The Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast, or MaPP, is a unique collaboration between the Province of British Columbia and 17 First Nations governments that developed marine plans for B.C.’s North Pacific coastal waters. The implementation of government-to-government structures, shown in the figure below, is described in provisions of the implementation agreements developed between B.C. and First Nations partners in each of the four sub-regions. 

• Sub-regional marine plan implementation is led by joint Implementation Technical Teams, co-chaired by a B.C. and a First Nations technical representative. Sub-regional decision-making processes build on existing decision-making frameworks between B.C. and First Nations as appropriate.  

• For implementation work related to the Regional Action Framework, and for consistency in achieving MaPP implementation commitments, the co-chairs of the four sub-regional implementation teams collaborate as a regional MaPP Implementation Technical Team (MITT). 

• Consistent with the structures used in the MaPP planning phase, a Marine Working Group (MWG) comprised of senior members of the MaPP partner organizations provides direction and oversight to the MaPP implementation phase. Senior sub-regional implementation bodies provide oversight, guidance, and resolution of issues related to sub-regional MaPP implementation work.  

• An Executive Committee of leaders from the MaPP partners addresses and resolves significant issues related to MaPP implementation that cannot be resolved by the MWG.  

• A Secretariat provides day-to-day administration and support to the MITT and the MWG. 

• In 2024, MaPP transitioned its Implementation Financial Body from MakeWay, which supported MaPP through the planning phase and first nine years of implementation, to Coast Funds Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation (Coast Funds) (see News story, here). 

MaPP implementation structures