Building Back Better, Greener, Sustainable, and Inclusive Management and Growth in the Development of Coastal and Marine Recreational Areas for supporting Coastal Livelihoods in Balochistan and Sindh

The objectives of the consultancy are to support the World Bank Task Team to provide technical assistance to develop an analytical basis and a set of policy, institutional and investments recommendations in support of a strategic and operational dialogue with the counterparts (national and provincial) in Pakistan to find the coastal blue assets pathway integrated into the broad blue economic development and decision-making.

The main tasks by the consultant will be composed of the following activities, namely (i) to analyze policy, institutional, regulatory and infrastructure gaps in relation to sustainably managing and developing blue natural capital in marine and coastal areas for recreation and coastal livelihoods support; (ii) to inform the development of coastal recreation development strategy; (iii) to develop a capacity building plan to support capacity development that enables and empowers local participation in the coastal recreation efforts and; and (iv) to contribute to the Banks policy dialogue and intervention analysis in blue ecotourism to maximize blue assets management sustainably and to develop capacity for various stakeholders engagement in a sustainably, responsibly and socially inclusive approach that aligns and is informed by the BE development roadmap.