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ESPON Peer Learning

Workshop

The role of MSP in reducing

marine pollution in the Black

Sea

15 December 2020

ESPON // Peer Learning Workshop: The role of MSP in reducing marine pollution in the Black Sea

ESPON in a nutshell

ESPON has delivered European territorial evidence in

response to policy needs for more than 17 years and …

has expertise in identifying territorial trends anddiversities

offers sets of data, indicators, tools,methodologies and maps as evidence on territorialdevelopment

makes evidence-based recommendations forplace-based and well-timed policies at all levels

works with a European-wide network of policymakers and researchers

cooperates with more than 200 stakeholders (national,regional and local bodies, other EGTCs, ManagingAuthorities of EU funded programmes for transnational,cross-border or macro-regional areas)

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What ESPON does for you and the EU

Supports the design and implementation

of the EU Cohesion Policy

Enhances territorial dimension in sectoral policies and programmes under European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF)

Fills knowledge gaps on territorial challenges and trends

Provides on-demand service for European territorial evidence to feed policy-making at all levels (more than 300 case studies)

Achievements of ESPON 2020

23 Applied research

28 Targeted analyses for 188 stakeholders

10+ Tools

100+ Publications

60+ Events

Most relevant ESPON evidence for MSP

• ESaTDOR – European seas and territorial development,

opportunities and risks (2013)• Mapped European sea use patterns

• Analysed relationship between terrestrial and maritime

planning

• MSP-LSI – Maritime spatial planning and land-sea

interactions (2019)

• Developed general framework for considering LSI in MSP

• Proposed an approach for analysing LSI in MSP

• Advocates “One space” to better address land-sea relationship

Other relevant ESPON evidence for MSP

• ENSURE – European sustainable urbanization through

port city regeneration (2020)

• ERMES – European research for maritime eco(nomic)

clusters governance strategy (ongoing/2021)

• GRETA – Green infrastructure: Enhancing biodiversity and

ecosystem services for territorial development (2019)

• TITAN – Territorial impacts of natural disasters

(ongoing/2021)

• LOCATE – Territories and low-carbon economy (2017)

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… and are also important for landlocked regions/countries

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Policy Briefs relevant for MSP

// Thank you

Michaela Gensheimer

ESPON EGTC

michaela.gensheimer@espon.eu