Steering Committee

The steering committee implements the roadmap adopted by the Conference. It is composed of senior officials, civil servants and / or similar, of the administration of outermost regions, duly appointed by each president and authorized to represent their region.

Each region designates a full member and an alternate member.

The current members are:

Azores

Full member : Carlos Amaral – Regional Director for European Affairs and External Cooperation

Alternate member : Joao Lança – Coordinator of the Azores Office in Brussels

Alternate member : Maria João Machado – Regional Directorate for European Affairs

Alternate member : Ana Nunes – Regional Directorate for European Affairs

Canary Islands

Full member : Celia Alberto Pérez – General Director for European Affairs

Alternate member : Julián Zafra Díaz – Head of European Affairs Unit

Guadeloupe

Full member : Cassandre Gatoux – Representative of the Guadeloupe Region in Brussels

French Guiana

Full member : Alice Colombo – Representative of the the French Guiana Territorial Authority’s Office in Brussels

Alternate member : Delphine Lasselin – Representative of the French Guiana Territorial Authority’s Hexagon Office

Madeira

Full member : Fernanda Cardoso  –  Regional Director for European Affairs and External Cooperation

Alternate member : Sérgio Mendonça – Directorate of Services for European Union Policies and Outermost Affairs

Martinique

Full member : Christèle Allaud – Representative of the Martinique Authority to the European Union in Brussels

Mayotte

Full member : Mohamed MOINDJIE – Head of Institutional Partnerships

Alternate member : Moiyegue ZOUBERT –  External Relations policy officer

Alternate member : Tahamida IBRAHIM – Member of the Cabinet – Technical Advisor

Reunion island

Full member : Candida Aldehuelo – Policy officer

Alternate member : Jean-Marc Cassam Chenai – Policy officer

Saint Martin

Full member : Rudya Lake – Head of European Affairs

Alternate member : Karine Bertaux – Head of European Affairs

Committee tasks are the following:

• Preparing the Conference work;
• Executing mandates entrusted by the Conference;
• Looking for agreements to reach common positions;
• Implementing actions within the framework of the objectives defined by the Conference;
• Coordinating the implementation of technical cooperation actions in areas of common interest.

The commitment of the EU Outermost Regions to cooperate, expressed at its highest level in the Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions, is also reflected in documents such as Cooperation protocols, Memoranda and Joint Contributions.