Client

The World Bank

Location

Lamu Island, Kenya

Period

2025 – underway

Project description

World Bank–funded assignment to prepare a Creative and Cultural Industries Master Plan for Lamu County, Kenya, focused on safeguarding heritage, empowering artisans, and promoting inclusive, climate-resilient growth. The plan integrates cultural tourism, capacity building, and market access to strengthen Lamu’s CCIs.

Scope of services

  • Mobilisation, kick-off meeting, preliminary data collection, stakeholder mapping, and inception report
  • Mapping and assessment though field visits, stakeholder consultations, mapping of CCI actors and assets, SWOT analysis, and policy review
  • Draft Master Plan, including strategic framework, reform priorities, risk mitigation, cultural tourism focus, and one-year action plan
  • Final Master Plan with integration of feedback, finalisation of content, validation workshop, and official endorsement
  • Closing phase including documentation of outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for future support