Improved coastal governance towards Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) depends on government, market and civil society mechanisms. At local level, it is conditioned by both skilled self-organized communities and strong committed local govern-ments with negotiation and planning (Natural Resources Manage-ment Committee), learning (Learning centre) and financial (saving group) facilitating platforms. The awareness and contribution of the Education sector (schools) is considered as crucial for today and
tomorrow. The upscaling process operates through the provincial