Promoting Partnerships Twinning
Promoting Partnerships (September 1-16, 2003)
PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS INVOLVED
- Dr. Huming Yu, East Asian Seas PEMSEA
HOST INSTITUTION
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Commission
INTRODUCTION, PURPOSE: WHY AN EXCHANGE
- To learn more about the experience and lessons of the efforts in managing Chesapeake Bay (CB) environment and natural resources;
- To share PEMSEA experience in the development and application of integrated management approaches in addressing coastal and marine environmental and resource issues; and
- Based on the above, to explore the possibility of a new project for developing an ecosystem based approach in managing river basins and their associated seas through twinning the concerned initiatives across selected sites (the “Twinning Project”).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES
(1) a cross site analysis of progress made in managing rivers and the associated seas, involving Chesapeake Bay, Manila Bay and Bohai Sea;
(2) a draft project proposal for twinning the potential sites to strengthen knowledge sharing and mutual assistance (the Twinning Project) targeting at new funding sources; and obtaining support from the US stakeholders for the proposed Twinning Project.
