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Arc Manche conference 2009Rouen, 2 December 2009
Luis Cuervo-Spottorno
European CommissionDirectorate-General for
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
• IMP and coastal economies
• EU finance for maritime projects
• Channel coastal economies and IMP
• Arc Manche value added
• A vision for the Channel
The issues
IMP and coastal economies (I)
• Blue Book - Chapter 4.3 : « delivering the highest quality of life in coastal regions »
• Population growth: +50% (1990-2000)
Priorities:
• Develop maritime potential
• Services to hinterland, policing of sea- borders → infrastructure demands
• Climate change
• Coastal & maritime tourism
• Disaster prevention strategy
• Ports & maritime industries development
IMP and coastal economies (II)
• Bathing water Directive (2006)
• Communication on sustainable & competitive tourism (2007)
• Community strategy for disaster prevention (Feb 2009)
• White paper on Climate Change (April 09)
• Annual bathing water report (COM + ENV Agency) (June 09)
Studies:
• The economics of climate change adaptation in EU coastal areas (May 09)
• Tourist Facilities in Ports (September 09)
• Database on Community funded projects in maritime regions (December 09)
• EU-wide total number of projects (2000 – 2008): +/- 70.000
• Total value (2000 – 2008): 16 billion EUR
• 15 Commission DGs involved
• 2000-2006: 13 billion € (managed by national/regional authorities)
2 billion € (managed by Commission)
• 2007-2013: 1.3 billion € (managed by national/regional authorities)
380 million € (managed by Commission)
EU finance for maritime projects
EU funding for maritime projects (by type of fund)
Structural funds Fisheries, maritime works, seaports, coastal tourism, inland logistics & navigation
Cohesion fund Maritime works, seaports, & inland logistics (infrastructures with maritime components)
Union programmes Framework programmes research, EU Solidarity Fund, (including reaction to flooding), TEN-T (seaports), Life III & Life+ (environmental projects with maritime component)
Union initiatives Territorial Co-operation (INTERREG): quality of life, maritime services & reaction to flooding
DG-specific funding DG ENV (quality of life), DG TREN (transport projects)
• Major issues for IMP are major issues for coastal communities too! • Issues:
Climate change effects - environmental concerns - ports’ policy & inter-modality - maritime traffic - marine knowledge and R&D - maritime spatial planning - fisheries and interaction with other maritime activities - etc.
• How?
- Development of national/regional/local maritime strategies
- Input to consultation processes (i.e. Grenelle de la Mer, UK Marine Bill) - Follow-up & input to future EU marine strategies (Atlantic)- Input to development of Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Channel coastal economies and IMP
Arc Manche value added
• Specific sea-basin governance• Integrated policy proposals• Cross-sector dialogue
• Competence & knowledge on maritime issues
• Best practice network
• Specialisation → shipping, renewables, surveillance, maritime spatial planning, marine research & data, etc.
• Channel institutions/project developers → important relays for IMP development
A vision for Channel coastal economies
• Targets : maritime sustainability – governance - growth
• Potential for new (maritime) areas of growth :
– Build on experience (shipping & ports, renewable energies, R&D and knowledge, clustering, coastal tourism, fishing, etc)
– Strong international dimension
• Arc Manche - benchmark effect :
– Long experience in trans-frontier and trans-regional cooperation
– Regional/trans-border co-operation benchmark (maritime dimension)
– Show-case for other sea basins & sea-ways