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The setting of this chapter is the South Western Indian Ocean and its wider region including countries on the South Eastern coast of Africa, the Maldives islands, and the small island states on the west coast of Africa. The subject is the work of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), an inter-governmental body, in co-ordinating a strategy and programmes of action for promoting the Blue Economy. This involves sustainable maritime development in the large exclusive marine zones of this region and the pursuit of a policy for zero waste. The IOC programme has involved a series of consultations for advancing the strategy and reflecting on specific innovative activities across this wide region. This has brought together people from the public and private sectors, civil society, and youth and women’s groups, exchanging ideas and examples of practice. The latest Forum was in December 2019, the outcomes of which are presented in this chapter.
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IOC Eco-actions Forum 9–11 December 2019: Available at website: https://www.commissionoceanindien.org/portfolio-items/eco-actions/###
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IOC partners include The European Union, French Development Agency, World Bank, African Development Bank, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Francophonie.
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The five IOC member states are The Union of the Comoros, Reunion island (an overseas Department of France), Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles: which together have a population of 27 million, 5.5 million km2 exclusive marine economic zone and have benefitted from €254 million since the inauguration of the IOC in 1984.
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The three west African SIDS are Cape Verde, the archipelago of Guinea-Bissau, and Sao Tome and Principe.
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The 14 member states of SADC are Angola, Botswana, Congo (DR), Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Seychelles is ratifying its membership.
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The 19 member states of COMESA are Burundi, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, the Seychelles, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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The 79 ACP countries are Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cook Islands, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Republic of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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The 22 IORA countries are Australia, Bangladesh, the Comoros, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sultanate of Oman, the Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The IORA has nine dialogue partners: China, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
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Projects within the IOC have included OILSPILL Pollution (1996–2000); Tuna Tagging (2001–5) ISLANDS (2010–17); ARPEGE (Schools’ Environmental education); GDZCOI (Integrated Coastal Zone management) (2013–17); SMARTFISH (2012–18); Marine Highway and pollution from oil-spill (2007–12).
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Mohabeer, R., Roberts, J.L. (2021). Promoting the Blue Economy: The Challenge. In: Roberts, J.L., Nath, S., Paul, S., Madhoo, Y.N. (eds) Shaping the Future of Small Islands. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4883-3_14
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