The second meeting of the Steering Committee (sc) of the Project « Protection of the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem » (CCLME) was held in Casablanca, on 28th and 29th November 2011. Representatives of the seven countries (Morrocco, Mauritania, Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau), United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO),United Nations’ Programme for Environnement (UNEP), Secretariat of the Abidjan Convention, Subregional Fisheries Commission (SFRC) and the Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) attended the meeting. A number of cofinance partners and other partner organizations attended the meeting as observers. The list of participants is presented in Annex 1.

The overall objective of this Second Steering Committee meeting was to review and approve the 2011 activity report and the work plan and budget for the year 2012. The agenda adopted for the meeting is attached as Annex 2.