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Capacity Building

A lack of human capacity�especially in developing countries�has been identified as the single largest factor now limiting world progress in coastal management. For this reason, CRC includes an element of capacity building in all its work.

The CRC approach to capacity building requires connecting people at all levels in a governance system with the knowledge, skills and values that produce sound coastal management decisions. Improving capacity for coastal management often means more, however, than addressing individual skills development or improving the capacity of a specific institution. It requires addressing the entire governance system and how different levels within the system interact. CRC uses a suite of interventions�mentoring, learning-by-doing, training, sponsored degree education, peer-to-peer exchanges and participation in interdisciplinary efforts to refine coastal governance practices�as part of its capacity building approach.

Most recently CRC has expanded its portfolio of capacity building approaches to include an innovative new program in East Africa�the Western Indian Ocean Certification Programme for Marine Protected Area Professionals, or WIO-COMPAS.�� A similar certification program for professionals at the municipal level working in ecosystem governance in Latin America is also under development.

Coastal Resources Center

University of Rhode Island

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Approaches

Capacity 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: Summer Institute in Coastal Management

These activities are part of project: Integrating Factors for Success in Caribbean Marine Protected Areas

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

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: Review of US Northeast Management of Coastal Ecosystems and Natural Hazards Project ended: 1-15-2008

These activities are part of project: Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System Project ended: 9-30-2007

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

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: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2006

These activities are part of project: Common Methodologies for Learning 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: 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: Coastal Land and Estuary Protection for RI, USA Project ended: 6-30-2005

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: Initiating Integrated Coastal Resources Management in Fiji Project ended: 12-30-2004

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: Developing International Sea Grant Project ended: 5-31-2004

These activities are part of project: Building Watershed Councils in RI and MA with a RI Rivers Council Workshop Series Project ended: 12-31-2003

These activities are part of project: Coastal Community Development in East Kalimantan, Indonesia Project ended: 12-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Network Capacity Building: Providing the Tools for Communities to Manage Coral Reefs in SE Asia Project ended: 12-30-2003

These activities are part of project: Capacity-Building for Coral Reef Conservation and Management Project ended: 12-1-2003

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: 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: Partnership in Integrated Coastal Management in the Pacific 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: The Narragansett Bay Watershed Coastal Training Program 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: Geographic Information for Integrated Coastal Management in Tanzania Project ended: 9-30-2002

These activities are part of project: Integrated Regional Shrimp Farming Initiative Project ended: 6-30-2002

These activities are part of project: Regional Capacity Building in the Western Indian Ocean Region Project ended: 9-1-2001

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

These activities are part of project: Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Mass Coral Bleaching Project ended: 3-31-2001

These activities are part of project: Ecuador Coastal Resources Management Program Implementation Project ended: 9-30-2000

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