Comités France Maritime et Océans Méditerranée

The General Secretariat for the Sea (SGMer) by Prime Minister decision, is in charge to lead and coordinate
the development of the Government's maritime policy and propose the resulting decisions, ensures the
implementation of the policy.
The SGMer is responsible for preparing and ensuring the implementation of decisions taken by the
Interministerial committees, which meet periodically under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and in the
presence of all ministries dealing with maritime issues.
The SGMer is also co-chairing 2 committees one with maritime economy sectors and maritime public
stakeholders : Le Comité France Maritime (CFM) and one with the NGOs : Le Comité France Océan.
In that regard, the SGMer will use these 2 committees to mobilise their représentatives to engage in the
Mission.
As for the first submitted action where only one ocean basin choice is possible we submit the action for the Mediterranean Basin here. The previous submission was for the Atlantic/Arctic

With the Comite France Maritime
Created at the initiative of the President of the Republic, the Comité France maritime (CFM) brings together
the maritime economy sectors and public players The CFM is co-chaired by the Secretary General for the
Sea and the President of the French Maritime Cluster.
1. The objectives
• To remove the obstacles that hinder the development of the maritime economy in a sustainable
perspective
• Identify and prioritize the actions to be carried out within the framework of the State's public policies,
with a view to the Interministerial Committee for the Sea (ClMer)
• Accompany and mobilize the different categories of private and public actors
2. The actions, through the realization of workshops on :
• Port infrastructures and activities
• Maritime financing
• Access to space and reconciliation of uses
• Training and attractiveness of the maritime professions
• The energy transition of maritime transport
• The nautical sector and yachting infrastructures
• European and international cooperation
• Cyber security
• The Brexit
With the Comité France Océan
The CFO is the place where exchanges between the State, its public establishments in charge of the sea,
and nearly 50 NGOs protecting the marine environment are ongoing.The CFO represents a real forum for
exchange and production of recommendations that feed into public policies relating to the marine
environment.
Under the impetus of the steering committee, the CFO organises workshops on various topics. To feed its
work, the CFO holds hearings with experts and personalities representing the maritime community. In this
spirit, it is conducting joint work with the Comité France Maritime (CFM), which brings together the economic
sectors of the maritime sector, in order to converge on common proposals.
Four priority areas will respond to the objectives of the Mission:
• The protection of marine biodiversity;
• The fight against marine waste;
• The artificialization of seas and coasts;
• The removal of brakes and obstacles to action.
The CFO's work program is regularly updated in order to adapt it to the follow-up of public policies.