Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region Pan-Baltic stakeholder workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region Vilnius, Bettina Käppeler, BSH Palanga, 2 December, 2013

Workshop Participants: 24 Partners: 13 (thereof 1 not involved in PartiSEApate) Other Institutions: 11 Workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region Offshore Energy Industry5 Research9 Administration7 Other3 24 Maritime Spatial Planner6

The main topics of the workshop Introduction into objectives and tasks of PartiSEApate – in particular MSP stakeholder workshops Session 1:Offshore Energy from a Pan-Baltic Perspective Discussion on:  Obstacles for a Pan-Baltic approach for cooperation and identifying / developing best suited areas for production of offshore energy, e.g. national interests, regulatory systems etc., potential mismatch between negative impacts and benefits from offshore energy etc. Session 2: Planning for Offshore Energy and Energy Grids – Experience from national and trans-boundary Approaches Discussion on:  MSP as important instrument to prepare ground, identify problems and gaps, set priorities, support co-existence of activities, and facilitate communication between different groups of stakeholders  Role of regional stakeholders from Offshore Energy and Transmission Grid Operators Workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

The main topics at the workshop Session 3: Spatial Criteria and Requirements for Offshore Energy and the Role of Maritime Spatial Planning Discussion on:  Main sectoral spatial priorities and interests  Main impacts on, conflicts and synergies with other activities  Suitability criteria for sites for offshore energy Workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Key findings:  A real Pan-Baltic cooperation – between political as well as economic sectors - with regard to coordinated offshore energy and grid development is not in place  The North Sea Countries Grid Initiative (NSCOGI) is seen as role model for high level cooperation on the issue  Missing national targets and strategies, different national interests, regulatory systems etc. are hindering a more integrated transboundary/transnational approach  In many cases national MSP developments are being driven by offshore energy, supported by national targets and regulative systems  MSP can serve as a tool to prepare ground and accelerate Offshore Energy development, though in DK e.g.. strong development without MSP in place  MSP has to provide for integrated procedures with terrestrial/territorial planning with regard to plan for grid connection etc.  A Pan-Baltic offshore grid could serve as backbone to more refined MSP regulations  Planning should be based on very good factual data and inventories, environmental information as long as take into account technical development and potential solutions … Workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Key findings:  Main conflicts identified as military sea use, navigation routes, extraction of mineral resources (incl. e.g. shale gas), necessary buffers towards cables, pipelines etc.  Minor conflicts: protected areas, fisheries (if compensation schemes are in place), negative visual impacts  Main synergies identifed: offshore: biomass production, coastal development (local tourism, coastal protection), industrial development (nearby energy-intensive industry, ship-building industry resp. supply chain in general) Workshop on Offshore Energy / Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Part-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund) Spatial Data Infrastructure and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region Pan-Baltic stakeholder workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region Hamburg, June 2013 Bettina Käppeler, BSH Palanga, 2 December, 2013

Workshop Participants: 21 Partners: 14 (thereof ca. 7 not involved in PartiSEApate) Other Institutions: 7 Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region SDI Administrator3 Data Manager (Content)13 Data User (GIS Applications)17 Data Product User14 Maritime Spatial Planner8

The main topics at the workshop Introduction into objectives and tasks of PartiSEApate – in particular MSP stakeholder workshops Session 1: Existing national Spatial Data Infrastructure / Experience with Data Bases for MSP Examples of national approaches to establish data and evidence base for MSP Session 2: Examples of European and Regional/national Initiatives to deliver and boost Maritime and Marine Knowledge and Data Examples on European and Baltic level of Marine Data Initiatives and Portals incl. Recommendations of BaltSeaPlan for Pan-Baltic Data Discussion on:  different approaches for spatial data infrastructure - centralised vs. decentralised  Suitability of existent European and Baltic marine data projects and initiatives for MSP Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

The main topics at the workshop Session 3: Administrative and technical Requirements of Spatial Data Infrastructures for MSP – Examples of Marine Data Networks, Databases and Data Policy Discussion on:  Data availability (in general, scope), quality criteria, scale, standards and formats  Data quality criteria, accuracy, comparability  Problem of various interpretation of same data  Importance of metadata  Hierarchy and priority setting with regard to data compilation – and generating information and evidence for decision making Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Key findings:  Need to set up a Pan-Baltic Spatial Data Infrastructure for MSP (with all relevant BSR states agencies and institutions + HELCOM, VASAB, ICES, EMODnet etc.) to allow for easy exchange of relevant data for MSP - for which MDI-DE may be a good model  Need for national MSP data contact points  Need to have common data standards for data exchange, at least for issues of transboundary relevance  Need to fill gap with regard to relevant socio-economic and –cultural data  Need to set priorities for data compilation – with the concrete purpose and evidence to be generated in mind  Need to align Workflow and Dataflow  Importance of having strong Metadata, to create transparency on data significance, reliability etc.  Data from publicly funded work should be freely accessible  Projects on MSP Data should be better streamlined and connected Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Setting up a Pan-Baltic Spatial Data Infrastructure for MSP  How to get there ? Proposal: Establishing a HELCOM/VASAB WG on MSP – Subgroup, LV and DE volunteer to make proposal for TOR, objectives, milestones etc., in line with EUSBSR  shall be presented to HELCOM/VASAB WG on MSP-meeting 28/29th January 2014 Data products needed for MSP with regard to questions of planners to be answered  should be discussed in a dedicated PSP Workshop (focus on transboundary MSP issues) Further Tasks: 1.Setting up of expert group on harmonisation of data and metadata for data exchange (focussing on transboundary MSP issues), 2.Initialising national inventories of main MSP issues and resp. available data / metadata and additional information etc. Workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP in the Baltic Sea Region

Some lessons learned:  You do not have to have many participants for the sake of the number – but you need the right people to give input, contribute to discussion and ask the right questions  Potential speakers as well as participants should be approached in very early stage of WS preparation  The number and extent of input given by speakers should be reduced to some key issues – to allow for ample time for discussion  Other means of input such as posters / poster session, videos etc. should be considered  Discussion should be very well moderated and focussed, different methods should be applied to foster participation  Workshop environment should be suitable to create an atmosphere of creativity and openness  Date and venue should be chosen carefully to avoid obstacles for participation e.g. because of “competing” events or complicated journey Workshops on Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Network Building for MSP / Offshore Energy & Grid Planning and MSP in the Baltic Sea Region