Supporting local communities to conduct regular monitoring of surrounding environment to detect early warning signs for timely interventions to prevent escalation of harm and losses. Communities leaving near mining projects can proactively monitor environmental surroundings to detect early warning indicators for quick intervention. Beach management units (BMUs) are best placed to monitor activities along the beaches and the ocean line to detect early warning indicators for quick interventions. This facility should also empower women organisations at the grassroots level to monitor safety of women and children against home based gender violence and children rights. By extension local communities can be supported to address root causes of conflict, radicalisation and violent extremism.
Developing and Implementing County Integrated Development Plans that can Enable Local Communities to Optimise Economic Opportunities in the Extractives Sector, Tourism, Blue Economy and Agribusiness.
Developing and Implementing County Integrated Development Plans In tandem with County Spatial Plans and Responding to Sector Development Potential and Existing Opportunities.
Creating a conducive environment for collaborations and partnerships involving both local and international stakeholders.
- Development of a thriving and environment friendly extractives sector with multiplier effect in economic empowerment of local communities through creation of job opportunities and supply chain opportunities, aligned to the strategic development goals.
- Revival and diversification of tourism opportunities including protection of the ocean ecosystems and enhancement of community centred blue economy, through improved mutual coexistence of tourism investments with beach management units, community led conservancies and general local community SMEs, in furtherance of key strategic development goals.
- Revival and expansion of agribusiness opportunities to support food sustenance at the household level, and for commercial purposes through value addition and improved relations between investors and local suppliers.
- Improved Investor – community relations and coexistence to achieve mutual socio economic development interests, and most importantly address root causes of conflicts and violence associated with marginalization and exclusion of communities from economic opportunities.
- Expanding Participation Space for Sector Stakeholders Contributions, collaborations and partnerships to Inform and Influence the CIDPs and Annual development plans including annual reviews to help achieve the above objectives.
