- Expert(s)
- Marta Fernández Fornieles
- Website
- City
- Brussels
- Country
- Belgium
- Type of member
- Inter-governmental
- Sea basin regions
- Arctic OceanInternational (other sea-basins / ocean)
- Topics
- Climate and the ocean
- Environmental domains
- Other
- Main activities
- Advocacy
The of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA) brings together the governments of the 13 Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTs). These are French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Barthelemy, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna (linked to France); Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten (linked to The Netherlands) and Greenland (linked to Denmark). The OCTs are located in the Atlantic, Antarctic, Arctic, Caribbean and Pacific Oceans. OCTA serves as a platform through which the OCTs realise their common goals by working collectively through cooperation, policy dialogue, promotion of common positions and partnerships for the sustainable development of OCTs.