Status Quo and Future Activities in PlanCoast WorkPackage 1

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Status Quo and Future Activities in
PlanCoastWorkPackage 1

• Angela Schultz-Zehden

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PlanCoast Goals

• Setting up comparable GIS databases laying the
  ground for transnational co-ordination of
  different uses in coastal zones and maritime
  areas
• Developing, introducing and implementing the new
  tool of spatial planning in maritime areas in a
  coherent manner complying to international
  standards but reflecting local and regional needs
• Strengthening the implementation of ICZM national
  strategies in EU coastal zones by enhancing the
  role of spatial planning within ICZM in a
  selected number of pilot projects
• Contribute to the implementation of European
  policies and national strategies on coastal zones
  and maritime areas

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Laying the Ground for ICZM Actions

• Assessment of Status Quo
• National reports on current policy, legal basis
  and procedures of spatial planning in coastal and
  maritime areas (land- and sea-side)
• Transnational comparative study on current role
  of spatial planning in National ICZM strategies
  and identification of opportunities/threats -
  strengths/weaknesses gaps/best practice
• Creation of GIS Databases for Coastal Plans
• Agreement on common type of basic information to
  be included in all GIS databases
• Creation or update of GIS Databases for Coastal
  Zones accordingly in all participating regions

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Pilot Projects

• Sea-Use-Planning in Action
• Preparation of Sea-Use-Plans for 12 sm zone in
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), Gdansk region
  (Poland), Trieste Bay (Slovenia), Varna
  (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania), Boka Kotorska
  Bay (Montenegro), Odessa (Ukraine)
• Sea-Use-Planning training programme for spatial
  planners from all participating countries
• Spatial Planning in ICZM in Action
• Preparation of new coastal plans according to
  ICZM principles for Palombina Beach (Italy),
  Pommerania (Poland), Piran (Slovenia), Albania,
  Varna (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania) and the
  Tulcea/Danube Delta Biological Reservation
  (Romania)

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Current focal points of EU policy
Integrated Coastal Zone management
(ICZM) Development of national ICZM-strategies
until 2006
European Maritime Policy Green paper on
integrated maritime policy June 7, 2006
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Central questions of the EU Green Paper of
Maritime Policy concerning ICZM and Spatial
Planning
How can ICZM be successfully implemented? What
are the principles and mechanisms that should
underpin maritime spatial planning systems? How
can systems for planning on land and sea be made
compatible?
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Chapter 3 Maximising Quality in Life in Coastal
Regions

• 3.2 Adapting to Coastal Risks
• What must be done to reduce vulnerability of
  coastal regions to risks of floods and erosion?
• What further cooperation is needed in the EU to
  respond adequately to natural disasters?
• How can shores and coastal waters be better
  policed to prevent human threats?
• 3.3. Developing Coastal Tourism
• What specific measures promoting the sustainable
  tourism development of coastal regions and
  islands should be taken at EU level?
• 3.4. Managing the Land/Sea interface
• ....Given the interaction of coastal and maritime
  issues across the land-sea interface, an overall
  EU maritime policy has a major stake in the
  success of ICZM. Consideration should therefore
  be given top an EU-wide mechanisms for
  comparative analysis and an exchange of best
  practice
• How can ICZM be successfully implemented?
• What role can be played by regional centres of
  maritime excellence?

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Chapter 4 Providing the tools to manage our
relations with the oceans

• 4.2 Data at the Service of Multiple Activities
• ...The EU could consider setting up a European
  Marine Observation and Date Network which would
  provide a sustainable focus for improving
  systematic observation (in situ and from
  space)...
• ...Consideration should also be given to setting
  up European programmes to develop comprehensive
  mapping of European coastal waters for purposes
  of spatial planning, security and safety. The
  mapping of existing and planned activities in the
  water and on the seabed is essential....
• On what lines should a European Atlas of the Seas
  be developed?
• How can a European Marine Observation and date
  Network be set up, maintained and financed in a
  sustainable basis?
• ...

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Chapter 4 Providing the tools to manage our
relations with the oceans

• 3.3 Spatial Planning for a growing Maritime
  Economy
• ...The Commission believes that a system of
  spatial planning for maritime activities on the
  waters under jurisdiction of or controlled by the
  Member States should be created...
• ...It should build on the ecosystem-based
  approach..but should also deal with licensing,
  promoting or placing restrictions on maritime
  activities...
• ...A broad debate is needed on the principles
  should underline such planning...
• ...Although individual decisions on activities
  should be taken at a national or local level, a
  degree of commonality between the systems is
  needed to ensure that decisions affecting the
  same ecosystem or cross-border activities, such
  as pipeline and shipping routes, are dealt with
  in a coherent manner...
• ..a future maritime policy has to build on
  instruments and methods to ensure consistency
  between land and marine systems in order to avoid
  duplication of regulations, or the transfer of
  unsolved land-planning problems to the sea.
• ..A common vision of an overall coastal and
  marine spatial development plan could provide a
  coherent set of policy objectives and
  principles...

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Chapter 4 Providing the tools to manage our
relations with the oceans

• 4.3 Spatial Planning for a growing Maritime
  Economy
• ..as economic activity moves further
  offshore...it will increasingly take place in
  waters...rights of innocent passage..The EU and
  its Member States will need to take the lead in
  ensuring that multilateral rules evolve to allow
  for reconciling this right with the need for
  offshore spatial planning
• What are the principles and mechanisms that
  should underpin maritime spatial planning
  systems?
• How can systems for planning on land and sea be
  made compatible?

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National Reports on Spatial Planning for Coastal
Zones and Maritimes Areas

• Terms of Reference

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1. Objectives

• Introduce/improve maritime spatial planning in a
  coherent manner for the Adriatic, Black and
  Baltic region and provide inputs for other
  European coastal zones,
• Contribute to the implementation of EU
  Recommendations on ICZM and the Public
  Consultation Process and Implementation of the EU
  Maritime Strategy,
• To provide grounds for the adoption and
  implementation of an ICZM Protocol in the
  Mediterranean countries and Black Sea region in
  particular for the planning, co-ordination and
  integration of the sea and land part of the coast
  zones,
• To stimulate discussion at national levels of the
  importance of maritime spatial planning, and
• To share experience with different countries so
  to harmonise approaches on this issue.
• To provide the grounds for the pilot projects and
  the subsequent transnational study
  recommendations

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2.a General Description of Spatial Planning
system

• - evolution of spatial planning in the country
  (short introduction)
• - agencies of planning (national, regional, local
  level)
• - the planning framework (legal basis, planning
  instruments, types of plans at all levels and
  their contents)
• - involvement of public (access to information,
  public hearings, appeals, etc)
• - the control of development (planning/building
  permissions, enforcement of planning control)
• - land policies related to coastal areas
• - urban, countryside and transport
  planning/policies
• - environmental protection and planning
  (pollution, waste, EIA, SEA)
• - conservation of nature and cultural heritage
  (protected areas, etc)
• - general introduction on coastal zone planning
• - general introduction on maritime spatial
  planning (legal basis, responsibilities,
  practice, plans, etc.)
• - assessment of/commentary on advantages and gaps

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2b Specificities of spatial planning in coastal
zones

• main problems and issues related to uses in
  coastal areas, conflicts
• planning in coastal zones (general overview)
• urban policies (housing, tourist facilities)
• countryside planning (agriculture and forestry,
  landscape, protected areas, recreation, minerals,
  etc)
• transport planning
• assessment of /commentary on advantages and gaps

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2c Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)

• main problems and issues related to coastal zone
  management
• specificities of coastal zone planning (legal
  framework, responsibilities, vertical and
  horizontal coordination, procedure, plans, ICZM
  instruments, ICZM strategy, levels, relation to
  spatial plans, sea and land-use integration,
  etc.)
• implementation of ICZM strategy
• assessment of/commentary on advantages and gaps
• (5-10 pages)

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2d. Maritime Spatial Planning

• evolution of sea uses and the state of the art of
  maritime uses in the country (sort of uses,
  trends, main conflicts, etc.)
• main problems and issues related to maritime
  uses, conflicts
• state of art and main characteristics of maritime
  spatial planning
• legal basis
• elements and contents of maritime spatial plans,
  scale, maps
• procedures and responsibilities for preparation
  of maritime plans (level of authority, for which
  components)
• co-ordination and resolving of conflicting uses
• integration of land and maritime parts of spatial
  plans
• practical examples of maritime (sea-use) plans
• (5-10 pages)

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2e Linkages to International Policy

• compliance to EU ICZM recommendation
• Linkage / recommendations for EU Maritime
  Strategy (Green Book)
• linkage to any other international policy (i.e.
  Helcom / MAP / Black Sea Commission)
• (3-5 pages)

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3. Annexes

• The report should be supported by as many
  existing documents as possible (if available in
  English).
• Furthermore the report should also analyse the
  existing information / data sources (and access
  to them) and any kind of improvements on this
  level.

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4. RECOMMENDATIONS

• In the following, it is expected that each
  partner will develop recommendations on national
  level as a result of the comparison undertaken
  with the other partner contributions and the
  ensuing discussions during the various PlanCoast
  workshops.
• Furthermore these recommendations will be
  encompassed by the joint recommendations
  developed within the transnational study.

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4b Recommendations could for instance cover such
areas as

• who should be the responsible/relevant
  institution(s) and responsible level of authority
• for which uses should plans be necessary and why
• the scope (definition of maritime areas)
• suggestions for transborder co-operation and
  co-ordination of activities/plans
• what kind of legal instrument should facilitate
  maritime planning
• what should be the planning procedure
• which sea uses should be taken into account
• what kind of background studies should be
  elaborated to assist plan preparation

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5. OUTPUTS AND DEADLINES

• A report, to include elements as elaborated in
  point 3 above should be submitted as follows
• Draft report 28 February 2006
• Final report 15 April 2006

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What can Spatial Planning offer to ICZM and the
EU Maritime Strategy?

• Proven methods of participation and conflict
  management
• Binding results based on statutory plans
• Provision of space oriented data through
  Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

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BaltCoast Recommendations on ICZM

• ICZM is the responsibility of political bodies of
  all levels
• Do not create new ICZM specific institutions
• Cross-sectoral agencies at regional level should
  take the lead for implementation
• Link regional approach with case-specific
  solutions
• The focus should be on implementation and visible
  results

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BaltCoast results on sea use planning

• Transnational spatial planning register for
  offshore areas
• Pan-Baltic comprehensive map of offshore uses
• Comparative analysis of regulations and planning
  instruments
• Common recommendations for action

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Recommendations for action

• Agree on a systematic transnational information
  exchange on offshore uses
• Prepare spatial plans for offshore areas where
  needed
• Introduce project-oriented and cross-sectoral
  coordination procedures

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Sea Use Planning of the German Baltic Sea