Training Needs

CTP activities are designed specifically for "coastal decision makers" - people who make decisions that affect the health of our coasts in their day-to-day professional or volunteer lives. Coastal decision makers include municipal officials, federal and state agency staff, legislators, non-governmental organizations such as civic and watershed associations, and business people such as builders, bankers, realtors and marina operators. CTP efforts target the North Shore, greater Boston, the South Shore, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, and the Islands.

CTP is conducting formal audience assessments to determine the needs of these different coastal decision makers. In 2002, local municipal officials were targeted for the first audience needs assessment. The purpose was to evaluate the training, information, and skill requirements of coastal decision makers in local governments. Below are the summary and the full audience needs assessment report:

Summary of Audience Needs Assessment for MA Conservation Commissioners and Agents, 2006 (pdf version)

Coastal Issues and Related Training and Information Needs of MA Conservation Commissioners and Agents, 2006 (pdf version)

Summary of Audience Needs Assessment for Municipal Officials 2002 (pdf version)

An Assessment of the Training Needs of the Local Officials of the Coastal Municipalities of Massachusetts With Regard to Coastal Issues (pdf version)

Summary of An Assessment of the Training and Information Needs of Massachusetts Volunteer, Advocacy, and Other Non-Governmental Organizations with Regard to Coastal Issues (pdf version)

An Assessment of the Training and Information Needs of Massachusetts Volunteer, Advocacy, and Other Non-Governmental Organizations with Regard to Coastal Issues (pdf version)

Summary of the Massachusetts Shellfish Aquaculture Audience Needs Assessment (pdf version)