Country information
Basic facts on marine waters
- Territorial sea (12 NM): 12 578, 784 km2
- Exclusive Economic Zone: 203 000 km2
Strategic documents related to MSP
- National Security Strategy
- National Strategy for State Action at Sea
- National Strategy on the Blue Economy
- Blue Economy Development Programme (PRODEB)
- Unified Strategy Framework for the Promotion of the Blue Economy (CASUEB)
- National Investment Plan for the Blue Economy (PNIEB)
- Agenda 21 (WACA Project) 2024; Strategic Plan for the Development of Tourism in Côte d’Ivoire 2022-2027
Technical resources related to MSP
- Development of the blue economy and its implications in terms of environmental impacts: study on the implementation of a mechanism to monitor the good ecological status of the sea in Côte d’Ivoire
- Study on the application in Côte d’Ivoire of maritime spatial planning in line with the national blue economy strategy
- Report on the State of the Marine and Coastal Environment of Côte d’Ivoire (REEM-CI)
- Marine Spatial Planning: Uses of some sectors of activity in the marine and coastal zone of Grand-Bassam (Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa)
- Interim Report on the Grand-Bassam Marine Spatial Planning Process
- Report evaluating the national legal and institutional framework for Marine Spatial Planning
Relevant MSP projects
- Integrated Management Project for the Marine and Coastal Area from Abidjan to Assinie (GIAMAA Project)
- Investment Project for the Resilience of West African Coastal Areas (WACA ResIP)
- Cocody Bay Conservation and Development Project (PABC)
- Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Project (AEP-NANSEN)
- MSPglobal 2.0 pilot project: Gulf of Guinea
- Integrated Management Project for the Marine and Coastal Area of South-Comoé (GIAMSUC)
- Pro-diversification project for the diversification of aquaculture production (MIRAH)
- MarEcoplan Côte d’Ivoire project
Current status of MSP
Name of the plan |
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (PAGIL) |
|---|---|
Year of approval
|
June 2022 |
Size of planning area in km2
|
566 km² |
Authority leading the MSP process
|
Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition |
Current status |
|
|---|---|
Pre-planning
|
Complete |
Assessments for planning
|
Complete |
Plan development
|
Complete |
Plan completion
|
Complete |
Plan approval
|
Complete |
Plan implementation
|
N/A |
Plan review
|
N/A |
MSP Typology |
|
|---|---|
Scale (Local/ Sub-national/ National)
|
National |
Scope (Coastal Zone /Coastal and Marine /Marine)
|
Coastal Zone |
Purpose (Strategic /Zoning /Comprehensive)
|
Strategic |
Political commitment (Informal /Executive decision / Legal statute)
|
Legal statute |
Implementation framework (Guiding /Legally binding)
|
Legally binding |
Main objectives (Biodiversity conservation / Economic development / Multiple objectives)
|
Economic development |
Spatial allocation (Limited / Partial allocation /Detailed allocation)
|
Detailed allocation |
Stakeholders involved (Limited /Key sectors /Sectors & Public)
|
Sectors & Public |
Participatory process (Informative /Consultative /Collaborative)
|
Consultative |
Funding (Government /Public-Private /Grants)
|
Grants |
Name of the plan |
Grand-Bassam maritime spatial management plan |
|---|---|
Year of approval
|
N/A |
Size of planning area in km2
|
274,94 km² |
Authority leading the MSP process
|
Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition |
Current status |
|
|---|---|
Pre-planning
|
Complete |
Assessments for planning
|
Complete |
Plan development
|
Underway |
Plan completion
|
Underway |
Plan approval
|
N/A |
Plan implementation
|
N/A |
Plan review
|
N/A |
Name of the plan |
AEP management plan for the Côte d’Ivoire beach seine fishery, phase 2 |
|---|---|
Year of approval
|
N/A |
Size of planning area in km2
|
N/A |
Authority leading the MSP process
|
N/A |
Current status |
|
|---|---|
Pre-planning
|
Complete |
Assessments for planning
|
Complete |
Plan development
|
Complete |
Plan completion
|
Complete |
Plan approval
|
Complete |
Plan implementation
|
Complete |
Plan review
|
N/A |
National authority in charge of MSP |
Ministry of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition |
Governmental funding |
yes |
External funding |
yes |
Public-Private funding |
yes |
Total size of planning area |
12 578, 784 km2 |
Time required to complete the planning document |
N/A |
Main issues that led to the adoption of MSP (drivers) |
Conflicts of use; Conservation and sustainable management of resources; Coastal erosion and flooding; Adaptation and strengthening of coastal resilience |
Stakeholder engagement activities |
Use of space and resources; Planned projects in coastal areas |
Sectors included in planning |
Maritime transport and communication, fishing, aquaculture, tourism and leisure, conservation and preservation of the environment, oil, gas, mining, coastal development |
Articulation between MSP and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (IZCM) |
Stakeholder involvement enabling sound management of the marine and coastal area and its resources |
Articulation between MSP and marine conservation (including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) |
Better management and conservation of biodiversity and resources |
Articulation between MSP and sustainable blue economy |
The blue economy relies on good marine spatial planning |
Articulation between MSP and climate change (including the Paris Agreement) |
Adaptation and resilience in the use of marine and coastal resources by stakeholders |
Plan approval process |
Plan not yet approved |
Legal status of the plan (guiding or legally binding) |
N/A |
Plan review process |
N/A |
Performance monitoring and evaluation |
N/A |
Interactions with neighbouring countries in the context of MSP attending transboundary coherence approaches |
N/A |
Legal framework
- Law No. 378 of 2 June 2017 on the development, protection and integrated management of the Ivorian coastline
- Law No. 2016-554 of 26 July 2016 on fishing and aquaculture
- Decree implementing Act No. 378 of 2 June 2017 on coastal development (WACA Project)
- Decree No. 2022 448 of 6 July 2022 establishing the Grand-Béréby Marine Protected Area