Piloting a Regional Coastal Commission

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1.1.4 Piloting a Regional Coastal Commission

The rapidly evolving initiatives in the Western Region required that the ICFG proposal to pilot a regional coastal commission had to be adjusted and adapted to the new initiatives. This in effect reoriented the planned outputs of this activity Table 4. Planned Output Accomplishments Develop road map and Terms of Reference through regional forums This is morphing within the Oversight Committee for the Western Region Spatial Planning Development Framework and the Task Force for the Western Corridor Development Authority WCDA. Within this initiative, CRC and several of the Hen Mpoano Advisory Council members are permanent members. Official creation of the Coastal Commission See above, this could not happen given evolving initiatives in parallel Action plans for the Commission and for capacity building by ICFG and Coastal Commission This has been done as part of the study tour to the Philippines Statutes and Terms of Reference for a regional Coastal Commission Delayed but part of the nested governance issue brief Action plan for the regional coastal commission Not yet defined. Capacity building and support program developed under an MOU with GCLME Joint action plan developed with GCLME. CRC played an important role by providing the state of knowledge and important information into developing GCLME’s action plan for addressing the algal bloom menace. Table 4: Piloting a Regional Coastal Commission The Hen Mpoano Advisory Council see Annex E for membership continued to advise on how to move the ICFG Program forward and orientations on the necessary processes for the establishment of a coastal working group which will address issues of development along coastal Western Region. This was seen as a possible legacy of the Advisory Council. The Norwegian Agency for Development NORAD began funding of the “Oil for Development Program Agreement” to assist with the Western Region Spatial Development Framework WRSDF oversight committee tasked by the Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana to provide a conceptual framework for the establishment of a Western Corridor Development Authority. CRC has made important contributions particularly in the management and planning strategies for the coastal zone and shorelines. CRC and TCPD developed an MoU to collaborate on the implementation of the WRSDF activities. 11

1.1.5 Study Tour to the Philippines on Marine and Coastal Management