1. Basic Project Information
BaltSeaPlan
Basic Project Information
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

2. How to coordinate the different uses?
The pressure on the Baltic Sea space and resources both on and off-shore is growing. Shipping, fisheries, wind farming, coastal and boat tourism, mineral extraction, shore protection (climate change!) and nature protection are only examples of sectors affected.
The coordination of the frequently conflicting and mutually exclusive uses calls for urgent and a unified action by all countries of the region. Whereas in the past the co-ordination of different demands was done on a sectorral basis, in future this will not be enough.
Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning is urgently needed to resolve the existing conflicts and tap the full potential of our common Baltic Sea in future in a more sustainable way.
Siemens pres photo
Solution: Maritime Spatial Planning
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

3. Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP)
Tool for implementing sustainable development in coastal and marine areas
Recommended by the EU
Containing elements of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) such as
participative approach,
ecosystem approach,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Includes land-sea interactions
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

4. Challenge… and chance MSP - transnationally wanted, however
Nationally, only few Baltic Sea Region countries introduced regulations on maritime spatial planning yet
National maritime strategies – non existing?
This is a chance!
to create a joint understanding
to learn together from pilot initiatives
to base new regulations on transnationally, coherent principles
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

5. Project Background Previous work on MSP Policy Links
BaltCoast ( )
Introduces concept of MSP
Recommendations for BSR
MSP Handbooks
PlanCoast, Balance, IOC
VASAB
Compendium on MSP legislation
MSP in Practice!
Germany: MV / EEZ
Poland: Gdańsk Bay
Policy Links
EU Blue Book on Future Maritime Policy
MSP Roadmap
Workshops
Studies
Pilot projects
EU call for National Maritime Strategies
VASAB
Gdańsk Declaration
Long Term Perspective
HELCOM
Baltic Sea Action Plan
Broad Scale MSP recommendation
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

6. BaltSeaPlan Objective
To support the Baltic Sea Region countries
in turning Maritime Spatial Planning into reality.
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

7. Facts & figures Project preparation started as early as 2005 !
Approved on 24/10/2008 within 1st call of the Baltic Sea Region Programme (former INTERREG)
project duration
budget: 3.7 m Euro
originally 18 partners
4 Russian partners had to drop-out due to unavailability of ENPI funds
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

8. Partners
Germany:
Lead Partner: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency / BSH
World Wide Fund for Nature Germany, Baltic Sea Unit / WWF
Ministry of Transport, Building and Regional Development of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Poland:
Maritime Office in Szczecin
Maritime Office in Gdynia
Maritime Institute in Gdańsk
Denmark:
National Environmental Research Institute / NERI
Sweden:
Royal Institute of Technology / KTH
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency / SEPA
Estonia:
Baltic Environmental Forum / BEF Estonia
Estonian Marine Institute of University of Tartu
Lithuania:
Coastal Research and Planning Institute / CORPI
Baltic Environmental Forum / BEF Lithuania
Latvia:
Baltic Environmenatal Forum / BEF Latvia
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

9. What is BaltSeaPlan doing?
Stocktaking:
compilation of current sea uses
identification of data gaps
Generation of new GIS datasets
Data exchange and
harmonisation according to the
EU INSPIRE directive
Direct involvement of stakeholders
7 local and cross-border pilot Maritime Spatial Plans
Frameworks and methodologies for Maritime Spatial Planning and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on the sea
Assessment of national priorities for offshort development =>
Proposals for National Maritime Strategies according to EU Blue Book
Common spatial vision for the Baltic Sea under consideration of transnational interdependencies and cumulative impacts
Policy recommendations for Maritime Spatial Planning
Pilot MSPs:
Pomeranian Bight DE/PL/SE/DK
Western Gulf of Gdansk PL
Middle Bank PL/SE
Western Baltic T-Route DK
Pärnu Bay EE
Hiiuma & Saaremaa Islands EE
Western Coast of Latvia LV
Balt SeaPLan will eventually cover the full MSP cycle.
At the moment the project partners started work on different activities in parallel:
They created workplans and devided responsibilities among the working teams. This was especially important in case of international teams.
The identified the main stakeholders in the their pilot areas
They started collecting data
Moreover, as first step to creation of National Maritime Strategies, the national framework (existing laws and strategies affecting the marine space) have been analysed.
TORs for the Common Vision have been prepared.
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

10. Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

11. The MSP cycle (Source: PlanCoast Handbook on IMSP www.plancoast.eu)
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

12. Added value of BaltSeaPlan and BaltSeaPlan Vision
Focused – only sea-side areas
Practical - utilising other results of project:
National Maritime Strategies
Pilot MSPs
Realistic - showing the actual plans and strategies of all BSR countries
Integrated - combining national planning and regional strategies into one!
Visual / accessible / understandable
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09

13. Thank you for attention!
Thank you for attention!
Angela Schultz-Zehden BaltSeaPlan Stakeholder Meeting Tallinn 25/11/09