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Constituency Building

Those affected by the governance of a place should have an understanding of the issues being addressed and the opportunity to contribute, should they choose, to planning and decisionmaking. CRC therefore advocates a participatory approach to coastal governance�one that invests heavily in public education and provides ample opportunities for those with an interest in a coastal management program or project to be actively involved.

Clear, transparent, two-way communication is key to the constituency-building process. It involves both distributing information, and careful listening. It means ensuring that planning and policy processes are both efficient and transparent. This requires helping groups learn how to participate effectively and helping decision-makers learn to move beyond the one-way distribution of information and formal hearings and toward more interactive styles of policy making and implementation.

Most importantly, strong constituencies for a plan of action are built when the values of the governance effort resonate with the people of the place and when the goals set out by the governance effort inspire hope for a positive future.

Coastal Resources Center

University of Rhode Island

Objectives

Themes

Approaches

Constituency Building

Current CRC Activities linked to this Approach

These activities are part of project: Building Actors and Leaders for Excellence in Community Development

These activities are part of project: Gambia-Senegal Sustainable Fisheries Project (Ba Nafaa)

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems

These activities are part of project: Improving Local Community Livelihoods and Strengthening Capacity for Implementing Tanzania�s Water Sector Development Strategy

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems in Tanzania

These activities are part of project: Volunteer Program

Older CRC Activities linked to this Approach

These activities are part of project: Institute in Coastal Management Project ended: 6-1-2008

These activities are part of project: Thailand Post-Tsunami Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Program Project ended: 9-30-2007

These activities are part of project: Metro Bay Region Special Area Management Plan and Coastal Land and Estuary Conservation Program Project ended: 6-30-2007

These activities are part of project: Latin American Leadership Network for Collective Learning and Action on Coastal Management Project ended: 12-31-2006

These activities are part of project: Impacts of altered freshwater flows to estuaries: Development and application of methods to characterize current and future conditions Project ended: 9-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Integrating HIV/AIDS, Gender and Population Dimensions into Coastal Conservation Initiatives in Tanzania Project ended: 9-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Bridging the Large Marine Ecosystem Governance Gap Project ended: 9-1-2006

These activities are part of project: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Project and Program Evaluations Project ended: 6-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Extension and Outreach Project ended: 2-28-2006

These activities are part of project: Rhode Island Sea Grant Community Development Program Project ended: 2-28-2006

These activities are part of project: Assessment of User Needs for Storm Surge Information Project ended: 9-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Sustainable Development Practices in Priority Coastal Environments of the Gulf of California : Marinas and Shrimp Mariculture Project ended: 8-1-2005

These activities are part of project: The Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership Project ended: 7-15-2005

These activities are part of project: Special Area Management Plan for Greenwich Bay, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Integrated Water and Coastal Resources Management - Water IQC II Project ended: 4-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Coastal Community Development II in East Kalimantan Project ended: 3-30-2005

These activities are part of project: Bridging gaps to insure long-term viability of small tropical mariculture ventures in Hawai'i and the U.S.-affiliated Islands Project ended: 12-31-2004

These activities are part of project: Strengthening Coastal Conservation and Management Programs: The Population and Gender Dimensions Project ended: 12-15-2004

These activities are part of project: Washington County Regional Planning Council Project ended: 6-30-2004

These activities are part of project: Principles, Management Goals and A Vision for the Stewardship of Narragansett Bay, coastal RI and their watersheds in RI, MA, CT, USA Project ended: 10-1-2003

These activities are part of project: Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Indonesia Coastal Resources Management Project (Proyek Pesisir) Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Kenya Coastal Management Initiative Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Fostering Marine Conservation in Indonesia Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Conserving Critical Coastal Ecosystems in Mexico Project ended: 9-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Marine Protected Areas for National Parks, Northeastern U.S. Project ended: 6-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Fostering Marine Conservation in the Western Pacific: Enabling People, Enabling Site Management Project ended: 4-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Central American Regional Environmental Program Coastal Component Project ended: 8-30-2001

These activities are part of project: Sri Lanka Coastal Zone Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1996

These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 6-30-1994

These activities are part of project: Volunteer Monitoring of Blackstone, Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, Pawtuxet Rivers Project ended: 6-30-1994

These activities are part of project: Coastal Resources Institute at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand Project ended: 6-30-1991

These activities are part of project: Thailand Coastal Resources Management Project Project ended: 7-1-1986