2014 13 severn estuary partnership review and update
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Severn Estuary Partnership Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary
Severn Estuary Partnership
review and update
Shelley Vince
Severn Estuary Partnership Officer
http://www.severnestuary.net/sep/
severn@cardiff.ac.uk
#SEForum2014 @SevernEstuary
The Severn Estuary
The Severn Estuary
Background to Severn Estuary Partnership
• An independent, estuary wide initiative, led by local authorities and statutory
agencies (1995)
• The Partnership provides an interface between organisations and the
public, disseminates information and promotes stakeholder involvement
• Integrated view of issues, policies and proposals for action
• Support for a wide range of estuary groups
• Aims, objectives and plans for 2011 to 2016 are set out in our Strategic
Business Plan
• More immediate actions are outlined in yearly Action Plans
Role of the Partnership
The Severn Estuary Partnership Aims:
• To facilitate effective communication
across and between organisations and
individuals
• To establish and embed a set of ‘common
principles’ for sustainable estuary use via
Partners’ strategies, policies and action
plans
• To act as a co-ordinating body to assist
the effective & efficient delivery of agreed
estuary-wide actions
• To promote and publicise the estuary at
local, national and international level
• To add value and fill gaps in effective
estuary management, providing extra
capacity when required.
Main Area of Interest
Information Provision:
• Contacts Database
• Web-based ‘Who Does
What’ Guide
How Do We Do This?
Joint Advisory
Committee
Management
Group
SEP Staff Team
Secretariat:
SECG, ASERA,
BCSEG
Publications:
• Website
• Severn Tidings
• Monthly E-News
• Information leaflets
• State of the Severn
report and report
cards
Projects:
• COREPOINT (IIIB): promoting Integrated Coastal Management
• IMCORE (IVB): Climate change adaptation and scenarios in Europe
• DeltaNET: sharing estuary best practice in Europe
• Beacons: climate change adaptation outreach in Wales and England
Facilitate Public
Consultation Processes:
SMP2, Marine Conservation
Attend meetings and events,
respond to consultations and
emphasise need for co-ordination
and joint working
SEP Core Functions
Internal Functions:
• Management Group Meetings
• Joint Advisory Committee Meetings
• Annual Forum
• Joint Estuary Day
Communications:
• Severn Tidings
• E News
• Website
• Social Media – Facebook and Twitter (@SevernEstuary)
Joint Estuary Groups:
• Association of Severn Estuary Relevant Authorities (ASERA)
• Severn Estuary Coastal Group (SECG)
• Bristol Channel Standing Environment Group (BCSEG)
Projects and Consultations
Projects: State of the Severn Estuary
• State of the Severn Estuary Report 2011
• Topic specific report cards
• Annual updates published on the Severn
Estuary Partnership website in the ‘Estuary
Pages’
http://www.severnestuary.net/sep/estuary.html
Consultations: Ongoing role disseminating consultation information
from around the Estuary through the consultations
section of the Severn Estuary Partnership website and
monthly e-news.
• Marine Planning
• Local Development Plans
Projects work
Ongoing Core
Activities:
secretariat and
communication
functions
Consultation Responses
WG WNMP
engagement
E-news
development
Joint Estuary
Day
Engagement
Activities
State of the
Severn
updates
Engagement
Activities
The Year in Review
There’s a lot going
on!
Forum
Preparation
Severn
Estuary
Forum
SEP Action
Plan
Development
SEP
Network
Development
Website
development
Joint
Estuary
Day
Future Direction
Partnership Development
• Strategy for the Severn Estuary
• Strategic Business Plan to identify where SEP needs to be in 5
years time (2017-2021)
Engagement
• Developing SEP communication tools
• Facilitating consultations such as Marine Planning
• Raising awareness of development proposals such as tidal power
Project Opportunities
• Wales Coastal Directory
• Funding from Europe - Horizon 2020
• Workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement - Balancing
economic, social and environmental challenges in the Severn
Estuary
Concluding thoughts
• Severn Estuary Partnership acts as a coordinating body to establish a set
of ‘principles’ for the estuary and promote and publicise the estuary at
national and international level by facilitating effective communication
across and between organisations and individuals.
• The past year has been a busy one for project proposals and the
development of government policies focusing on the marine and coastal
sector. As projects and policies develop, the Severn Estuary Partnership
continues to plays an important role in the management of the Severn
Estuary.
• Key priorities for SEP over the coming year include refreshing the Strategy
for the Severn Estuary, updating of the Partnership’s Strategic Business
Plan, developing the SEP website and communications, and collaborating
with various estuary stakeholders on a range of projects.
Thank you!
Thank you!
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