Proceedings of the ICM Dialogue

PUBLICATION DATE:

Sunday, April 01, 2007

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Only Available Online

DESCRIPTION:

The ICM Dialogue was organized as part of the Inaugural Meeting of the PEMSEA Network of Local Governments for Sustainable Coastal Development (PNLG) during the East Asian Seas Congress 2006, hosted by the State Oceanic Administration of China, Hainan Provincial Government and Haikou City Government. The Dialogue was held 14 December 2006 at the People’s Assembly Hall in Haikou City, Hainan Province, PR China. The ICM Dialogue was conducted in seven language groups, namely: Bahasa, Chinese, Filipino, Khmer, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese. Each Dialogue was attended by the representatives of local governments in 26 integrated coastal management (ICM) sites. Dr. Jihyun Lee of PEMSEA presented the objectives, mechanics and expected outputs of the ICM Dialogue. Key objectives of the ICM Dialogue were: 1. to provide opportunities for ICM sites to share their experiences, successes, failures and challenges in implementing ICM programs at the local level, without being constrained by language barriers; and 2. to explore future long-term strategies for increasing information exchange and cross-project capacity development among ICM sites having a common language.