CPMR Europe of the Sea The Regions at the Heart of the Green Paper Brest, 17 February 2006

1. CPMR Europe of the Sea The Regions at the Heart of the Green Paper Brest, 17 February 2006 Thomas Engelke Hanse-Office, Representation of the German Länder Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg at the EU Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

2. Committee of the Regions Own-Initiative Opinion on: “EU Maritime policy – a question of sustainable development for local and regional authorities” Rapporteur: Uwe Döring, Minister for European Affairs of Schleswig-Holstein Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

3. Overview • The Vision • Integrated approach • Sectoral policies • Policy instruments • CoR´s Recommendations for the Green Paper • Specific local and regional dimension Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

4. The vision “to recognise and to preserve the great potential of Europe’s seas and to design an active maritime policy in such a way that future generations can also share in the economic, biological and cultural wealth of the sea” Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

5. The integrated approach • “For the first time, the sea as a whole is the subject of political focus in the European Union.” • “European maritime policy affects a large number of sectoral policy areas, some of which are regulated at European level but have not as yet been brought together in an integrated approach.” • “overarching principle” Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

6. Sectoral policies trade and transport Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

7. Sectoral policies fisheries and aquaculture • jklhlkjl Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

8. Sectoral policies off-shore energy Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

9. Sectoral policies tourism Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

10. Sectoral policies environment Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

11. Sectoral policies trade & transport fisheries & mariculture energy & minerals environment island dimension integrated approach inland dimension tourism foreign/ neighbourhood policy coastal protection Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

12. Policy instruments research Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

13. Policy instruments spatial planning Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

14. Policy instruments research education maritime technology integrated approach public awareness spatial planning monitoring Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

15. Recommendations for the Green Paper General aspects: • to support the active European maritime policy in the Lisbon strategy; • to indicate the maritime economy's potential for wealth and jobs and it's realisation (C); • an overview of the existing laws and regulations - maritime aspects; • to check existing EU financial instruments - maritime aspects; Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

16. Recommendations for the Green Paper Sectoral policies: transport and safety: • to strengthen and develop shipping routes (C); • to improve transport links with the islands; • to support EU shipbuilding industry's LeaderSHIP 2015 initiative and high quality shipbuilding; • to make the avoidance of shipping accidents a priority of the EU, i. e. by supporting double hull tankers (C); • to support safety in ports against the threat of terrorism; Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

17. Recommendations for the Green Paper Sectoral policies: fisheries, coastal protection & development • to continue the reform of fisheries policy, to safeguard fish stocks and livelihoods of fishermen (C); • to develop scenarios for coastal protection measures – in light of the rising sea level (C); • to take account of capacity building and facilityconstruction of coastal areas (C); Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

18. Recommendations for the Green Paper Sectoral policies: energy • to facilitate the further development of wind farms in the EU and to explore the potential of other renewable energies (C); • to ensure environmentally-friendlyunder water oil and gas extraction (C); Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

19. Recommendations for the Green Paper Policy instruments: • to collect data on the economic and environmental value of marine resources (C); • to evaluate the current/planned use of marine resources (C); • a sound spatial planning, i.e. the implementation of the ICZM or similar instruments like INSPIRE; • to support trans-regional/trans-national ICZM approaches (C); • to boost funding for marine research, i. e. polar technology or mariculture (C); • to support marine technology; Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

20. Recommendations for the Green Paper The regional dimension: • to recognise the contribution of local and regional authorities to managing maritime resources (C); • to include the regional and local dimension and to take into consideration the wide-ranging expertise existing at regional level – in particular examples of best practice and also model maritime regions (C); • to take account of cultural interests and local knowledge in maritime communities (C); Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

21. Recommendations for the Green Paper Public awareness: • regional conferences during theconsultation of the Green Paper – to promote regional expertise and public awareness of maritime issues; • a long-term publicity campaign involving local and regional authorities. Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217

22. The CoR Opinion was adopted unanimously on 12 October 2005. Thank you! Thomas Engelke/Brest/060217