Côte D’Ivoire Pilot Project – Further details

Integrated Management of the Marine and Coastal Area of Abidjan in Assinie (GIAMAA)

Further details

Communication and knowledge sharing

Project achievements will be compiled and advertised as they are produced. A communication plan is currently being set up, and knowledge will be exchanged with other countries to increase experience in integrated ocean management in the sub region and other regions.

Monitoring

The project team, with the support from the Steering Committee, will ensure that allocated resources are spent to produce the expected outputs. The frequency of project appraisal meetings will be increased during the first six months of project implementation to ensure a good start and to overcome the problems inherent in this phase of the project cycle. Team meetings will be held every three months and reports will document the process. A semi-annual technical and financial report will also be produced to consolidate the outputs.

Funding

The pilot project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU) through the Mami Wata project´s support to the Abidjan Convention, and to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.

News from the Project

The EIMCEM project in Ghana holds its first stakeholder validation workshop

On December 4-5 2019, the EIMCEM project team and partners gathered to assess progress on MSP, SoME Reporting, and EBSAs.

Benin continues to develop its capacity on Marine Spatial Planning and Marine Protected Areas with the support of the Ecological Monitoring Center (CSE)

From 14-17 October 2019, stakeholders involved in the management of the marine and coastal area in Benin, gathered in Cotonou for a capacity development workshop on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP).

Côte d’Ivoire strengthens its capacity on the identification and description of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) process

From 9-11 October 2019 took place the training workshop on the identification and description of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) process for Côte d’Ivoire.