Th e fi rst case study of RAPs presented in this section is a success story of how Collingwood Harbour was the fi rst AOC to be delisted. In “First Off the List: Th e Collingwood Harbour Story” Gail Krantzberg begins with a discussion of the issues and problems that existed in Collingwood and how the community came together under the leadership of RAP coordinator and Public Advisory Committee Chair to work towards improving the harbour and the opportunities that came following its improvement. As pointed out by the author governments need to play an important role in building and nurturing community capacity to carry out the complex stakeholder processes. Th e author concludes that as learnt from the experiences of Collingwood case study: for success of any RAP there are a few central pre-requisites such as: participation of the appropriate actors; development of mutually agreed upon decision making process; common visions and objectives; local ownership political support; public participation and continued funding.