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The Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) project undertaken by IOCARIBE aims to help countries throughout the Caribbean address coastal and area planning by providing the necessary tools and acting as a resource to assist ICAM. Specifically, its objective is to build the resilience of Caribbean economies that depend on coastal tourism, help develop people trained in ICAM issues in the region, and promote South-South cooperation through the replication of best practices throughout the region. region. The project designs and implements ICAM training courses for member countries, as well as provides technical assistance through scholarships, seminars, and conferences.

Recent ICAM activities at IOCARIBE include the “Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) Training Workshop for English-speaking Caribbean States” that was held in Barbados from March 16 to 18, 2011, with the experience provided by the Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit. The project "Demonstrating Approaches to Nutrient and Sediment Reduction in Selected Pilot Study Areas in the Wider Caribbean" was submitted for support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is in its PDF-A phase. Paired watersheds have been established as pilot sites in Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Trinidad and Tobago. Discussions are underway with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to develop this project within the second phase of its Integrated Watershed and Coastal Area Management (IWCAM) program.

The IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE), together with specialists from IOC / ICAM and in close cooperation with UNDP GEF International Waters, are preparing a project proposal “Partnership for Sustainable Management of the Oceans and the Coasts in Latin America ”for submission to the GEF. The overall objective of the project is to enable the Latin American region to collectively protect and manage its coastal and marine environment through intergovernmental and intersectoral partnerships. The project will strengthen the legal framework and regulations, as well as the development of implementation guidelines, decision support tools and the information systems necessary to implement and monitor, step by step, the elements of ICAM and MSP in the region. This will allow countries and stakeholders to formulate a comprehensive national policy framework and a coordinated strategy and master plans for the management of coastal and marine resources. The GEF contribution amounts to US $ 10 million with co-financing of US $ 52 million from member states. For this purpose, an inventory of national, regional and global conventions, protocols and regulations related to ICAM and of institutions, agencies and experts working on ICAM issues and topics was developed.

Management policies and procedures leading to the sustainability of the environment and coastal and ocean resources

Management based on marine ecosystems requires a new generation of spatial planning tools for marine managers to implement the best policies. Marine spatial planning is a public process of analysis and mapping of the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives that have been specified through a political process.