Overseas Countries and Territories Association

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:

• Reuben Meade, Premier of Montserrat (1 January – 31 December 2011)
• Kuupik Kleist, Prime Minister of Greenland (1 January – 31 December 2012)
• Stéphane Artano, President of the Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1 January – 31 December 2013)
• Orlando Smith, Premier of British Virgin Islands (1 January 2014 – 26 February 2015)
• Ivar Asjes, Prime Minister of Curaçao (26 February 2015 – 31 August 2015)
• Bernard Whiteman, Prime Minister of Curaçao (31 August 2015 – 25 February 2016)
• Michiel Godfried Eman, Prime Minister of Aruba (25 February 2016 – 23 February 2017)
• Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (23 February 2017 – 22 February 2018)
• Édouard Fritch, President of French Polynesia (since 22 February 2018)

The members of OCTA are:[4]

Member	Location	Status
Anguilla	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory
Aruba	Caribbean	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Bermuda	North Atlantic	British Overseas Territory
Bonaire	Caribbean	Special municipality of the Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory
Cayman Islands	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory
Curaçao	Caribbean	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Falkland Islands	South America	British Overseas Territory
French Polynesia	Pacific Ocean	Overseas collectivity of France
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Indian Ocean and Antarctica	Overseas territory of France
Greenland	North America and Arctic	Autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
Montserrat	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory
New Caledonia	Pacific Ocean	Special collectivity of France
Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Ocean	British Overseas Territory
Saba	Caribbean	Special municipality of the Netherlands
Saint Barthélemy	Caribbean	Overseas collectivity of France
Sint Eustatius	Caribbean	Special municipality of the Netherlands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	South Atlantic	British Overseas Territory
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	Overseas collectivity of France
Sint Maarten	Caribbean	Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean	British Overseas Territory
Wallis and Futuna	Pacific Ocean	Overseas collectivity of France

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)

• European Union
• Special member state territories and the European Union

• Official website
• Founding document (27 November 2001)

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