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P an-Baltic stakeholder workshop on Maritime Spatial Planning as Tool for Underwater Cultural Heritage management in the Baltic States Riga, 3-4 June. A. Ruskule , BEF Palanga, 2 December, 2013. Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage. Participants at the workshop - 37 :. Partners: 15
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Pan-Baltic stakeholder workshop onMaritime Spatial Planning as Tool for Underwater Cultural Heritage management in the Baltic StatesRiga, 3-4 June A. Ruskule, BEF Palanga, 2 December, 2013
Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage Participants at the workshop - 37: Partners: 15 Other institutions: 22
Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage The main topics at the workshop • Towards coherent MSP in the Baltic Sea Region, transnational and project perspective - introduction to MSP principles and ongoing activities by VASAB • Session 1: Underwater cultural heritage and preservation measures • Objectives and priorities in international policies for preservation of UCH • UCH in the Baltic Sea - common past &common responsibility • Discussion on impacts, conflicts and synergies with other sectors and requirements/solutions for protection using spatial measures. Session 2: Integrating underwater cultural heritage in MSP • Examples of regional/local approaches (PL, LT, UK, SE, NL) for protection and management of UCH and integration of this topic within MSP • Discussion on role of MSP as tool for protection/management of UCH
Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage • Key findings: • UCH – a new actor in MSP (except some countries, e.g. UK), so far not considered and involved at equal extent compared to other sea use sectors. • UCH sector in BSR has already cooperation platform at pan- Baltic level – a working group established under CBSS – to be used for co-ordination with MSP process. • UCH protection goals potentially conflict almost with all sectors, but co-operation and synergies are possible. A need for more active information exchange with other sectors - MSP can serve as platform for such cooperation. • UCH includes: wracks, submerged sites, relict cultural landscapes • UCH artefacts can be found everywhere, therefore areas which are not yet investigated, should not be left without regulation – a need for general rules/guidelines how to act when UCH artefacts are found. • Problems with identification of spatial solutions (zoning / sites designation) to present UCH interests in MSP - to be more discussed with planners at pan-Baltic level
Workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage • Some lessons learned: • Involvement of participants form other countries problematic due to financial limitations. • Very careful selection of speakers needed to ensure appropriate contribution to the workshop agenda (particularly, if costs for speakers have to be covered) • Simple, but adequate explanation of MSP principles & procedure is needed when involving of new actors of corss-sectoral dialogue