Stakeholders engagement, knowledge, and communications on coastal zone management in West Africa: communication and awareness action plan

This Communication and Awareness Action Plan (CAAP) intends to be a communicational guidance document for key stakeholders in four specific coastal countries (Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, Togo) who will use it as an aid to communicate the effects of climate change and the measures to improve resilience in coastal regions in their respective countries in West Africa. It outlines specific methods, tools and activities that are to be employed by the countries to increase coastal resilience and sound coastal management. This document is also intended to be of use to other West African coastal countries.

The West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA) was created as a convening platform where technical and financial partners support sustainable development in the coastal zone, using management of the coastal erosion and hazardous flooding as the entry point. WACA initiates policy dialogues and technical analyses on coastal erosion and the adaptation of coastal areas in targeted countries. These actions will lead to the identification of regional and country-specific on-the-ground investments.