The first meeting of the Project Coordination Committee (PCC) of the OPP-BOB Project was held in The Hotel Raintree, Chennai on 02 June, 2016. The PCC has been constituted to provide oversight and strategic guidance to the Project, and to ensure that all the key Project outputs are delivered according to the Project document and plan. Representatives of the member-countries of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation, World Bank Group, relevant UN Organizations, key experts, and civil society organizations constitute the PCC. The objectives of the First Meeting of the PCC was to (i) Share information & review progress; (ii) Build partnerships; (iii) Identify focal points (national/regional); and (iv) Discuss the work-plan for 2016. The OPP-BOB team presented the (i) global overview of OPP, (ii) importance of tuna fisheries in the region; (iii) objectives and components of OPP-BOB; and (iv) draft work plan for 2016. The PCC suggested valuable inputs pertaining to the scale of operation and capacity building after reviewing the work plan. The focal points in each country were also identified.