STEERING COMMITTEE

The CLME Project focuses on assisting Caribbean countries to improve the management of their shared living marine resources. A preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) identified three priority transboundary problems that affect the CLME: unsustainable exploitation of fish and other living resources, habitat degradation and community modification, and pollution. It found weak governance to be the major factor responsible for these problems. The final TDA will serve as the science basis for development of an agreed program of interventions including fishery reforms, conservation measures and pollution control. A Strategic Action Programme (SAP) with a shared vision for the CLME will be developed, and required priority interventions, reforms and investments agreed to. Spiny lobster and reef fish pilot projects as well as focussed activities on large pelagics, flyingfish and shrimp and groundfish resources will trial governance models at the local, national and sub-regional levels.

The CLME Project will be guided by a Steering Committee (SC) comprising representatives or National Focal Points (NFPs) of the participating states, the GEF implementing and executing agencies, co-financing partners and other strategic stakeholders. The SC will review and approve all technical documents, review budgets and financial reports and provide general strategic and implementation guidance to the Project Coordination Unit (PCU). It will meet once a year and all its decisions will be made on the basis of consensus.