INTERREG IIIB CADSES „PlanCoast“ Coastal Zone and Maritime Spatial Planning

1. INTERREG IIIB CADSES „PlanCoast“Coastal Zone and Maritime Spatial Planning Angela Schultz-Zehden

2. Overall Objective • Foster sustainable development in the coastal zones • (land- and sea-side) of the • Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea • and support the • EU maritime strategy

3. Challenges • The coastal zones of the Adriatic, Baltic and Black Sea face severe pressure from development. • Multiple sea and coast-based activities such as tourism, transport, fishery / aquaculture, shipping and energy generation are growing. • Combined with the requirements for nature protection and the effects of global climate change these uses implicate numerous actual and potential conflicts. • These conflicts are not limited to the landside areas, but will affect offshore areaseven more strongly. • The challenge is to make the most of the economic potential of the seas in a sustainable manner by avoiding conflicts and creating maximum synergies between the various interest groups.

4. Basic Facts • Project Region: Coastal and Maritime Zones (esp. 12 sm zone) of the Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea and Black Sea • Lead Partner: Ministry of Traffic, Building and Regional Development – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, spatial planning department (Germany) • Project Partners: 15 Spatial Planning Departments or Regional Authorities responsible for the spatial planning for coastal and maritime areas in their partner countries

5. Partners

6. 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

7. What is ICZM? • Integrated Coastal Zone Management • is a dynamic, multi-disciplinary and • participatory process • to promote sustainable management of • coastal zones from off-shore areas • up to their hinterlands • and covers the full cycle of • information collection, planning, public participation, decision making, management and monitoring of policy implementation.

8. 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

9. 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?

10. 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)

12. 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) in all participating countries • 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

13. 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)

14. Sea Use Planning of the German Baltic Sea

15. Activities Bulgaria • Partners • Varna regional Administration • Black Sea NGO Network • Activities • GIS Database Development • Update of 7 Spatial Plans according to ICZM Principles • Introduction / Proposal for Sea Use Plan

16. Financing • EFRE 595.000 EUR • CARDS 493.678 EUR • PHARE 334.200 EUR • TACIS 120.600 EUR • EU Financing 1.488.478 EUR • EU Co-Financing + 317.000 EUR • Non EU Co-Financing + 173.542 EUR • Total 1.979.020 EUR

17. Contact • Lead Partner • Ministry of Traffic, Building and Regional • Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • Dr. Bernhard Heinrichs · Susan Toben • 19048 Schwerin • Tel. +49 385 / 588-0 · Fax: +49 385 / 588-3982 • Project Co-ordination Office • sustainable projects · Angela-Schultz Zehden • Bundesallee 130 · 12161 Berlin • Tel. +49 30 / 32 66 74-60 · Fax. +49 30 / 32 66 74-59 • info@plancoast.eu · www.plancoast.eu