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• Health costs• tourism income• fisheries production• mangroves productivity and• property values(ii) Provide support for regional level co-operation to develop an appropriate ContingentValuation methodology to bringing within the capacities of the responsible authorities theapplication of economic valuation techniques to changes in coastal and marine environmentalquality.(iii) Establish a regional forum for co-operation and co-ordination of national activities forreviewing institutional arrangements and responsibilities for CBA aiming to focus on:• Increasing awareness of the need to dealing with externalities and implementation ofthe Polluter Pays Principle• The use of CBA as a tool for promoting conservation and assessing development/conservation alternatives• Bring long-term environmental benefits into the decision-making process• Gradually shift the focus of environmental protection from control to managementD. Exchange of experiences and partnership-development activities(i)Conduct national level consultations to:• Review of the results of the Case Studies• indicate the wastewater management choices open to the implementing national andmunicipal authorities• identify more closely the prevailing financial constraints, affordability problems andopportunities for co-operation with international donor agencies• cost-estimate alternative sewerage solutions and define locational, phasing and socialpolicy priorities, taking into account wider development, anti-poverty and land useplanning objectives(ii)Conduct a regional workshops to:• Review the recent GPA Draft Recommendations for Decision-making on Sewage and theniche they provide for CBA• Review national institutional similarities and differences relative to the incorporation ofCBA in wastewater priorities and decisions• Initiate the development of appropriate guidelines for CBA• Identify opportunities and assistance requirements for carrying out pilot demonstrationCBA in selected locations, such as:• Dar-es-Salaam area and/or Oyster bay in Dar-es-Salaam• Mombasa Port area and/or Kenyatta beach in Bambouri coastal area• Maputo Port area• Beau Vallon main tourist area• Zanzibar Port and surrounding area and/or Zanzibar Stone TownFinal Draft Report – Cost Benefit Case StudiesGPA Strategic Action Plan on Sewage, October, 200062