West Africa Coastal Areas Blue Economy and Resilience Program

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The program will strengthen the health and resilience of coastal and marine assets through infrastructure investments, including nature-based solutions, ecosystem restoration, and improved management and monitoring of marine and coastal resources. These investments, alongside activities to enhance government capacity, will provide the enabling conditions and groundwork for job growth. It will also create jobs in the blue economy by facilitating financing, technical assistance, and market development for the scale up and creation of blue enterprises, alongside infrastructure investments in relevant sub-areas. WACA+ is structured around three interlinked components, each aligned with relevant national coastal development plans and blue economy strategies. These components are: (i) strengthening governance and institutions; (ii) enhancing coastal resilience; and (iii) facilitating coastal economic development.