ICZM in Europe

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ICZM in Europe
European Commission - DG Environment Jon
Parker Unit D.3 Cohesion and environmental impact
assessment
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2007 renewed focus on integration

• EU Maritime Policy  Blue Paper , October 2007
• holistic approach to policy making and
  implementation
• good governance
• knowledge based approach
• integration across land-sea boundary
• Coasts are integral part of Maritime Policy
• Same rationale underlying EU ICZM
  Recommendation of 2002

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Evaluation of the EU ICZM Recommendation

• Good outturn (14/20 Member States 70 coastline)
• Progress 2000-2005 but mature ICZM still rarely
  observed
• Reports show varying scope and nature of actions

• Further support to implementation needed
• No need for a new or different instrument
• Approach and Principles of EU ICZM Recommendation
  remain valid

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Evaluation of the EU ICZM Recommendation

• Lack of common understanding of principles of
  ICZM
• Knowledge basis use and sharing of information
• Continued need for coherent EU policies/legislatio
  n

• More systematic comparative analysis and
  experience exchange
• Strengthening the knowledge basis and use of
  information
• Maritime Policy offers platform for coherence of
  policies

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Priority themes for EU ICZM

• Adaptation to coastal risks and the impacts of
  climate change Keys preventative, multi-risk
  approach long-term/cross-sector
  approach integration between
  prevention and response
• Cooperation in regional seas context, including
  marine spatial planning
• Build on new Marine Strategy Directive
  and ICZM and existing regional seas structures

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Outlook for implementation

• Mainstreaming of ICZM and Maritime Policy
• Blue Paper and action plan proposed by the
  Commission (October 2007)
• Guidance for national maritime policies
• Collective learning
• Stakeholder consultation structures and
  networking
• Research strategy
• ! Data and information (EMODNET, Atlas of the
  seas ...)

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Outlook for implementation

• Adaptation to coastal risks and the impacts of
  climate change - White paper on Adaptation to
  Climate Change (autumn 2008) - Community
  Disaster Prevention Strategy (end 2008) -
  Study on adaptation and coastal defence costs
  - Coastal erosion CONSCIENCE
• Cooperation in regional seas context, including
  marine spatial planning
• - Marine Strategy Directive, EU ICZM
  Recommendation - Roadmap and preparatory study,
  exchange of best-practice - Mediterranean
  Protocol ICZM
• - Cohesion policy trans-national cooperation
  programmes Territorial Cohesion

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MarineSpatial Planning

• Key Challenges
• Strategic, objective led approach
• Shared management of common sea-space (multi-use,
  instead of mere zoning approach)
• Innovation, research to promote more efficient
  use of space and to make uses mutually compatible
• Efforts and costs of planning process need to be
  paid back in clear benefits to stakeholders (e.g.
  reduction of regulatory burden)
• Implementation mix of instruments
• a plan is only as good as its implementation

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management
MarineSpatial Planning

• Key Challenges
• Effective nesting of plans
• Coherence between policies-plans/programmes-
  implementation (projects)
• across different scales (regional seagtlocal)
• - Achieve a common understanding (principles),
  to foster effective cross-border strategies

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