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The COAST Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy

The COAST Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy follows up on the Revised Project Summary, the Mid Term Evaluation and the Minutes of the 4th Steering Committee meeting. It seeks to ensure that the Project Briefs developed at the Country Level are integrated into a complete M&E Strategy that monitors results with clear indicators, means of verification, responsible person and a clear time frame.

GEF Objective:

To demonstrate and support adoption of best practice approaches for sustainable tourism that reduce the degradation of marine and coastal environments of trans-boundary significance

  • Outcome 1: Sustainable tourism approaches for reducing pollution, contamination and environmental degradation from coastal tourism demonstrated in the sub-Saharan African context
  • Outcome 2: National and local mechanisms supporting sustainable tourism governance and management identified and enhanced to facilitate uptake of BAP/BATs.

Process indicators

1. Establishment and strengthening of Regional Interministerial Project Steering Committee that is actively involved in the project design and  implementation in demonstrating localized BAP/BAT for Ecotourism, Environmental Management System (EMS) and Reef and Marine Recreation Management (R&MRM)

2. Increase in partnerships and involvement in a regional and national level between interministerial and cross-sectoral government bodies, private sector and civic society in adopting localized BAP/BAT for Ecotourism, EMS and R&MRM

Stress Reduction indicator

3. Area of underwater and/or wetland area initiated into improved management systems

Environmental Status indicator 1

4. Diversification of livelihood benefiting the marine and coastal conservation as a result of GEF intervention at the demonsatration site level

Environmental Status indicator 2

5. Increased regional and national stakeholder awareness and documented stakeholder involvement relation to sustainable tourism and environmental management practices.

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For a copy of the COAST Project Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy here

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