Taken together the two frameworks allow us to tease out the logic in a given
project or program in a manner that can set the stage of comparisons across
initiatives in a given place or across portfolios of projects undertaken in different
locales. They provide a means for sorting coastal management efforts into groupings
that highlight the pre-existing governance experience and capacity, the scale and
scope of efforts and the outcomes that are desired. The frameworks are also proving
useful as a guide to program and project design and as a tool for organizing periodic
self-assessments or peer reviews of an ongoing initiative