First lessons on cross-border maritime spatial planning in Europe

Martin Pastoors

EFARO General Assembly, 23 May 2012, Copenhagen

"Our future is really blue, not just green; green-blue"

Maria Damanaki, EU Maritime Day 2012

Will Maritime Spatial Planning be the future?

Cross-border? Ecosystem-based?

What will be the scientific challenges?What will be the challenges for science?

Policy drivers

Lessons from cross-border MSP

Making science(s) relevant

1. Policy drivers

Integrated Maritime Policy actions focus on blue growth and MSP

Marine Strategy Framework Directive focusses on Ecosystem Approach

Two different ways of framing MSP

Blue Green

2. Cross-border MSP initiatives

• MASPNOSE• Plan Bothnia• Middle Bank (BaltSeaPlan)• Sea meets Land• MESMA, COEXIST, KnowSeas, Seanergy, ....• MSP Challenge 2011

Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea

Martin Pastoors

European Maritime Day, 22 May 2012

Challenge: how to approach MSP in cross-border setting?

GERMANY

NORWAY

Two case studies in MASPNOSE

Dogger Bank

ThorntonBank

Dogger Bank: international fisheries and nature management plan

Needs mandateNeeds agreed objectivesNeeds clear processGeo-spatial tools

Thornton Bank: pre-planning MSP

Common objectives definedSynchronize planning cyclesDevelop common language

1. Clear (cross-border) process required

2. Transparency in front and back

Front stage Back stage

3. Use geo-spatial tools

Dogger Bank map-table session, August 2011

4. Monitor and evaluate

System Process

PlanBothnia

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al?

Cross-border MSP:

basically a step-by-step process, but who defines the steps (for real)?

3. Making science relevant for MSP

Multi-disciplinary analyses

Assessing cumulative impacts

UNEP (2011) Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management

Science on call / science on top

Interactive spatial tools

Serious gaming for rapid learning

Summing up

"Our future is really blue, not just green; green-blue"

Two different ways of framing MSP

Blue Green

Cross-border MSP:

basically a step-by-step process, but who defines the steps?

Making science relevant for MSP

MSP is a process, not a tool

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Think simple

Charles Ehler, Maritime Day 2012, Goteborg