APEC Needs Assessment & Gap Analysis: Guiding Policy Directions to Promote Coastal Resilience

This report, APEC Needs Assessment & Gap Analysis: Guiding Policy Directions to Promote Coastal Resilience, presents the findings of a needs assessment and gap analysis conducted over two years. It is the final output under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Knowledge Sharing for Coastal Resilience in the Asia-Pacific Region project led by the United States under the APEC Ocean and Fisheries Working Group (OFWG). Using an analytical framework to guide the analysis, the study captures information on the global, regional, APEC, and economy-specific policy contexts, action plans, and implementation mechanisms that guide the work. Economy-level information has been sourced via an APEC survey and key informant interviews and discussed with participants at a webinar held in October 2022 and two in-person workshops held in 2023.