Enhancing India’s Capacity for Green and Resilient Coastal Management: Pathway for a Sustainable Blue Economy

Project Summary:

India has a coastline of 7516.6km touching nine states. The country is densely populated and comprised of some of the world’s fastest-growing regions. As it is essential to preserve the coastline in its finest state, the grant aims to improve national and state-level capacity for resource-efficient and resilient growth by fostering knowledge, innovation, and technical tools.

It supports India in building institutional and technical capacity for sustainable coastal and marine resource management. It is aligned with India's Blue Economy (BE) agenda and National Coastal Mission (NCM), and draws on knowledge exchange with Korean counterparts in areas such as marine spatial planning, coastal erosion management, and marine litter.

It is structured around two main activity areas:

• National and state-level Blue Economy roundtables, which will establish stakeholder engagement platforms, host an international conference on Nature-Based Solutions for mangrove management, and deliver at least two workshops on the Blue Economy Framework.
• Leveraging Korean and international best practices to develop technical tools, including guidance notes on coastal erosion, a Marine Litter Management toolkit to support India's Draft National Marine Litter Policy, and a Roadmap Framework for Marine Spatial Planning.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
• Korean Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries (KMOF)
• Korea Marine Environment Management Corp (KOEM)
• National Center for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM)
• National Center for Coastal Research (NCCR)