The Coastal Training Program (CTP) provides decision-makers with practical and relevant science-based information and skills needed to address critical resource management issues of concern to local communities. CTP programs benefit a wide range of decision-maker audiences such as municipal staff and officials, regulators, developers, engineers, designers, landscape architects, attorneys, environmental non-profits, and community groups. Ongoing assessments of audience needs feed into the development of programs that focus on topics such as water quality, climate change adaptation, and habitat protection

 CTP can help address the complexities of decision-making through technical assistance, including, but not limited to:

• meeting facilitation
• stakeholder engagement
• workshop design
• survey and evaluation design
• strategic planning
• serving on local committees and advisory boards