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

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

At present, the environmental information on which development agents base their decisions is incomplete, outdated, unavailable, or inaccessible in Cote d’Ivoire. Together with the weak capacities of managing data and information, it has had the unintended consequence of suboptimal decisions on natural resource management, especially related to biodiversity, increased impacts on climate change, and accelerated land degradation.  Hence, there is a need to strengthen the national capacity to ensure national sustainable development through improved monitoring and information management for better environmental policy development. 

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Project details

Levels of intervention

  • National

Source of funds

  • Global Environment Facility - Trust Fund

Key implementers

  • National Governments

Funding amounts

$ 550,000 (as of August 2012, detailed in the PIF)
$ 700,000 (as of August 2012, detailed in the PIF)

Project partners

  • Cote d’Ivoire’s Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Introduction

At present, the environmental information on which development agents base their decisions is incomplete, outdated, unavailable, or inaccessible in Cote d’Ivoire. Together with the weak capacities of managing data and information, it has had the unintended consequence of suboptimal decisions on natural resource management, especially related to biodiversity, increased impacts on climate change, and accelerated land degradation.  Hence, there is a need to strengthen the national capacity to ensure national sustainable development through improved monitoring and information management for better environmental policy development. 

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Project details

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Thematic Area
Area
Infrastructure/Climate Change Risk Management
Level of intervention
  • National
Key collaborators
  • National Governments
Implementing agencies and partnering organizations
  • Cote d’Ivoire’s Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Project status
Source of Funds Pipeline
Funding Source
Global Environment Facility - Trust Fund
Financing amount
$ 550,000 (as of August 2012, detailed in the PIF)
Co-financing total
$ 700,000 (as of August 2012, detailed in the PIF)

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Key results & output

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).

 

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Cote d’Ivoire – GEF Trust Project Identification Form

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