Catalyzing coastal management in Kenya and Zanzibar: Building capacity andcommitment

Site-based projects were initiated in Chawka Bay-Paje, Zanzibar, and Nyali- Bamburi-Shanzu, Kenya, to demonstrate the benefits of an integrated coastal management (ICM) approach for addressing coastal issues such as tourism de velopment and enhancement of resource-dependent village economies in easter n Africa, A two-year, multidonor project used three primary strategies to m ake rapid brit sustainable, progress toward ICM. These included using inter agency government teams for ICM planning, adopting an internationally recog nized framework for ICM as a project "road map, " and explicitly incorporat ing capacity-building strategies into all aspects of the project. Within tw o years, integrated ICM action strategies, prepared through participatory p rocesses, were being implemented at both sites, and both teams were working to expand the scale and scope of ICM in their nation. More importantly, th e project helped create committed, capable, interagency groups that continu e to work together to address urgent ICM issues.