Roundtable Working Groups

The Working Groups are the most important tool of the Roundtable. The Working Groups are comprised of Roundtable members focused on achieving particular objectives of the Action Strategy. The Working Groups provide a forum for members to identify gaps in the Action Strategy, and develop collaborative activities to achieve Strategy objectives. The Working Groups select a Chair of each group, that acts as the coordinator who is responsible for liaising between the Roundtable management group and the Group’s members.

At each Roundtable the Working Groups are tasked with developing or revising their charter. These charters specify how and why the working groups work and are generally organized under the following:

• Scope and Purpose/Desired outcomes
• Specifics reasons for the working group existence and its focus.
• Identifies the targets in the Action Strategy tracked by that group.
• Expected Products
• What specific outputs will the working group have?
• Specific targets
• Timeline
• Communication methods
• Membership and contact details

Current list of working groups

• Roundtable Management Group
• Monitoring Group
• Country Support and Capacity Building
• Invasive Species
• Threatened Species
• Community Based Management
• Oceanic Fisheries Management (Unsustainable Fishing)
• Economics and Sustainable Resource Use
• Process Advocacy Working Group: Coral Triangle Initiative
• Process Advocacy Working Group: Country Support

• PIRT Announcements