Institutional Setting

Analysing and finding the right institutional setting will be pivotal for the success of smaller-scale implementation and the implementation of the strategy itself. This chapter will show that with the Integrated Coastal Management policies and the Manila Bay Sustainable Development Masterplan in place, the regulatory framework that is needed to implement this strategy exists. Nevertheless, this strategy also acknowledges and finds mitigations for situations in which the Integrated Coastal Management implementation staggers or its ambitions are not translated to physical projects. Moreover, it is taken into account that the Manila Bay Sustainable Development Masterplan will (not yet) be ratified. This Section firstly gives an overview of the several institutions involved, after which the institutional risks are discussed. Section 6.4 and 6.4 discuss the existing local and regional structures.  After which, a long-term and short-term institutional setting is proposed.