Strengthening the Environmental Management Information System for Coastal Development in Cote d’Ivoire

The outcomes for the project are –

1. Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) for decision making on coastal zone development will be created to update understanding of data and information needs, with particular reference to coastal zone management (Outcome 1.1); Strengthen the existing databases on coastal zone management (Output 1.2); Strengthen the organizational capacities of the MINEDD and relevant structures for cost-effective management of the coastal development EMIS (Outcome 1.3); Identify guidelines, lessons learned, best practices, models and other knowledge management tools (Outcome 1.4); Conducting training on collection and use of environmental data (Outcome 1.5);  Create open and secure Internet-based EMIS (Outcome 1.6) and;  Develop EMIS financial sustainability plan (Outcome 1.7).
2. Piloting the use of improved environmental information systems for better decision making related to coastal zone management. This will be achieved through carrying out an institutional analysis of governance structures and consultative processes on coastal zone management (Outcome 2.1); Institutional reforms of the MINEDD and relevant structures to improve coastal zone management decision-making (Outcome 2.2); Collecting information related to stakeholders and partnership to meet Rio Conventions objectives (Outcome 2.3); Conducting awareness and training campains to institutionalize the use of EMIS into decision-making processes (Outcome 2.4) and; Establishing a system for information exchange and dissemination on integrated coastal zone management (Outcome 2.5).