News

2009-07-30

Ecomediterranea Conference, 24-25th September 2009

The Conference Ecomediterranea - Towards a Sustainable management of Mediterranean Sea,
organized by Conselleria of Environment of the Illes Balears, will be a great media act of
international repercussion and politics, scientific and social reference that seeks the search and the
position of solutions to the different pressures to which is subjected the Mediterranean Sea.

For more information see www.isrcer.org/eco/home_ing.html#

2009-02-09

Romanian website of the PlanCoast project launched

The Romanian-language version of the PlanCoast website was created by the NIMRD (National Institute for Marine Research and Development „Grigore Antipa“) based in Constanta. It documents the progress of the Romanian coastal and maritime planning introduction under PlanCoast and beyond it www.plancoast.ro.
Among others, the Romanian version of the PlanCoast Handbook on Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning can be downloaded there.

2009-01-09

BaltSeaPlan project approved!

The follow-up project of PlanCoast in the Baltic Sea region has been approved as one of the 24 projects of
the first call of the Baltic Sea Region Programme eu.baltic.net/. We are looking forward
to pushing forward the EU Maritime Policy through practicing Integratated Maritime Spatial Planning in
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.

2008-06-18

BaltSeaPlan project application submitted

The INTERREG IVB BSR BaltSeaPlan is planned as potential follow-up of BaltCoast and PlanCoast projects in the Baltic Sea region (Sweden, Danemark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuanien, Latvia and Estonia).

The project application has been submitted by s.Pro and the lead partner: German Federal Hydrographic and Maritime Agency within the first call of proposals (deadline March 2008) with a project duration between 2009–2011 with possible extension until 2014. Project budget is 4,5 Mio EUR.

The project will be building on the current efforts within the Baltic Sea region (i.e. EU Blue Book national Maritime Strategies, Helcom Action Plan, climate change scenarios, Blue Corridors, Motorways of the Sea etc), and of course support the preparation of Integrated Maritime Plans throughout the partner countries.

2008-06-18

PlanCoast Handbook is out now!

Just in time for the project end the PlanCoast Handbook on Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning was published.

This 100 pages publication adresses in the first place the coastal and marine stakeholders such as politicians and managers, who would like to know what is IMSP and why it is so urgenlty needed. Next, the Handbook provides practical guide for spatial planners active in coastal and, in future, maritime areas. This advice is based on the current state-of-art in IMSP, and of course the experience of the PlanCoast pilot initiatives.

The PlanCoast project partners shall act as regional distributors of the Handbook, but it also can be downloaded from this website and requested in hard copy under info@plancoast.eu

2008-06-18

PlanCoast project closed

The Interreg IIIB CADSES PlanCoast project finished officially on 15th April 2008. Some of the non-EU partners who signed their national contracting with delay will continue their project activities until summer or fall 2008, but the main project activities are comming to an end just now.

After the very successful final meeting in Ravenna in March we can conclude that our project aims have been largely accomplished. For many countries this project meant a breakthough in the process of introduction of intergrated coastal and maritime planning. Through showing how the plans can be made in practise (learning by doing approach) PlanCoast paved the way to new coastal and maritime legislation in countries where it was lacking or imperfect. This publicity activities have just been started during PlanCoast and will continue in the time to come. Important tool here will the PlanCoast Handbook (see above) and this website, which will soon contain the descriptions and final materials of the PlanCoast national pilot projects.

2008-03-18

Final PlanCoast Meeting in Ravenna, Italy, 27-29 March

Agenda of the final meeting is fixed now: First day (PlanCoast internal) will be dedicated PlanCoast pilot projects results & lessons learned presentations. Experience trasfer among the regions and partners will be faciliated through moderated discussions.
On the second day Italian and international guests as well as the EU Commission are invited to talk about ICZM in Europe, Barcelona Convention, The Italian CAMP Project and other developements in the Adriatic Region. PlanCoast Handbook on Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning will be presented at this place too.
The technical block of the conference will highlight issues such as beach nourishment, shipping lines designation and transport, as well as the newest hydrocarbon reinjection technologies.

2008-03-18

PlanCoast Handbook almost finalised!

On 10th of March last partner contributions and edditing of the PlanCoast Handbook on Integrated maritime Spatial Planning was closed. Some copies are going to be distributed on the final conferenec in Ravenna, whereas the full print run of ca. 2000 copies is expected middle of April.

2007-10-15

The Blue Book of maritime policy is out now!

The provisional version of ÒThe Blue BookÓ on integrated maritime policy for the European Union as well as
its provisional Action Plan has been released on the website of the EU Comsission:
ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/index_de.html

To great satisfaction of the PlanCoast partners who contributed to the PlanCoast comment on the Green
Book on maritime policy, the resulting Blue Book and its Action Plan have seized the most important of our
suggestions! Integrated maritime spatial planning is seen as a fundamental requirement for the
sustainable development of maritime activities.

2007-08-24

Conference on Climate change and Maritime Spatial Planning, Berlin, 21 Nov.

This conference organised by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS) will give account on both positive experience and problems in marine spatial planning in the context of the global climate change. Up-to- date knowledge on the potential impacts of climate change on the coast, with particular focus on the African continent will be presented.

Drawing on selected case studies of the PlanCoast partners, the questions discussed here will concentrate on how to transform marine spatial planning into an effective instrument for sustainable development of coasts and seas. Also, the role of research and particularly scenarios as a decision-making aid in maritime spatial planning will be analysed. The last thematic block will be dedicated to the international progress in maritime policy, i.a. Green Book on Maritime Policy and the German maritime spatial planning in the EEZ.

Apart from PlanCoast and other international participants, the conference addresses planners, policy-makers, representatives from the coastal regions, relevant ministries and institutions, scientists and anyone else with an active role in coastal and marine management. The full-day conference from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and reception starting 7:00 p.m. is free of charge, however travel and accommodation need to be covered individually.

For detailed information please contact info@plancoast.eu

2007-06-15

Conference on Marine Spatial Planning, Supetar, Croatia 20-22 Sept.

PAP/RAC Croatia, partner in the PlanCoast project, is organising a conference with the objectives to promote the role of spatial planning in ICZM in general and discuss the topic of MSP in particular. Also, the aims are to exchange experience and contribute to raising awareness and influencing planning policy and procedures throughout the Mediterranean countries. Please, find more about the programme in the draft agenda www.pap-thecoastcentre.org/razno/Draft%20Agenda.pdf

The Conference on Marine Spatial Planning will take place in Supetar - Island of Brac (Split), Croatia, on 20-22 September 2007. Invited to the conference are all the PlanCoast partners from the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Adriatic, as well as experts from Mediterranean countries. Paralell to the last day of this conference (study tour), the second Adriatic Forum ICZM Expert Group meeting will be held.

2007-06-12

Final Conference of CAMP Slovenia Programme, 20-21 June

Regional Activity Centre Koper would like to invite all interested persons to the final conference of the CAMP Slovenia Programme.
The conference will display the results of all sub-projects implemented within the framework of CAMP Slovenia Programme and announce their future activities. On 21st of June a study tour is planned.

All details and registration forms can be derived form the CAMP website:
http://camp.rrc-kp.si/services/portal/camp.php

2007-06-06

PlanCoast Comment on Green Paper

PlanCoast project members produced an official statement on the EU Green Paper on the Future Maritime Policy, which will contribute to the one year consultation process launched by the European Comission on 1st of July 2007.
The original PlanCoast statement can be viewed in the download section of our website, as well as directly on the EC website:
ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/post_green_en.html

2007-05-04

2nd PlanCoast Conference coming soon!

The dates of the 2nd PlanCoast meeting of all partners are set: 31st May to 2nd June in Constanta, Romania.
Major themes on the agenda are:
1. Romanian experience in ICZM and Maritime Spatial Planning
2. State-of-work reports,
3. Discussion and solution of problems encountered during the preparation of spatial plans
4. PlanCoast national reports
5. PlanCoast contribution to the Green Paper on Future European Maritime Policy.
On the last day a field trip to the unique Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve is planned.

2007-03-22

Regional ICZM Workshop Poland, 18-19 April

The Regional Spatial Planning Office of the Pomorskie Region organises 2nd regional ICZM
stakeholders meeting in Puck/Poland. This time the meeting will have a form of a 2 day workshop,
aiming at a presentation, discussion and collective resolution of selected coastal conflicts. The
representatives of local governements and the business sector are cordially invited to take part in the
workshop.
More information on the website www.plancoast.pl

2007-03-16

Internal PlanCoast meetings Black Sea and Adriatic regions

In order to intensify our co-laboration in the project two internal project meetings will be held:
1. Black Sea region partners 12-14 March in Varna
2. Adriatic region partners 26-28 March in Montenegro.
Presentations from these meetings can be found in the download section of this website.
Baltic Sea partners will have opportunity to meet in Miedzyzdroje 20-21 March on the German-Polish Coastal Dialogues Conference.

2007-02-06

Evaluation of ICZM in Europe is out now!

The long-awaited Evaluation of ICZM in Europe Report of Rupprecht Consult is conducted and available online at www.rupprecht-consult.eu/iczm (attention: the file has 360 pages!)

2007-01-30

German-Polish Coastal Dialogues, 20Ð22 March 2007

The second edition of the German-Polish Coastal Dialogues organised by the ICZM-Oder Project is going to take place in Miedzyzdroje, Poland. Its subject are the Conditions and Perspectives for Development of ICZM in the Baltic Framework.
There is no registration fee. Registration deadline 19th February, call for abstracts until 28th February 2007. For more information refer to the www.ikzm-oder.de website.

2006-12-04

Symposium Finland, 14-15 May 2007

In Rovaniemi, Finland there will be organised in the Framework of WATERSKETCH project an European Symposium on Spatial Planning Approaches towards Sustainable River Basin Managementwhich can be of intrest to some PlanCoast partners. Call for papers untill 31 January 2007, online registration untill 27 March 2007. Full information on the website www.watersketch.net

2006-12-04

Joint Conventions signed!

We are proud to announce, that all partners including Bulgaria and Romania had been finally able to sign the Joint Convention.

2006-12-04

New adress!

There are two important announcements:

On 7th November the PlanCoast Lead Partner, the Ministry of Labour, Building and Regional Development MecklenburgÐVorpommern has officially changed its name to Ministry of Transport, Building and Regional Development (Ministerium fŸr Verkehr, Bau und Landesentwicklung MecklenburgÐVorpommern). The internet adress and all email contacts change respectively to www.vm.mv-regierung.de

On 15th December sustainables projects the coordinator of PlanCoast project will move to a new office in Bundesallee 130, D-12161 Berlin. Telephone numbers and other contact data remain unchanged.

2006-11-14

Regional ICZM Workshop: Emilia-Romagna, Italy

The PlanCoast partner Regione Emilia-Romagna organises on 17th November
in Comacchio, Italy a workshop under the name: La Pianificazione Territoriale Attraverso le Linee Guida della GIZC.
The Programme and Invitation Letter for this Workshop in Italian language can be found in the download section of this website.

2006-10-30

Regional ICZM Conference: Pomorskie, Poland

One of PlanCoast partners - Regional Spatial Planning Office of Pomorskie Voivodship organised on 27th October 2006 the first Polish regional ICZM-stakeholders meeting in Krokowa. The conference combined the forces of PlanCoast and another ICZM INTERREG IIIC project DEDUCE, dealing with sustainable development indicators.
Around 60 regional stakeholders (communal and county politicians, scientists and experts) gathered in 3 plenary sessions to discuss the problems and chances of ICZM in Poland. It was the first step of the lasting cooperation process intended by the Regional Spatial Planning Office, to be followed by ICZM workshops in Spring 2007.

2006-10-30

EUREGIA Congress, Leipzig 23-25th October 2006

The annual Specialists Congress and Exhibition on Local And Regional Developement in Lepizig included this year the CADSES Lounge - an opportunity to share experiences between INTERREG III B CADSES patricipants. PlanCoast was not officially represented this time, but some of its partners as well as the project management met there.

2006-08-17

GIS Chat room

Chat room for the GIS working group is established and waiting for your entries!

2006-07-14

Kick-Off Meeting in Ancona

Speeches and presentations form the Kick-Off Meeting are online!
The working group sections started operating as well.

2006-07-14

Joint Convention

The process of signing of the Joint Convention is advancing.