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Maritime Policy: Sources of Project Ideas. Maritime Safety Umbrella Operation “Co-operating to create, maintain and implement a safer maritime environment”. Richard Hill Maritime Safety Co-ordinator. Overview. MSUO: Goals and Outcomes Project-to-Project Co-operation on Project Development
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Maritime Policy: Sources of Project Ideas Maritime SafetyUmbrella Operation “Co-operating to create, maintain and implement a safer maritime environment” Richard Hill Maritime Safety Co-ordinator
Overview • MSUO: Goals and Outcomes • Project-to-Project Co-operation on Project Development • Maritime Policy: Source of Projects? • Future Role of MSUO • Contacts
MSUO: The Goal (2005-2006) An INTERREG cross programme enhancement that assists Interreg Maritime Safety projects by: • Providing a European and International Networkfor co-operation on maritime safety; • Promoting project outcomes to establish Europe and partners at the forefront of maritime safety activity; • Increasing project competence in maritime safety by closing gaps in knowledge and encouraging cooperation; • Assisting programmes to become a collective driving force for maritime safety on the European and international agenda
Safety @Sea (NS) NMC & NMCII Save the North Sea POWER Forum Skagerrak EMDI Cycleau COREPOINT SAIL FINESSEMAYA II MESH NEW! DELTA Safety @ Sea (NP) Eurobaltic Baltic MaSTER COASTMAN BALANCE InterBaltic Associate: Summari I & II, OILECO (A) EROCIPS (Atlantic)
Umbrella Outcomes • Communication of Information - between projects - national, European and international level • Project to Project Cooperation (PPC) - Prevention - Preparedness and Response - Integration • Project Development
Project Development PPC Objectives and Outputs: Phase 1: • Identify maritime themes for new programme period • Identify potential partners • Identify transnational areas for undertaking projects • Produce Phase 1 report Phase 2: • review project themes against Transnational programme guidance issued by DG Regio • Identify which project themes are suitable for funding • Suggest funding methods • Produce Phase 2 report
Future Projects: Sources of Information and Ideas • DG Regio Guidance for future transnational programme • EU Maritime Policy Green Paper • Regional Seas Programme (UNEP) • Marine Strategy Directive COM(2005) 505 Final • Third Maritime Safety Package (and previous Erika I and II packages) • IMO Conventions and Guidance • Motorways of the Sea Initiative • Existing Projects See MSUO Future Options Report, due end June 2006
Future territorial co-operationTransnational / Cross-Border (2007-13) Integrated territorial development: • Current suggested budget: 7.8 bill Euro • Partners from at two or more countries • Strand A: Cross-border co-operation (73.86%) -for solving local problems -strategic projects along maritime borders • Strand B: Transnational Co-operation (20.95%) - no longer studies and plans but concrete, strategic projects important for whole area. MSUO Question: Strategic Project= Practical implementation of maritime policy?
Future territorial co-operaionTransnational / Cross-Border (2007-13) Focus on: • Innovation, RTD, enterprises • Environment, water management, risk prevention – incl. maritime safety • Improved accessibility, transport, information and communication technology • Sustainable urban development
Future territorial co-operationTransnational / Cross-Border (2007-13) Proposals for Funding Projects: • Current Maritime Projects: Average Euro 3-8 Million • 50%- 75% (possibly 85%) ERDF Cofinancing Funding • 20% Transprogramme • 10% Outside EU
EU Maritime Policy Green Paper • Sustainable development • Co-operation (member & non-member states) • Holistic approach- integration of policy • Protect biodiversity • Build upon EU Policy (Marine Strategy, Lisbon, etc.)- stimulate growth & improve marine resources • Ecosystem Approach • Link to UNEP? http://ec.europa/maritimeaffairs
EU Maritime Policy Green Paper Green Paper built around series of questions • How can maritime policy contribute to maintaining our ocean resources and environment? • How can a maritime policy further the aims of the Marine Thematic Strategy (Marine Strategy Directive)? • How can risk assessment best be used to further safety at sea? (S@S and MSUO PPC 1a) • 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? • Others: Climate Change, jobs, technology, etc. MSUO: Can Transnational & Crossborder Projects be used to answer these questions?
Regional Seas Programme (UNEP) • Sustainable management of marine & coastal resources • Joint cooperation and actions by coastal states • Function through ‘Action Plans’ • OSPAR (NE Atlantic), HELCOM (Baltic) & MAP (Mediterranean) • Projects should function within framework- -partnerships, policies, -projects should implement actions
HELCOM: http://www.helcom.fi/ • The Monitoring and Assessment Group (HELCOM MONAS) • The Land-based Pollution Group (HELCOM LAND) • The Nature Protection and Biodiversity Group (HELCOM HABITAT) • The Maritime Group (HELCOM MARITIME) • The Response Group (HELCOM RESPONSE)
Marine Strategy Directive • Establishes Marine Regions (NE Atlantic, Baltic & Mediterranean) • Develop marine strategies within each region - assessment, good environmental status, targets, monitoring programmes • Programme of cost effective measures= Projects? • Link to UNEP Regional Seas Programme • Led at Member State level- need competent national authority partners
Third Maritime Safety Package What is Spatial? • Places of Refuge (link to IMO Guidance) • Vessel Traffic Monitoring (AIS) linked to Safeseanet See: • Vessel traffic monitoring and information system Directive- COM (2005) 589 Final • EMSA http://www.emsa.europa.eu/ • DG TREN http://ec.europa.eu/transport/maritime/index_en.htm
IMO Conventions and Guidance • Oil Spill/ Hazardous Noxious Substances- Preparedness, Response & Co-operation (OPRC’90 & OPRC HNS) -Art. 8 & 9= R&D + Cooperation between countries and regional bodies; • Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs)- development of Associated Protection Measures; • Places of Refuge Guidance
Regional Shipping Pollution Agreements • Bonn Agreement (North Sea & Channel) • Emerg. Protocol to Barcelona Convention (Mediterranean-REMPEC) • Copenhagen Declaration (Baltic-HELCOM) • Lisbon Agreement (France, Spain, Portugal & Morocco) • Contingency, Observation, Assessment & Response
HELCOM/Copenhagen • Maritime Group (HELCOM MARITIME) - ensure adopted regulations are observed & enforced effectively & uniformly through close international co-operation -to identify and promote actions to limit sea-based pollution while ensuring safe navigation. • Response Group (HELCOM RESPONSE) - ensure swift national & international response to maritime pollution incidents - ensure in an accident the right equipment is available & routines are in place to respond immediately in co-operation with neighbouring states -analyse developments in maritime transportation around the Baltic & investigate possible impacts on international cooperation with regard to pollution response -to coordinate the aerial surveillance of maritime shipping routes to provide a complete picture of sea-based pollution around the Baltic, and to help identify suspected polluters
Sources of Information & Ideas MSUO Reports • MSUO Future Options report – June 06 • Project Development reports – Aug/Nov 06 • Project to Project Co-operation reports Upcoming MSUO Events: • Motorways of the Sea Conference, Helsinki 2nd/3rd Oct 06 • Passenger Vessel Safety seminar 2, Scotland Oct 06 DG Regio Guidelines & Programme requirements Look at websites!
Future Role of MSUO (2007-2013) • Expand to cover all A-Strand & B-Strand Maritime Safety & Sustainable Development of Marine Areas? • Advice and Assistance to Projects Provide topics, technical content, partnership search & inclusion, policy framework, communication & dissemination, gaps in knowledge (PPC) • Advice and Assistance to Programmes & Commission Structure & design to include maritime topics, support development of guidance and priority texts, assessment of applications, dissemination • Feedback Provide information on programme and project effectiveness to policy framework
Future Project Requirements • “Strategic”: High level projects which deliver maritime safety and sustainable development; • “Eligible” Ensure Interreg projects meet eligibility criteria of Programmes (development and operational phases); • “Compatible” Maritime Projects should be developed in agreement with existing framework of maritime governance at international, European and member state level, and; • “Responsibility” Regional Organisations, Competent National Authorities and relevant European Authorities and Agencies should be involved and/or kept informed during project development.
Sources of Information & Ideas Contact person Project Development report: Karen Sumser-Lupson University of Plymouth, UK Tlf: +44 (0) 1752 232747 Email: karen.sumser-lupson@plymouth.ac.uk Get involved!
Contact Maritime Safety Co-ordination Unit Co. Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme, Viborg, DK Richard Hill – Maritime Safety Co-ordinator Email: crbrh@vibamt.dk Trine B. Solevågseide - Maritime Safety Officer Email: crbtbs@vibamt.dk Website: www.maritime-safety.org
Risk Assessment and Acceptance Available Maritime Data Passenger Vessel Safety Information Technology (modelling, monitoring and GIS) AIS best practice Impact of Small Oil Spills Themed Seminars -Refuge Areas -At Sea & Onshore Response -Involving Stakeholders and Decision-makers Training Protection Measures for Motorways of the Sea Project Development Project to Project Cooperation (PPC)
PPC1a: Risk Assessment & Acceptance • Objectives: • Common methodologies to assess risk • Common protocol for acceptable risk • Potential for project development • Outputs: • Report on risk assessment and acceptance • Link methodologies to MSUO guide and and website • Goal and objectives for future project & potential partners
PPC2c: Passenger Vessel Safety • Objectives: • Exchange information • Exercise/ simulation best practice • Raise awareness/ promote participation • Outputs: • Desk study of best practice • Project meetings to exchange information • Seminar and associated exercise • Leaflet and webpage
PPC2b: Information Technology and GIS: Common Protocols and Procedures Objectives: • Common protocols for the movement of information generated by maritime safety projects • Disseminate protocols for existing and future projects Outputs: • Common IT Procedures for inclusion in Maritime Safety Guide or separate document • Report documenting the work to advise other programmes, operations and EU initiatives • Scoping study to determine potential for project development 2007 to 2013
Umbrella Topics Institutional Preparedness
Interreg Programme 2000 - 2006 • Stimulate to interregional co-operation • Strengthen economic and social cohesion • Financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) • Three strands: • Strand A: Cross-border co-operation • Strand B: Transnational co-operation • Strand C: Interregional co-operation
Interreg Programme 2000 - 2006 • Interreg IIIB: 13 programme areas • Interreg IIIB Baltic Sea Region: • Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden • Interreg IIIB CADSES: • Among others Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia • Candidate countries and non-members: among others Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Ukraine
Existing Interreg Projects Baltic Master • 41 Partners from seven countries in the BSR • Project running from July 2005 – Dec 2007 • Budget: 3.6 Euro 4 Work Packages: • Preparedness and Division of Responsibility • Safe Transportation at Sea • Sustainable Spatial and Regional Development • Communication and Dissemination
Existing Interreg Projects Interbaltic • 43 partners from 10 countries • Project running 2006-2007 • Budget: about 3 mill Euro 4 Work Packages: • Project Administration • Mega trends and strategies • Intermodal toolbox development and deployment • Actions and business development
Existing Interreg Projects Interreg IIIA: SUMMARI I&II, GOFMEC • Network of Crisis Management Simulator Centres (CMSCs): • Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia • Estonian Maritime Academy in Tallin • Maritime Training Institute in Kotka, Finland • Main objectives: • Simultaneously training of contingency, response and clean up personnel • Harmonize oil spill related training courses • Share training scenarios, databases and expertise
Conclusion • Use MSUO to: • Disseminate and request information • Promote your project at Programme, European and International level • Develop new projects for the future (2007-2013) • Ensure Strategy, Eligibility, Compatibility and Responsibility • Link Existing & Proposed Projects to new Programme: • Risk Assessment/Prevention (Maritime Safety); • Coastal Zone Management • Marine Area Planning/ Development? (EU marine policy) • Evolve your partnership from Interreg IIIB +A to new Programme (2007-2013)
EU New Maritime Policy • Green Paper aims for an all embracing Maritime Policy due 31st May 2006 • One year consultation process • Cross-sectoral approach – 7 DGs involved • Links to the Marine Environment Thematic Strategy and Maritime Safetey Packages • Regions will play important role in implementation processes • Suggests using existing mechanisms and funding (e.g. Interreg B and A strand)
Third Maritime Safety Package • Nov. 05: 3rd Maritime Safety Package launched • Two major themes containing 7 proposals: • 1. Improved accident and pollution prevention • Improve conditions for granting Member States’ flags • Strengthen legislation on classification societies and port state controls • Establish a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system
Third Maritime Safety Package • 2. Dealing with the aftermaths of accidents • Establish a harmonised European framework for investigation following accidents • Make the investigating bodies more independent • Improve framework of liability and damage repair • MSUO has reviewed the 3rd Maritime Safety Package and identified spatial project themes
Thematic Strategy on the Protection of the Marine Environment • Adopted 24th October 2005 by the Commission • Main aim: to achieve good environmental status for marine resources by 2021 • European Marine Regions and subregions identified • Marine Strategies to be developed within each region • Close correlation between Marine Regions/ Subregions and proposed A and B strand Programme Areas
Third Maritime Safety Package • Potential project themes: • Places of Refuge • Vessel Traffic Monitoring • Integration between member states • Potential projects to provide added value to the Package: • Pollution Contingency Planning – at sea and on shore • Investigation of Accidents
Motorways of the Sea • April 2004: Motorways of the Sea concept included in Trans-European Transport Network • Key corridors for development of Motorways of the Sea: • Baltic Sea • Western Europe (Atlantic Ocean – North Sea/Irish Sea) • South-western Europe (western Mediterranean Sea) • South-eastern Europe (Adriatic, Ionian and eastern Mediterranean Sea) • In addition: extension to neighbouring countries
Motorways of the Sea • MSUO/Baltic Sea Programme Conference: Motorways of the Sea: 2nd/3rd Oct, Helsinki • Issues: MoS Transportation, Sustainabilitiy, Safety • Call for papers – deadline 31st May!
Safety at Sea • AIS • Places of Refuge • Information and Training • Others?
Identification & Monitoring of Resources & Activities Port Saltmarsh & Mudflat (SPA, Ramsar, etc.) • AIS Marina & Fishing Harbour Amenity Beaches & Bathing Waters Jetski & Windsurfing Possible Wind farm Offshore fisheries Sailing Seabird colony (SPA) Shipping Route Sand and Gravel Extraction Sensitive Marine Site (SAC) • Methods: • Mapping- linked to GIS/databases • Aerial Surveillance • Satellite Surveillance
Risk Assessment Habitat Damage Grounding & Collision Amenity Loss Stakeholder Conflict Economic Loss Wildlife Disturbance Collision Grounding • Specific Issues: • Traffic levels/predicted increase • Cargo type pollution/safety risks: REBCO, VHFO, Chemicals, harmful, etc. • Operation Risks: port operations, navigation, STS, etc. • Seasonality (fishing / recreation activity) • Databases e.g. navigational hazards, wrecks, lost cargo, ‘mystery spills’,etc. Loss of Life?