On June 28th and 29th, 2012, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Soc Trang and the Vietnamese-German technical cooperation project ‘Management of Natural Resources in the Coastal Zone of Soc Trang Province’ organised a training on Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) in Soc Trang City for local authorities and relevant stakeholders related to the management of coastal resources and the environment.
The aim of this ICAM training course was to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills for the implementation of an ICAM programme and to provide a better understanding on how the ICAM framework has become a useful methodology to promote sustainable development of coastal areas.
The training was conducted by three national experts, Dr. Nguyen Minh Son, Mr. Le Van Thu and Mrs. Pham Thi Chin, who have special knowledge of ICAM implementation in Vietnam and are familiar with PEMSEA’s ICM framework and process, as the project wants to cooperate closely with PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) and VASI (Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands) for the up-scaling of ICAM in Vietnam.
The training course emphasised the need for ICAM, the benefits of an integrated approach to management, the basic principles behind the ICAM practice, the framework, processes and good practices of ICAM implementation. Case studies and lessons learned from the ICAM implementation in Da Nang, Thua Thien Hue and in the region were also presented and discussed.
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ICAM Training June 2012 - Course notes
