Indian Ocean Commission
| Commission de l'Océan Indien | |
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| Abbreviation | COI |
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| Motto | Un avenir à bâtir ensemble ("A future to build together") |
| Formation | 1982 |
| Founded at | Port Louis, Mauritius |
| Type | Intergovernmental organization |
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 Comoros Madagascar Mauritius Réunion (France) Seychelles
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French |
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Secretary General
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Hamada Madi |
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Main organ
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Summit of Heads of States |
| Website | commissionoceanindien |
The Indian Ocean Commission (French: Commission de l'Océan Indien, COI) is an intergovernmental organization that was created in 1982 at Port Louis, Mauritius and institutionalized in 1984 by the Victoria Agreement in Seychelles. The COI is composed of five African Indian Ocean nations: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (an overseas region of France), and Seychelles. Notwithstanding their different characteristics (Reunion as a French overseas region; Mauritius and Seychelles as Middle-Income Countries whereas Comoros and Madagascar are amongst the Least-Developed Countries), the five islands share geographic proximity, historical and demographic relationships, natural resources and common development issues.
COI's principal mission is to strengthen the ties of friendship between the countries and to be a platform of solidarity for the entire population of the African Indian Ocean region. COI’s mission also includes development, through projects related to sustainability for the region, aimed at protecting the region, improving the living conditions of the populations and preserving the various natural resources that the countries depend on. Being an organisation regrouping only island states, the COI has usually championed the cause of small island states in regional and international fora.
The COI works on four pillars which have been adopted in 2005 by the Summit of Heads of States:
The original ideas were to encourage trade and tourism. Recently, cooperation has focused on marine conservation and fisheries management. The COI has funded a number of regional and national conservation and alternative livelihoods projects through ReCoMAP, Regional Programme for the Sustainable Management of the Coastal Zones of the Countries of the Indian Ocean (PROGECO in French). This project ended in 2011. An example of these projects is project to catalyze the development of sea cucumber and seaweed aquaculture in South West Madagascar with the NGOs, Transmad, Blue Ventures, and Madagascar Holothuria.
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