To help the AIODIS countries (Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Maldives, and Seychelles) to collaborate and share experiences in addressing some of the particular challenges they face, such as:

• Improving the sustainable management of their vast marine territory.
• Innovation and development of their blue economy in the context of climate change.
• Concerted mobilisation of funding to address these challenges.