Download On-going Evaluation EU ICZM Recommendation

Open Days 9-12 October 2006
Session 12A20 : Maritime policy and regional development
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Birgit Snoeren
European Commission
DG Environment
Unit D3 : Cohesion Policy & Environmental impact assessment
[email protected]
Contents
• The policy framework: EU ICZM Recommendation
• Experiences in regional policy
• On-going evaluation of the EU ICZM Recommendation
• Coastal areas in the Green Paper “Towards a future
maritime policy”
• Outlook for the next financial programming period
(2007-2013)
The EU ICZM Recommendation (2002/413/EC) (1)
Calls for
A strategic approach to coastal zone management and
planning. Aim: achieve sustainable development.
Based on common principles, reflecting good territorial
governance.
Sets in motion
A process:
- Development of National ICZM strategies,
following a stock-take
- Reports to the Commission: February 2006
- Commission report to Council and EP Parliament
end 2006
Contents of the EU ICZM Recommendation (2)
8 Principles, defining ICZM
(a) a broad thematic and geographic perspective
(b) a long-term perspective
(c) adaptive management and sound knowledge basis
(d) local specificity
(e) working with natural processes, carrying capacity
(f) involving all the parties concerned
(g) support and involvement of relevant administrative
bodies at national, regional and local level *
(h) use of a mix of instruments, to facilitate coherence
between sectoral policy objectives and coherence
between planning and management.
*Chapter V of the Recommendation: Cooperation with neighbouring countries and at regional sea level
Experiences in regional policy (1)
• Development of ICZM policy was based on a Demonstration
programme » 1996-1999, involving over 36 projects
TERRA, LIFE, PESCA (innovative actions)
• 2000-2006 especially INTERREG stimulated ICZM
development and exchange of knowledge and best practice
For specific coastal problems, sometimes, large scale
investments through Objective 1 (or 2) areas
(for instance: Finisterra programme (Portugal)
Coastal Coordination Centre (Flanders))
Experiences in regional policy (2)
INTERREG projects 2000-2006
Cooperation on regional sea level – implementation of
ICZM
- Baltcoast
- Wadden Sea Forum
- Coastatlantic
- Adriatic Action Plan
- Plan coast
- a few smaller area projects: SAIL, Skagerrag forum,
Coconet
Development of tools, guidance, exchange of best-practice
- COPRANET (pan-EU)
Data/Information for ICZM implementation
- DEDUCE (pan-EU)
Research network to support ICZM implementation
- COREPOINT (NW EU)
>>
Experiences in regional policy (3)
Coastal erosion/flooding, i.a.
- Messina (pan-EU)
- Beachmed (Med)
- Cadsealand
- Safecoast (North Sea) (Comcoast, Comrisk)
Sustainable port development
- New Delta (NW EU)
- Econet (pan-EU)
- Portnet (pan-EU)
… and many more
On-going Evaluation EU ICZM Recommendation (1)
External Evaluation of the ICZM Recommendation (report
being finalised)
- National Strategies to implement ICZM: due Feb. 2006
Reports : 14 (of 20 coastal member states) & Romania
- None of the strategies at implementation stage yet
- 1/3 ICZM national framework; 1/3 equivalent to national
strategy; 1/3 fragmented coastal management/planning
tools
Trends:
Continued need to stimulate ICZM from EU level, but:
- Potential for more cooperation at regional sea level
- Support needed to expand awareness raising and knowledge basis
- Further progress needed on policy integration, participation
- Vulnerability to risks and climate change
On-going Evaluation EU ICZM Recommendation (2)
- European Environment Agency:
« The changing faces of Europe’s coastal areas »
(July 2006)
ICZM Working group Indicators & data
Report on ICZM progress measurement and sustainability
indicators (September 2006)
Commission report to EP and Council due end 2006
Coastal areas in « Towards a future maritime
policy for the EU » (1)
• Future policy framework for coastal areas will be
the new EU Maritime policy
• Green Paper (July 2007) includes coastal areas
and ICZM
• Basic rationale of the Maritime policy is same to the
need for ICZM identified in COM(2000)547
- An holistic approach to policy making and
implementation (impact of EU policies)
- Based on sound knowledge and good governance
- Aim: sustainable development
Coastal areas in « Towards a future maritime
policy for the EU » (2)
• Specific coastal issues:
- adapting to coastal risks*
- sustainable tourism
- sustainable port development
• Implementation / Tools:
- data/information needs for planning and
management
- comparative analysis and exchange of best-practice
- marine spatial planning, land-sea interface
- governance
* Nb also Green paper on Adaptation to the impacts of Climate change, due end 2006.
Outlook for the next financial programming
period 2007-2013 (1)
• Cohesion policy offers main opportunities :
- strategic and partnership approach for sustainable
development of regions
- positive experiences of past programming period
- territorial dimension (coastal zones explicit priority
in Cooperation objective)
Community Strategic Guidelines 2007-2013: “Growth and jobs”
some extracts:
- Governance: encourage regional sustainable development
strategies
- Risk prevention
- Climate change, renewable energy, sustainable transport
- Balanced and sustainable territorial development; Maritime
cooperation
- Knowledge & innovation
Outlook for the next financial programming
period 2007-2013 (2)
• European Fisheries Fund:
Axis 4: Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Focus on fisheries dependant areas; local scale projects
• European Rural Development Fund: rural coasts, local
projects; some risks management
• European Social Fund: for « convergence regions »
includes capacity building
• LIFE+ Multi-annual framework still under negotiation;
potentially additional opportunities
NB: Focus on EU – external policy not covered here
Conclusions
• Good past and future synergies between EU ICZM policy
and Cohesion policy. Especially in the Cooperation
objective direct support to ICZM implementation.
• Need for further support for ICZM and implementation
of National ICZM strategies that were developed
following the EU ICZM Recommendation
• Future overall policy framework: the new EU Maritime
policy
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/home.htm
Web references example Interreg projects 2000/06
Regional sea cooperation
- Baltcoast http://www.baltcoast.org/
- Wadden Sea Forum http://www.waddensea-forum.org/
- Coastatlantic http://www.coastatlantic.org/index.php
- Adriatic Action Plan http://www.aap2020.net/smart.htm
- Plan coast http://www.plancoast.eu/
- SAIL http://www.sailcoast.org/index.shtml
- Skagerrag forum http://www.forumskagerrak.com/
- Coconet http://coconet.ucc.ie/
Development of tools, guidance, exchange of best-practice
- COPRANET http://www.coastalpractice.net/
Data/Information for ICZM implementation
- DEDUCE http://www.gencat.net/mediamb/sosten/deduce/deduce.htm
Research network to support ICZM implementation
- COREPOINT http://corepoint.ucc.ie/
Web references example Interreg projects 2000/06
Coastal erosion/flooding, i.a.
- Messina http://www.interreg-messina.org/
- Beachmed http://www.beachmed.it/
- Cadsealand http://www.cadsealand.net/
- Safecoast http://www.safecoast.org/ (Comcoast, Comrisk)
Sustainable port development
- New Delta http://www.newdelta.org/navigatie/frameset.asp
- Econet http://www.ecoports.com/
- Portnet http://www.port-net.net/
More: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/gateway/index_en.cfm