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Contributing to ensure a healthy and resilient maritime Space in the Southeast Pacific for present and future generations . Permanent Commission for the South Pacific - CPPS

Contributing to ensure a healthy and resilient maritime Space in the Southeast Pacific for present and future generations . Permanent Commission for the South Pacific - CPPS • Created in 1952 though the Santiago Declaration • Coordinate maritime policies of member States : CHILE, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR and PERÚ • Institution specialized in maritime issues • Is the Executive Secretary of the Southeast Pacific Action Plan, of which Panama is also Party

Vision To be a maritime system and an effective strategic alliance in the coordination of maritime policies of Member States, to ensure a healthy and resilient maritime space for present and future generations in the Southeast Pacific

Strategic objetives Competitive States in the international concert Science as a support for policy making States and society as vectors of change An informed and environmentally aware society

The Galapagos Commitement (2012) • The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member Countries reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to regional cooperation in view of the new common challenges of the XXI century. • CPPS will support Member Countries to achieve in an integral perspective their sustainable development, taking into account, among others, the ecosystems approach, the precautionary principle and the international instruments aimed at the protection of seas and oceans, respecting national policies and mechanisms in effect in each country. This orientation applied in the areas of sovereignty and jurisdiction of Member States of the CPPS, will also guide its projection beyond that zone, including the Pacific basin.

Regional priorities Marine Science Legal/Policy Environmet • Ecosystem approach (food • The conservation and • Pollution (land-based security and poverty sustainable use of sources, marine litter) alleviation) biological diversity within • Biodiversity (lost of the framework of the • Variability and climate biodiversity, MPA, Aichi United Nations change Targets) • Prospecting, exploration • Regional oceanography • Ecosystems services and exploitation of the (mangroves) • Risks mitigation (natural mineral resources of the phenomena) • Integrated coastal zone under the mangement/ marine • Management of living International Seabed spatial planning resources (fishing, Authority (ISA) aquaculture, including • Data management • Following BBNJ process economic and social aspects)

Collaboration CPPS with IOC- UNESCO/FUST • SPINCAM project (2008-2022) (ICAM/MSP) • Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) (capacity building) • CPPS is an OBIS node (compiling biodiversity datasets) • GOOS/GRASP ( Global Ocean Observing System ) Coordination body and technical secretariat • Supporting the IOC- UNESCO initiative “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) ”

Thank you very much Dank u wel Muchas gracias Contact. mvillagomez@cpps-int.org