COIA
Partners & Collaborations
Integrated governance is one of our core principles. Conservation, culture, education, and enterprise cannot succeed in silos. COIA builds alliances across community actors, government agencies, research institutions, and civil society
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fostering the collaborative capacity that regenerative work demands.
How We Govern Together
The Sint Michiel Living Lab operates under a multi-stakeholder governance structure ensuring transparency, coordination, and adaptive management. Roles are distributed across four actor groups:
Community actors
Stewardship, livelihoods, cultural transmission, and monitoring.
Conservation
regenerative economy development, education and training, enterprise facilitation.
Stichting NAAM
Cultural heritage governance, memory work, documentation, and interpretation.
Government agencies
Policy alignment, regulation, infrastructure investment, and oversight.
Research partners
Scientific leadership, monitoring, evaluation, and innovation.
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International Collaboration
By facilitating knowledge exchange among industry professionals worldwide, COIA creates opportunities for sharing best practices, innovative solutions, and lessons learned in sustainable outdoor recreation. The Sint Michiel model is explicitly designed to be replicated across Curaçao and the wider Caribbean
positioning the island as a leader in regenerative blue development and commons-based governance.
Interested in Governing the Commons Together?
We collaborate with conservation organizations, outdoor businesses, research institutions, government agencies, and community groups. If your work intersects with regenerative ecology, cultural heritage, or sustainable livelihoods in the Caribbean, let's talk.