CTI-CFF Signs an MoU with Primex-ADB

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Executive Director of Regional Secretariat CTI-CFF, Widi A. Pratikto, Ph.D and President and CEO Pacific Rim Innovation and Management Exponents, Inc. (Primex), Elvira C. Ablaza, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of Financial Resources Working Group (FRWG) in Manila, today.

The main objective of this MoU is to provide a framework for cooperation between the Parties in implementing the planned actions: (1) Tri-National Workshop on the Establishment of Sea Turtle Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network and Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) System in Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME); (2) Select and hire a Financial Adviser/Project Initiation Specialist (FA/PIS), who will be seconded at the CTI-CFF RS on full time basis; and (3) Support the participation the youth from CT3 Member States (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines) to the 5th Asian Youth Forum (AYF5) and the 50th ADB Annual Meeting (ADB@50) in Yokohama, Japan.

Primex is representing ADB, one of CTI-CFF Development Partners that will provide technical advice and serve as Project Manager for the Coastal and Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia (Regional Technical Assistance [RETA 7813]).   

The MoU will end on 31 July 2017.