This volume contains the basic information on the collaborative project between SEAFDEC/Training department (TD) and the Department of Fisheries (DOF) in Thailand. The content of this volume is divided into two parts. The first describes the background of the LBCRM-PD and the detailed outline of the five-year project proposal. The second part contains the project proposal which was approved by the Director General of the DOF and the Chief of the Training Department/SEAFDEC. In the first part of the document, the sequence and tentative plan for a “Locally Based Coastal Resource Management (LBCRM)” framework is proposed and discussed.