1. Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 PlanCoast – The challenges faced by Coastal zones By Bernhard Heinrichs Director of Spatial Planning Department Ministry of Transport, Building and Regional Development Mecklenburg - Vorpommern

2. Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 Bernhard Heinrichs: PlanCoast PlanCoast Project Area

3. What do we want to achieve? to use Spatial Planning for successful implementation of ICZM to establish Maritime Spatial Planning as a necessary tool in the EU Maritime Strategy Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 Bernhard Heinrichs: PlanCoast

4. Which steps will be necessary to elaborate our contribution? Transnational comparative study National reports on the current ICZM preconditions Recommendations on Maritime Spatial Planning Recommendations on Spatial Planning in ICZM Results and Expe- rience of WP 2-4 Regional study Adriatic Region Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 Bernhard Heinrichs: PlanCoast

5. Actual state of project implementation/progress Where are we now : National reports are elaborated Transnational report is under preparation Pilot projects are running What will happen in the next half year: Split: Starting signal for recommendations Berlin: Discussion of a first draft of recommendations Finalisation of all activities until 4/2008, end of PlanCoast Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 Bernhard Heinrichs: PlanCoast

6. Thank you very much for your attention! Conference on Marine Spatial Planning Croatia, 20-22 September 2007 Bernhard Heinrichs: PlanCoast