1. INTERREG IIIB CADSES „PlanCoast“ Coastal Zone and Maritime Spatial Planningby
Bernhard Heinrichs
Ministry for Transport, Building and Regional Development M-V, Germany
PlanCoast Lead Partner
L +G, dear collegues,
The topic of my presentation is the case of the Baltic Sea :
the role of Spatial plannining in ICZM and sea use planning or spatial planning of the sea
preliminary remarks
I do not dare to give a comprehensive overview I shall cocentrate on some issues linked to my own experience
the two things ICZM and sea use planning are closely linked, one can not seperate the sea side from the land side.

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
Concerning 1. just to see how our PLCo-approach fits into EU-policies
2. Main part vorlesen
3. I will mention shortly only

3. PlanCoast Project Area
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

4. Financing EFRE 595.000 EUR CARDS 493.678 EUR PHARE 334.200 EUR
TACIS EUR
EU Financing EUR
EU Co-Financing EUR
Non EU Co-Financing EUR
Total EUR
Partner Institution EU Country Budget
Ministry of Labour, Building and Regional Development M-V Y DE ,00
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing Germany Y DE ,00
Maritime Office in Gdynia Y PL ,00
Self-Government of the Pomorskie Voivodeship Y PL ,00
Regional Development Center Koper Y SI ,00
Emilia Romagna Region, DG Environment Y IT ,00
Municipality of Ancona Y IT ,00
ECAT Tirana N AL ,00
Ministry of Physical Planning of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton N BA ,00
District Administration Centre Varna N BG ,00
Black Sea NGO Network N BG ,00
Priority Action Programme / Regional Activity Centre N HR ,00
National Institute for Marine Research and Development N RO ,00
National Institute for Research and Development Urbanproject N RO ,00
Public Enterprise for Coastal Zone Management of Enterprise N SCG ,00
Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of Sea (UkrSCES) N UA ,00
CARDS Balkan Croatien, Bos.-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albanien
PHARE Rumänien, Bulgarien
TACIS Ukraine

5. Growing conflicts among seaside activities
The challenges
Growing conflicts among seaside activities
Urgent need for spatial co-ordination of offshore uses
The challenges are obvious
The map shows a first transnat. atempt to visualise information on uses + restrictions
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 areas even 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.

6. 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
Germany has presented its national strategy adopted by cabinet on march 22 of this year.
Stock taking
Steps towards a strategy
Evaluation of its effects and its implementation
Spat.planning has a prominent role in this strategy.
Green Book , a consultation paper, mentions spat.planning as a possible tool to implement the maritime strategy
Comm will propose next steps until end of 2007

7. Could Spatial Planning make a contribution to these two EU policies?
Experience from the INTERREG III B BaltCoast Project
Main part 2: Could spatial planning….
BC with partners from 7 countries offered a solid basis for the transnat. Recommendations, that I will summarise as an input to PLCO
I shall not rely on the findings of that project only
but present other experiences related to the 2 issues spat. Pl in ICZM and sea use planning

8. 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)

9. Example: Pilot Action „Greifswalder Bodden“
Problem: Conflict between water sports and nature protection
Solution: Zoning keeping the balance between nature protection and development
Vorlesen
Zoning in this case includes a time-component

10. Example: Pilot Action „Greifswalder Bodden“
Look at map:
important tourism area
Conflict management via“ round table “
Voluntary agreements between users and environmentalists
Zoning with physical +time component
Results secured in statutory regional spatial plan
Good ex. for implementation of BaltCoast recommendations

11. BaltCoast Recommendations on ICZM
ICZM is the responsibility of political bodies of all levels
Do not create new ICZM specific institutions
Cross-sectoral agencies at regional level should take the lead for implementation
Link regional approach with case-specific solutions
The focus should be on implementation and visible results
PLCO partner Cieslak PL participated actively
ICZM not an expert issue only
Resistance by experts, in overall interest
3.PL wojwodship , G: Länder
4. ,5. increase acceptance

12. Project results on sea use planning
Transnational spatial planning register for offshore areas
Pan-Baltic comprehensive map of offshore uses
Comparative analysis of regulations and planning instruments
Common recommendations for action
First 2 points are in an incomplete stage, see map

13. Recommendations for action
Agree on a systematic transnational information exchange on offshore uses
Prepare spatial plans for offshore areas – where needed
Introduce project-oriented and cross-sectoral coordination procedures
vorlesen

15. Sea Use Planning of the German Baltic Sea
Main points
Nature protection green
Wind farms black rest of 12 sm prohibited
Sand extraction brown
Corridor linear infrastructure violet
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)

16. Conclusions
Spatial Planning cannot substitute the ICZM-process - but forms an essential part
A regional approach could best link ICZM-strategy with implementation
Spatial planning of the sea should become an integral part of ICZM in the Baltics