The Workshop, Institutional Frameworks for Community-based Coastal Resources Management and Marine Conservation in the Eastern Visayas Region had the following objectives: Review the current situation in the Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) concerning coastal resource management (CRM) and marine conservation activities, projects and programmes; Discuss an emerging institutional framework at the provincial level, and the need for such a framework at the provincial and regional levels, to support community based coastal resources management (CB-CRM) and marine conservation at the community level; Identify institutional development needs and make recommendations concerning how to build institutional capacity in the region to support CB-CRM and marine conservation. The volume has a background paper on provincial and regional institutions in the Philippines followed by coastal overview of the region including the various accomplishments through the Regional CRM plan from 1997-2007. There is a chapter on the Philippines and Indonesian experience with provincial coastal resources management and the development of a provincial CRM framework in the Eastern Visayas region followed by a set of recommendations for action.