The SOM endorsed a Roadmap, outlining a process to develop the CTI Plan of Action. To facilitate this process:

• The Indonesian Government will continue in a Secretariat role for the CTI;
• A CTI Coordination Committee (technical working group) charged with developing the Plan of Action has been set up, composed of representatives from each country;
• Between January – June 2008, intensive consultations will be conducted in each country;
• A second meeting of the SOM will be hosted by the Philippines during the third week of June 2008. There, a final draft of the CTI Plan of Action will be reviewed for adoption;
• Once adopted it will be recommended to ministers in all six countries for approval and a date for a ministerial meeting will be agreed;
• The World Ocean Conference in Manado, North Sulawesi (Indonesia) in May 2009 could provide an opportunity for a Coral Triangle Summit for leaders to adopt a CTI plan of Action and announce specific programs in each country to translate the Plan into tangible action.

In the meantime a number of developments are taking place in dialogue with international donors and partners across the full range of existing and potential stakeholders – other governments, bi- and multilateral agencies, industry actors, civil society groups and the local communities for whom success of this initiative is so important.