Upcoming meeting of Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group targets finalization of CTI-CFF RPOA 2.0

Manado, Indonesia – As the commitments in the 1st CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA) continue to be implemented, the six member countries of the Coral Triangle expect tangible and significant improvements in the health of coral reefs, the status of food security, and the welfare of coastal and marine communities.

To ensure that these improvements continue, the CTI-CFF, through its Regional Secretariat (RS), is pursuing the finalization of the renewal of the CTI-CFF RPOA 2.0. The RPOA 2.0 aims to focus and align regional collaboration to support, among others, high-level outcomes that will be considered beneficial by the leadership of the six member countries over the next five to ten years.

The RS had initially scheduled the Meeting of the Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group (MEWG) for 30 March to 3 April 2020. The meeting aims to gather inputs and agreements from the CT6 to finalize the Strategic Results Framework, identify agreed priority and time-bound activities under the RPOA 2.0, and discuss indicators for RPOA targets while harmonizing them with other multilateral environmental agreements such as the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, CBD Aichi Target 11, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Participants were also scheduled to undergo training from a WorldFish IT expert on the redesigned CT Atlas.

However, due to the worsening situation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, the Regional Secretariat has postponed the meeting until further notice.