Policy instrument

Inclusion

Consistency

Weighting

Reporting

Resources

Coastal Zone Policy (CZPo) 2005

Improving people’s capacity by creating awareness, ensuring participation and enhancing gender equity.

Having harmonised aims to uplift socio-economic developments as well as contribute national development.

Receives an important attention under the heading of “empowerment of communities”.

No guidelines for monitoring and assessing performances are provided.

No information reported on funding rather stated that “Coastal Development Strategy” will present financial strategy.

Coastal Development Strategy (CDS) 2006

Empowering people’s through knowledge management as well as sustainable livelihood approach.

Observing coherent features as proper management of natural resources, e.g., agro-biodiversity.

Discuss as a significant programme “investment in human development” for adaptive farming, e.g., soil-less and bio-saline agriculture.

Formulates three aspects of governance, e.g., legal frameworks that states to perform monitoring and assessment with a set of inputs, outputs and outcome indicators.

Provides concrete five financial strategies, e.g. public and private investments as well as said to facilitate small and medium enterprises by NGOs.

National Programme of Action (NPA) for the Protection of the Marine (Coastal) Environment 2007

Includes as a major strategy entitled “promotion of awareness and capacity building”.

Diversified coastal cropping systems are stated as an important approach for sustainable livelihood. Judicious use of agro-chemicals is crucial strategy of NPA.

Significantly discussed the key issues of HRD, e.g., training, awareness, research and monitoring.

Reviewing and monitoring is done by a steering committee, consisting of 18 members. Little information on ex-ante or ex-post evaluation and particularly on indicators.

Inadequate funding information. The UNEP and Global Programme of Action partially provide project based funding.