Mozambique : Capacity Building for Integrated Coastal Zone Management
The coastal zone of Eastern Africa includes the coastal lowlands from Sudan to South Africa, the nearshore islands off the coasts of Tanzania and Mozambique, and the oceanic islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, and Reunion. In...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561426/mozambique-capacity-building-integrated-coastal-zone-management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9803 |
| Summary: | The coastal zone of Eastern Africa
includes the coastal lowlands from Sudan to South Africa,
the nearshore islands off the coasts of Tanzania and
Mozambique, and the oceanic islands of Madagascar, the
Seychelles, Comoros, Mauritius, and Reunion. In some of the
countries of the sub-region, at least 80 percent of the
population can be considered coastal. Overexploitation of
coastal and marine resources and the degradation of the
resource base could significantly limit the
sub-region's potential for sustainable economic growth
and development. In 1997, the Secretariat for Eastern
African Coastal Area Management was launched in Maputo,
Mozambique, to assist countries in the East African Region
to coordinate and implement Integrated Coastal Management
(ICM) activities. Capacity building and the need for
enhanced information sharing were seen as critical issues.
Critical skills that needed to be built up included
techniques for problem solving, strategic planning,
project/program monitoring and evaluation, and conflict
resolution. In mid-1998, an Institutional Development Fund
Grant for US$396,000 from the World Bank was provided for
promoting Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the
sub-region. Technical assistance, training, and equipment
were provided to build capacity, particularly at the
provincial and local levels where capacity is virtually
non-existent. This Note summarizes the impact on the ground
and the lessons learned from such implementation. |
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