Bali, Indonesia – The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Regional Secretariat hosted the 15th Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group (MEWG) Regional Exchange and Working Group Meeting from October 6–9, 2025, at the Prime Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia.
The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Capacity Building Roadmap aims to enhance competencies for safeguarding marine ecosystems in the Coral Triangle the world’s epicentre of marine biodiversity covering Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. Grounded in the CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPOA), this initiative aligns regional efforts with global conservation objectives, including the global goal to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030.
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| Document Title | Link or Document |
|---|---|
| National Plan of Action: Papua New Guinea | View Document |
| National Plan of Action: Malaysia | View Document |
| National Plan of Action: Philippines | View Document |
| National Plan of Action: Timor-Leste | View Document |
| National Plan of Action: Solomon Islands | View Document |
| National Plan of Action: Indonesia | View Document |
| #th | Date | Location | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| MM-2 | 19 November 2009 | Honiara, Solomon Islands | |
| MM-3 | 28 October 2011 | Jakarta, Indonesia | |
| MM-5 | 14-15 May 2014 | Manado, Indonesia | |
| MM-6 | 3 November 2016 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |
| MM-7 | 14 December 2018 | Makati City, Philippines | |
| MM-8 | 29 November 2022 | Virtual Meeting |
| No. | Documents Name | Documents Link |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staff Regulation & Staff Policies and Procedures Manual 2024 | |
| 2 | The Regional Secretariat Agreement & Rules and Regulation 2023 | |
| 3 | Financial Regulation & Financial Policies and Procedures Manual 2024 | |
| 4 | CTI-CFF - Diplomatic Protocol 2019 | |
| 5 | CTI-CFF - Financial Policies and Procedures Manual 2019 | |
| 6 | CTI-CFF - Financial Regulations 2019 | |
| 7 | CTI-CFF - Staff Regulations 2019 | |
| 8 | CTI-CFF Financial Rules and Regulation_2016 | |
| 9 | (Old) CTI-CFF Staff Rules and Regulation_2016 |
As part of the its commitment to host the CTI-CFF as well as its commitment to support coral reefs conservation areas that have the highest marine biodiversity in the world, the Government of Indonesia has built a new CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat Building and a CTI Center. This building complex is located in Manado at the historical site where the leaders of the six Coral Triangle countries came together for the CTI Summit and World Ocean Conference in 2009.
The Government of Indonesia has invested USD 5.5 million towards the construction of the center covering 6,084 square meters. Apart from this, the Indonesian Government has also set aside 15,000 square meters of land for the center's expansion and supporting facilities. The CTI Center has been designed and built for the purpose of central coordination, facilitation and collaboration of the six CTI Member Parties.
To institutionalise this support, a Host Country Agreement was developed to address issues on the juridical personality of the Regional Secretariat, the responsibilities of both of the Government of Indonesia and the Regional Secretariat and other relevant matters.
The extension of the HCA was recently signed on 31 January 2023 in Jakarta, between the Mr. Gustaaf Manoppo representing the Government of Indonesia and Dr. Mohd. Kushairi bin Mohd. Rajuddin representing the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat, witnessed by Mr. Acacio Guterres from Timor-Leste as Chair of Committee of Senior Officials of CTI-CFF. The new HCA reaffirming the privileges and immunities of the Regional Secretariat to be able to provide better services to the member countries.
Copy of the Host Country Agreement can be found here
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| 1 | Host-Country-Agreement.png | 1.03MB | 0 | Not yet downloaded |
