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Sharing ICZM experiences and suggestions for
PlanCoast

• by Robbert Misdorp
• Advisor to the Netherlands Government EUCC
• Assisting Romanian Min. Env. Water Management
  for Romanian PlanCoast input,
• Former Coordinator of the International
  CZM-Centre, RIKZ, Ministry of Transport, Public
  Works and Water Management, The Hague.
• E-address r.misdorp_at_chello.nl

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1. Sharing some Integrated CZM experiences

• ICZM program elements
• ICZM tools RAMCO (Physical Planning)
• CoastLearn (ICZM training)
• CZM Centres Website www.netcoast.nl
• EU - Coastal Network EUCC www.eucc.nl
• European Water Partnership a public private
  Network

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Reference CZM-Centre Egyptian Environmental
Affairs Agency, 1996 Egyptian Coast
Development and Challenges
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RAMCO spatial designed Rapid integrated
Assessment and analytic planning tool using
interactively GIS modules supporting
coastal policy makers
Two different tool levels 1) Macro-scale system
long range, large scale coastal processes,
natural socio-economic subsystems 2)
Micro-scale system short term and micro-scale
coastal processes, using cellular GIS sub-models.
Reference CZM-C/RIKZ/RIKS, 1999 Integral
Assessment Module for Coastal Zone Management,
RamCo 2.0 User Guide
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RAMCO an example of the analytical GIS frame
component macro-scale dynamics? system diagram
?tourism ?land demand, employment, production
values The iterative, relational, analytical
frame the expert judgment in the macro level
effects the micro dynamics and changes the
land use map.
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CoastLearn Multimedia ICZM Distance
Training Tool in 6 languages
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CZM-Centre - Website www.netcoast.nl,
providing information on concept and tools eg
RAMCO and CoastLearn
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EUCC - The Coastal Union is
www.eucc.net

• An international non-profit association, founded
  in 1989
• Active national branches and projects in
• 14 EU countries
• Total about 3000 Members in 40 countries
• Offices in Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany,
  Poland, Lithuania, Spain

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EUCCs Mission
Back
To promote a solid coastal management Conservatio
n of nature, landscape and cultural heritage in
combination with coastal safety and a sustainable
economic development
www.eucc.nl
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European Water Partnership
A coordinated approach to water in Europe

• The European Water Partnership is a joint
  private and public sector organisation created
  to coordinate European water activities
• It is an independent body
• Website www.ewp.org

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Why?
European Water Partnership

• Global water crisis, brought about by climate
  change, population growth and water usage
• In Europe, an estimated 85 million people lack
  sanitation facilities and 41 million do not have
  access to safe drinking water
• Worldwide, 1.1 billion people do not have water
  and 2.6 billion lack sanitation facilities
• Water strongly influences poverty, migration,
  Aids, sustainability, and climate change.

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2. Some suggestions for PlanCoast

• Mixing concepts of ICZM program elements with
  Physical Planning
• An example of Sea Use Planning
• The Netherlands Continental Shelf

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• Suggestions to mix ICZM program elements
• with Physical Planning
• Characteristics of ICZM
• Characteristics of Physical Planning
• Suggested mix.

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Main characteristics of an ICZM program

• Complex problem oriented
• Area/district/region oriented
• Multiple faceted
• comprising several disciplines departments,
  local stakeholders and NGOs (are problem
  owners)
• Integrated management for development through
  institutional strengthening policy preparation,
  decision making simultaneously at different
  levels
• Long term iterative and cyclic process ( /-10
  years) including monitoring ecologic
  economic evaluation

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• Main characteristics of an ICZM program - contd
• Consisting of a planning and an implementation
  phase
• Awareness raising among stakeholders increases
• acceptance of implementation
• Implementation is directed at sustainable
  solutions
• Increasing resilience of the coastal system,
• No-regret measures in case of large
  uncertainties,
• Flexible, soft solutions preferred above hard
• flood protecting measures
• 4. Zoning of functional uses in terrestrial and
  marine parts
• of coastal zone
• Implementing an ICZM program needs
• i) a practical leader
• ii) a process leading to measures through a
  consultative
• and participatory approach.

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• Some characteristics of a Spatial Development
  Plan
• Area oriented
• Time planning horizon five years to some
  decades
• National policy dominant over district and
  community plans
• Strict alignment according to main components of
  hard Infrastructure
• Water ways, Electric, Sewage, Roads, Airways,
  Pipelines
• Generally no alignment provisions for
• participatory approaches, long term
  sustainability,
• decreasing pollution, increasing biodiversity,
  decreasing the
• vulnerability to Climate Change impacts and no
  ecoeco evaluation

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How to mix existing Spatial Development Plan
practices with ICZM principles? Some
suggestions 1. Applying the EU-WFD and EU-ICZM
Recommendations to the PlanCoast integrated
Land and Sea Use Planning 2. Including the main
elements of the ICZM programs sustainability,
long term, and ecological economical
accountabilities, participatory approaches 3.
Implementing a pilot Spatial Development Plan at
district/communal level, including an
integrated feasibility study for
implementation. Win-Win potentials creating
Spatial Development Plans in an ICZM frame
Spatial Development Decrees/Laws are legally
binding documents, which could be a solid base
for the subsequent ICZM implementation phase.
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Netherlands Integrated Management Plan for
the North Sea 2015
The full-report is available on the PlanCoast
Website, as 11 MB PDF document.
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Netherlands Integrated Management Plan for
the North Sea 2015
This Governmental Document is produced in close
cooperation by four Dutch Ministries. This
Integrated Management Plan for the North Sea
2015 was adopted by the Council of Netherlands
Ministers in July 2005, for approval of the
Netherlands Parliament.
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This list of Contents Illustrates that not only
different maps were produced, but also 1)
VISIONS on North Sea use Healthy, Safe
and Profitable Sea, 2) PRINCIPLES of
Management, 3) INSTRUMENTS for management, 4)
INTEGRATED frame for permitting, were
addressed.
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Some Concluding Remarks 1) Interaction between
Spatial Development/ Physical Planning and ICZM
can be beneficially both ways 2) PlanCoast can
illustrate these benefits in the Baltic,
Adriatic and Black Sea, through producing
visions, maps and analyses based on GIS data
bases 3) ICZM concepts, tools and networks are
ready to be shared for use.
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