Section 5: Regional cooperation

The conference is chaired by a delegate for regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean area appointed by decree. It is made up of the members of the management committees of the regional cooperation funds of Réunion and Mayotte. It may hear any person whose hearing is deemed useful by the chairman. .

The conference is convened by its chairman, who sets the agenda after consulting the management committees. The secretariat of the conference is provided by the services of the Prefect of the Réunion region. The conference cannot validly deliberate if more than half of the members in office are not present. Failing this, it may be reconvened within fifteen days. It will then deliberate regardless of the number of members present.

The delegate facilitates the coordination of State and local authority actions carried out under the heading of regional cooperation in the Indian Ocean zone. He contributes to the dissemination of information relating to actions carried out in the zone. It draws up an annual report for the attention of the ministers, prefects, presidents of the departmental councils concerned and the president of the Réunion regional council, on the assessment and…