20th November 2007 / Berlin PlanCoast Handbook/ Guidelines and Key Messages Angela Schultz-Zehden
Mar 27, 2015
20th November 2007 / Berlin
PlanCoast Handbook/ Guidelines and Key Messages
Angela Schultz-Zehden
20th November 2007 / Berlin
PlanCoast Guidelines
• Illustrates need for Integrated Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)• Hands-on guidance facilitating its effective implementation• Illustrated Handbook including
– Recommendations on how to tackle existing problems– Tools and instruments pointing towards potential solutions– Concrete case study examples from PlanCoast Pilot
Projects– Other background material on Marine Spatial Planning
• Publication: Spring 2008• Target Group: Stakeholders involved in MSP
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Structure of Guidelines
• Why Integrated Marine Spatial Planning• When to do Integrated Marine Spatial Planning• Who should do Integrated Marine Spatial Planning• Which data/info is necessary for Integrated Marine Spatial
Planning• How to prepare Integrated Marine Spatial Plans• How to implement Integrated Marine Spatial Plans• Supporting processes
Annexes: case studies, national reports, etc.
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Why Integrated MSP?
Many users, growing pressures– Interconnections
(land-sea, use-use, use-ecosystem)– Cumulative Impacts
External drivers– Climate change– Changes in global and regional economies– Technological developments
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Why Integrated MSP?
• Resulting trends– The sea: An economic powerhouse– New offshore technologies
(renewable energy, blue biotechnology)– Clustering and co-use based on concept of synergies– Gobal trade, shipping, port infrastructure– Mariculture
• The changing nature of pressure– Fleeting to static– Small-scale to large-scale– Short-term to long-term
• Not all pressures can be influenced => but impacts demand a structured response
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Expected benefits of MSP
Different expectations depending on the starting point:
• Better visibility of uses
• Co-ordination, integrated plan for all relevant uses
• Ensuring best possible co-existence of use
• Secure open options for future developments
• Security for long-term investors
• Facilitating equitable access to marine resources
• Allocating space to new uses
• Conflict resolution
• Securing acceptance
• Implementing a systems approach
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When to do MSP ?
• Spatial impacts– Uses always have impact, but not all impacts spatially
relevant– Spatial impacts: any use that requires delineated area of
sea
• Spatially relevant uses– Areas for extraction, military uses, nursery grounds, bird
corridors, infrastructure, mariculture, shipping corridors, harbours
• Conflicts arise from incompatibilities
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Different Seas - Different Pressures
Italy Slovenia Croatia Montenegro
Albania
Nautical tourism + + ++ +++
Maritime Transport ++ +++ + + +
Fishery + + ++ + ++
Aquaculture ++ ++ ++ +
Water quality +++ + + + +++
Energy generation +++ +++ +++
Military uses +
Adriatic Sea uses: +++ biggest issue ++ big issue+ issue
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Different Seas - Different Pressures
Baltic Sea uses:X – incompatibleX - conditionaly incompatible
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Message 1
Prepare integrated and constantly updated maps of Marine Spatial Uses - everywhere
Prepare Marine Spatial Plans - only when and where needed (conflicts)
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Who should do MSP?
• New institutions are not needed– But existing ones need to be improved– Clear responsibilities– One coordinating body
• Use different levels for different tasks– International: common principles– National: responsible for overall framework– Regional: cross-sectoral agencies to take the lead in
implementation– Local: case specific solutions, controlling, acute conflict resolutions
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Who should do MSP?
International
National
Regional
Local
The Sea Coast 12smz EEZ beyond
Responsibility
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From Stocktaking to Assessment
Stocktaking (Mapping)– What is stocktaking and why is it necessary?– What should a stocktake comprise off? – How can it be done?
Assessment (Planning)– How can trends and impacts be rated?– Who should be involved in such rating and who chooses
criteria?– How to assess future risks and how to deal with
uncertainty?
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Messages 2
• Collect data according to needs– For case specific planning in limited sea areas, collect data
according to most acute spatial problems
• Improve availability and accessibility to data and information– Access to raw data can be restricted by rights & fees– Processes data should be accessible to professional circles– Planning products should be accessible to everyone
• Agree on systematic information exchange– Link coastal and marine data collection– Create a regularly updated coastal and maritime cadastre
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How to prepare MSPs ?
Establishing the framework– From assessment
-> to policy frameworks -> to plan -> to implementation -> to acceptance
– Goal setting / visions– Find criteria for conflict resolution
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Message 3
Define basic national strategy for offshore development
• which is developed cross-sectorally• tied into international developments• further defined in regional strategies
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How to prepare MSPs ?
The Planning Process– Appropriateness of scale and delineation of planning space– Who to involve how and when?– Public participation– Integration of land & sea
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Message 4
Prepare guidelines for cross-sectoral content & procedure of MSP
Establish transparent management procedures for public participation processes
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TIATerritorial Impact
Assessment
SEAStrategic Environmental
Assessment
EIAEnvironmental Impact
Assessment
Environment Spatial Development
project level
programme level
Using Impact Assessments
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Message 5
Use Territorial Impact Assessment including Environmental Impact Assessment for projects
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Implementation of MSPs
• Formal Regulatory Context– General Information from PlanCoast Countries– Problems with implementation– Prerequisite for successful implementation– Importance of context: not one single solution
• Informal Instruments– Moderated Conflict Resolution– Creating acceptance through
transparency and consultation– Voluntary Agreements
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Messages 6
• MSP is more than a technical exercise - it is a political responsibility
• Create the legal framework for MSP– Identify basic policies that rule coastal and offshore developments– Operationalise existing laws and strategies through directives– Concept and adopt specific maritime legislation for offshore areas
• Make full use of informal processes– Create working methods for informal processes– Meetings, newsletters, working groups– Awareness raising
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Supporting Processes
• International Policy Processes– EU Blue Book– Transnational Organisations in Regional Seas (Helcom,
Black Sea Commission, Adriatic Commission, etc.)• Role of International Projects• Financial Resources for MSP
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Message 7
• Improve effectiveness of cross-border consultations for offshore development plans and projects
• Use and strengthen transnational coordinating bodies
• Develop transnational concerted plans or offshore infrastructure corridors
• Integrate existing project results and recommendations into international policy