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.