INTEGRE action plan

Component 1 corresponded to activities with a regional dimension: exchanges and networking, development of a methodological framework for the implementation of ICZM, support to territories. Six major activities were carried out in order to promote the link between the project sites, the contribution of regional expertise, the identification and integration into regional networks, and the identification and promotion of sustainable exchanges with mirror sites in the region.

Activity 1.1.1 : Organise regional technical workshops on tropics relevant to the OCTs

12 workshops for project partners were held over the course of the project.

Activity 1.1.2 : Mobilise régional expertise (form ROs, public services and the private sector, countries and territories) to serve the OCTs

This activity, carried out by a team of consultants, aimed to provide regional methodological support, and organise the pooling of know-how developed at OCT level.

Activity 1.1.3 : Organise bilatera regional exchanges between OCTs and between OCTs and ACPs

This activity aimed to encourage the exchange of pilot site experiences with other Pacific countries on sustainable environmental management issues. The objective was to contribute to the integration of the OCTs in the region through bilateral exchanges with "mirror" sites and to create informal networks.

Activity 1.2.1 : Initiate and organise OCT participation in the activities and work of regional bodies by contributing to regional strategic documents

The aim was to better integrate the OCTs into existing or informal regional networks in the field of sustainable development.

Activity 1.2.2 : Facilitate OCT access to regional exchanges / networks with the creation of dedicated tools

Activity 1.2.3 : Enhance the OCTs' experience / practices among themselves and towards the ACP countries through the implementation of a capitalisation and communciation plan

Component 2 corresponded to the implementation activities of the ICZM approach at the 9 pilot sites. These sites were chosen by the territories as coherent management units and because they presented strong ecological issues, a use by local populations and a vocation to demonstrate integrated environmental actions. It was about :

• In New Caledonia : the Great South, the North-East coastal zone, and for the Loyalty Islands the atolls of Ouvéa and Beautemps-Beaupré,
• In Wallis and Futuna : Wallis and its lagoon, Futuna,
• In French Polynesia : Opunohu Bay in Moorea, the Tahiti peninsula and the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa and their lagoon,
• The Pitcairn Islands as a whole.

These two components were strongly linked and sustained each other. The field experience conducted within the framework of component 2 with the implementation of action plans by site fed the regional reflection with concrete examples. The methods developed and the experiences carried out have been capitalised and valued on a Pacific scale. Actions that are deeply rooted in the realities of each OCT have thus been supported by strengthened regional cooperation. The capitalisation of such experience has made it possible to assess the relevance of developing a method adapted to the Pacific islands.