Transcript EU Marine Strategy - Mediterranean Coast Day

ICZM in Europe
Anne Burrill
Unit E.3 Enlargement and Neighbouring Countries
European Commission - DG Environment
Contents
• Why the EU gives special attention to the coastal zones
• The EU ICZM Recommendation
• EU Maritime Policy
• EU Priorities for ICZM
• Relations with our Partners in the Mediterranean
• Closing Remarks
Why special attention for coastal zones ?
A Concentration of People
Why special attention for coastal zones ?
Economic activity of strategic importance
Why special attention for coastal zones ?
Rich Biodiversity
Why special attention for coastal zones ?
Scarcity of Space
Why special attention for coastal zones ?
Coastal Erosion
The EU ICZM Recommendation
(2002/413/EC)
A strategic approach to coastal zone management
and planning. Aim: achieve sustainable development.
Based on common principles, reflecting good
territorial governance.
Set in motion a process:
- Development of National ICZM strategies,
following a stock-take
- Reports to the Commission: February 2006
- Evaluation and Commission report to Council
and European Parliament June 2007
ICZM Recommendation – Contents (1)
Coastal planning and management should be based on:
- ecosystem approach, sustainable resources use
- climate change effects
- sound coastal protection, including of cultural heritage
- sustainable economic/job opportunities
- a functioning social and cultural system in local
communities
- access to the coast - for leisure / landscape
- cohesion (accessibility remote coastal settlements)
ICZM Recommendation – Contents (2)
Eight Defining Principles:
(a) broad thematic and geographic perspective
(b) long-term perspective
(c) adaptive management / sound knowledge basis
(d) local specificity
(e) working with natural processes, “carrying capacity”
(f) involving all the parties concerned
(g) involvement of all relevant administrative bodies at
national, regional and local level *
(h) use of a mix of instruments, to facilitate coherence
between sectoral policy objectives and between planning and
management.
ICZM Recommendation –
Evaluation Results, June 2007
 Good feedback (14/20 Member States; 70% coastline)
 Progress since 2000 but mature ICZM still rarely observed
 Reports show varying scope and nature of actions
 Lack of common understanding of principles of ICZM
 Knowledge basis – use and sharing of information is key
 Continued need for coherent EU policies / legislation
ICZM Recommendation –
Evaluation June 2007 - Conclusions
 Approach and Principles of EU ICZM Recommendation
remain valid
 Need for:
 Further support to implementation
 More systematic comparative analysis and experience
exchange
 Strengthening the knowledge base and use of information
 Maritime Policy offers platform for coherence of policies
renewed focus on
integration …
EU Maritime Policy
« Blue Paper »
October 2007
Same approach as underlying
EU ICZM Recommendation :
• holistic approach to policy
making and implementation
• good governance
• knowledge based approach
• integration across land-sea
boundary ( “Coasts” are
integral part of Maritime
Policy)
Maritime Policy – Action Plan
 Guidance for national maritime policies
 Collective learning
 Stakeholder consultation structures and
networking
 Research strategy
 Data and information (EMODNET, Atlas
of the seas ...)
EU Priorities for ICZM(1)
 Adaptation to coastal risks & impacts of climate
change
Keys: preventive, long-term, multi-risk / cross-sector
approach; integration between prevention and response
 White paper on Adaptation to Climate Change (3Q 2008)
 Community Disaster Prevention Strategy (end 2008)
 Study on adaptation and coastal defence costs
 Coastal erosion : CONSCIENCE
EU Priorities for ICZM (2)
 Cooperation in regional seas context, including
marine spatial planning
- Building on Marine Strategy Directive, ICZM
Recommendation and existing regional seas structures
- Roadmap and preparatory study, exchange of best-practice
 Cohesion policy: trans-national cooperation programmes
“Territorial Cohesion”
 Helcom (Baltic), OSPAR (Atlantic)
 Black Sea Synergy / Bucharest convention (Black Sea)
 UNCLOS
…….
Relations with Mediterranean
Partner Countries (1)
 Pre-Accession Process: Countries of
South East Europe (Balkans and Turkey)
 progressive transposition and implementation
of EU legislation and policy, incl. environment
 EU Neighbourhood Policy: Countries of
Eastern and Southern Mediterranean
 collaboration in developing national
environment policy, based on EU experience
Relations with Mediterranean
Partner Countries (2)
 Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
- Environment component reinforced since 2005
(Horizon 2020 initiative)
 ENPI finance – Med. basin CBC programme
 Barcelona Convention (including its ICZM protocol!)
 "Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean"
Closing Remarks
 Coastal zones are different from other spaces and require
special attention.
 Integrated coastal zone management is confirmed as the
approach needed to address the particular challenges of coastal
zones. More efforts need to be deployed to support
implementation in the EU.
 The launch of the overarching EU Maritime Policy provides new
impetus at EU level to promote integration on land and sea.
 The EU wants to work more closely with its Mediterranean
Partners, including on ICZM.
 The ICZM Protocol mirrors the basic principles and objectives of
the EU ICZM Recommendation and it fits in the regional sea
based approach that the EU envisages.
Thank you