have close communication and coordination between CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat and NCC Indonesia in preparing the 12th Senior Official Meeting and the 6th Ministerial Meeting in Papua New Guinea earlier next month.

Left to Right: CTI-CFF Head of Operation, Director General of Indonesian MMAF’s Marine Spatial Management, CTI-CFF Executive Director, Secretary Director MMAF’s Marine Spatial Management, and Coordinator of NCC Indonesia.

The discussion also highlighted and briefed NCC Indonesia of the preparation of MoU signing plan between CTI-CFF and three reputable universities in Indonesia, namely Bogor Agriculture Institute (IPB), Hasanuddin University (Unhas), and The Tenth of November Institute of Technology (ITS). The MoU will provide mutual benefit for both NCC Indonesia and the respective universities in aligning national and regional collaborations in the fields of Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM), Live Reef Food Fish Trade (LRFFT), and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

CTI-CFF Executive Director will also have a working visit to Solomon Islands on 2–5 October 2016 for public lecturing at Solomon Islands National University and to hold several important meetings with the Minister of Environment, Minister of Fisheries, and key persons at NCC Solomon Islands — as well as a short working visit to Papua New Guinea to have progress communication on SOM preparation with the NCC PNG.