Overseas Countries and Territories Association

Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA; French: Association des pays et territoires d'outre-mer de l'Union européenne, PTOM[2]) is an international organisation founded on November 17, 2000 during the conference of prime ministers of overseas countries and territories in Brussels, Belgium. It includes almost all special member state territories of European Union whose purpose is to improve economic development in overseas countries and territories and cooperation with the European Union. It currently has 22 members.[3][4] On 25 June 2008, a Cooperation Treaty between the EU and OCTA was signed in Brussels.[5]

Overseas Countries and Territories Association
Association des pays et territoires d’outre-mer de l’Union européenne
AbbreviationOCTA
FormationNovember 17, 2000 (2000-11-17)
TypeInternational organization
PurposeEconomic and social cooperation[1]
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Region
Special member state territories of EU
Official language
English, French
Chairman
Édouard Fritch
Websitewww.octassociation.org

Chairmen

Édouard Fritch, President of the French Polynesia and the OCTA Chairman since 2018.

Since 2011, the chairmen are chosen annually and their function is to head the organization and elect an Executive Committee. The current[6] and previous[7] chairmen are:

OCTA members

The members of OCTA are:[4]

MemberLocationStatus
 AnguillaCaribbean British Overseas Territory
 ArubaCaribbean Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 BermudaNorth Atlantic British Overseas Territory
 BonaireCaribbean Special municipality of the Netherlands
 British Virgin IslandsCaribbean British Overseas Territory
 Cayman IslandsCaribbean British Overseas Territory
 CuraçaoCaribbean Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Falkland IslandsSouth America British Overseas Territory
 French PolynesiaPacific Ocean Overseas collectivity of France
 French Southern and Antarctic LandsIndian Ocean and Antarctica Overseas territory of France
 GreenlandNorth America and Arctic Autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
 MontserratCaribbean British Overseas Territory
 New CaledoniaPacific Ocean Special collectivity of France
 Pitcairn IslandsPacific Ocean British Overseas Territory
 SabaCaribbean Special municipality of the Netherlands
 Saint BarthélemyCaribbean Overseas collectivity of France
 Sint EustatiusCaribbean Special municipality of the Netherlands
    Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSouth Atlantic British Overseas Territory
 Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorth America Overseas collectivity of France
 Sint MaartenCaribbean Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
 Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean British Overseas Territory
 Wallis and FutunaPacific Ocean Overseas collectivity of France

Political dialogue between EU, OCTA, and EU member states

The forum between OCTs, European Union and its member states to which OCTs are linked, has been held annually since 2003 alternating between Brussels (Belgium) and an OCT:[8]

  1. September 2002 – Brussels (Belgium)
  2. December 2003 – Brussels (Belgium)
  3. March 2005 – Papeete (French Polynesia)
  4. December 2005 – Brussels (Belgium)
  5. September 2006 – Nuuk (Greenland)
  6. November 2007 – Brussels (Belgium)
  7. November 2008 – George Town (Cayman Islands)
  8. March 2010 – Brussels (Belgium)
  9. March 2011 – Nouméa (New Caledonia)
  10. January 2012 – Brussels (Belgium)
  11. September 2012 – Ilulissat (Greenland)
  12. December 2013 – Brussels (Belgium)
  13. February 2015 – Road Town (British Virgin Islands)
  14. February 2016 – Brussels (Belgium)
  15. February 2017 – Oranjestad (Aruba)
  16. February 2018 – Brussels (Belgium)

See also

References

  1. "Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union – Vision". weadapt.org. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. "Les PTOM". www.octassociation.org. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  3. "Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union (OCTA)". cooperation-regionale.gouv.nc. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. "OCTA Presentation". octassociation.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. Future relations between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories (PDF). Brussels: Commission of the European Commities. 25 May 2008. p. 17.
  6. "Current Chair – French Polynesia". octassociation.org. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  7. "Former Chairs". octassociation.org. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  8. "Political dialogue EU–OCT–MS – Annual Forum". octassociation.org. Retrieved 2019-01-08.

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