The Coastal Zone Policy has been developed for all concerned Ministries, Agencies, Local Government Institutions, NGOs, private sector and the civil society to put their efforts for the development of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. The policy is unique in the sense that it is a harmonized policy that transcends beyond sectoral perspectives. The CZPo initiates a process that commits different Ministries, Departments and Agencies to agree to harmonize and coordinate their activities in the coastal zone and elaborates the basis for a firm co-ordination mechanism. The following are major issues of the policy:

a.  integration through harmonization and coordination; 
b.  adoption of a process approach;
c.  linkage to national planning mechanisms;
d.  implementation through respective line agencies;
e.  co-management and participatory decision;
f.   gender equality;
g.  participatory monitoring and evaluation;
h.  supporting national policy of decentralization and development of the private sector;
i.   interventions based on the best available knowledge; efforts to fill knowledge gaps; 
j.   priority setting on issues of the coastal zone.                

Policy Framework : This policy provide general guidance so that the coastal people can pursue their livelihoods under secured conditions in a sustainable manner without impairing the integrity of the natural environment.

Enabling Institutional Environment: Measures will be taken to formulate an appropriate institutional framework and to enact necessary laws and regulations in order to harmonize and coordinate all development activities in the coastal zone.