The MSP Platform – the Information & Knowledge Hub for EU Member States on European experience with MSP

MARSPLAN-BS Final Conference

Angela Schultz-Zehden, s.Pro sustainable-projects GmbH

Bucharest, 11 January 2018

Subcontractors:

Funded by:

Lead:

The MSP Directive (2014)

Maritime spatial planning means a process by which relevant Member State’s authorities analyse and organise human activities in marine areas to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives Art. 3 of the EU Directive on MSP

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ALL EU Coastal States should have Maritime Spatial Plans by 2021.

Growth of MSP Coverage of World Ocean

EU MSP Directive

EU MS MSPlans adopted

Single-Sector Planning and Permitting

Integrated, Multi-Sectoral Marine Spatial Planning

Relationship Between Multi-Sector MSP and

Single-Sector Planning and Permitting

Incremental

• One economic sector at a time

• Little or no coordination across government agencies

• Little or no coordination among levels of government

• Allocation of uses with little regard for other uses

• Allocation of uses with little regard for nature

Integrated

Across economic sectors cross-sectoral

• Across government agencies horizontal integration

• Among levels of government vertical integration

Allocation of uses with consideration of other uses

• Allocation of uses with consideration of nature

• Allocation of uses with accounting of cumulative effects

Motivation for MSP

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Nature Protection

Emerging uses

Small – busy spaces

Offshore Wind

No uses so far

Benefits of MSP …..

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Funded by:

provides

certainty to

investments

ensures

transparency

– better

acceptance

of change

multi-level /

multi-sector

cooperation

minimizes &

prevents

conflicts

Identifies &

embraces

synergies

Ensures

ocean space

& resources

for future generations

More

efficient

government

planning –

greater

coherence

suitability / optimal

sites

Ecosystem –

takes into

account 5D

level of sea

Emerging

uses

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A planned,

integrated map

of current uses,

future demands,

areas reserved

for nature and

future

generations

brings people

around the same

table

MSPlanning as a process MSPlans as a Final Product

Minimum Requirements

(a) take into account land-sea interactions;

(b) take into account environmental, economic, social and safety aspects;

(c) promote coherence between maritime spatial planning and the resulting plan(s) and other processes, such as integrated coastal management…

(d) ensure the involvement of stakeholders

(e) organise the use of the best available data

(f) ensure trans-boundary cooperation between Member States and promote cooperation with third countries

HOW TO ????

but...

MSP is OBLIGATION in individual countries – case specific solutions necessary

Lot of knowledge can also be transferred and NEW knowledge can be co-generated

Knowledge & experience –

sharing

Knowledge & Information Hub

• draw knowledge & info together

from MSP projects & national

processes

• knowing, who knows …

MSP contacts !

Knowledge Generation

• fill knowledge & info gaps

• studies, info sheets

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Objective: Assisting Member States in the

Implementation of the MSP Directive

Knowledge & Experience Transfer

• Inter-active website

• Expert advise and round tables

• Speed dating

• Peer Review

• Workshops, Conferences

• Webinars

• Question & Answer service

MSP Projects …building on each other …feeding into formal MSP processes

2001 2004 2008 2012 2014 2016 2018

=> Introduced concept of sea use planning

=> MSP Handbook with Planning Cycle

8 MSP Pilots BaltSeaPlan Vision 2030 BaltSeaPlan Reports & Findings

Transnational Sector Dialogues BSR MSP Goverance System

Transnational Hot Spots

Future Planning Shipping, Energy Coherence

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Increasing number of MSP projects all over Europe … and world wide

Marine protected areas – Australia

• MSP to enhance management of marine protected areas in the Great Barrier Reef

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http://www.unesco-ioc- marinesp.be/spatial_management_practice/aust ralia_great_barrier_reef

Offshore wind / new players

• New use, small space

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Germany MSP: EEZs + Mecklenburg-

Vorpommern

Spatial Development Plan for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2016

MSP for German North Sea

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Finland MSP: Region of Kymenlaakso

Netherlands MSP

Map: Integrated maritime spatial policy map Source: Policy Document in the North Sea, 2016-2021 The plan area covers the Dutch EEZ and the territorial sea.

Belgium MSP

UK MSP

191 pages, 28 maps/figures Background Vision & Objectives Policies Implementation Monitoring & Review

‘See the sea’: not many uses yet Where are the ‘best’ places ?

22/21

adopted in June 2015

Lithuanian MSP

Many more MSPs to come!

UK (draft map)

• MSP in all EU Countries

• Sea Basin overview

• MSP Library: Handbooks, Studies

• Practical experience with MSP

• Sector Information

• FAQs

• MSP funding opportunities

• MSP training opportunities

• Events

• News & Automated Twitter feed

www.msp-platform.eu

Country Information Profiles • Basic facts on marine waters

• Overview of maritime uses

• MSP authorities & contacts

• MSP legislation

• MSP plans & considered sectors

• Links to relevant practices & plans

Sea basin

descriptions

• MSP Institutions &

structures

• Sea-basin cooperation on

MSP

• Geography, ecosystems &

uses

• Relevant sectoral & non-

sectoral organizations

• Sea basin MSP projects

• Selected cross-border

MSP practices

MSP Library … Handbooks / Studies

Guidelines on EBA, transnational consultation,

stakeholder engagement

Search Practical

Information Database by:

Type of Practice

Application in MSP

Stage of MSP cycle

Type of Issue

Sectors

• Sea basins

• Countries

• Sectors

• Coherence with other

processes

• Keyword, title, etc.

MSP in Practice: searchable databases

• MSP Practice descriptions: 362

• MSP Project descriptions: 121

• Funding opportunities: 11

and counting..

Practice

Descriptio

ns

• Questions the practice

may help answer

• Implementation Context

• Aspects / objectives

• Method

• Main outputs / results

• Transferability

• Contact person

• Responsible entity

• Costs / Funding source

• Illustrative graphics

Search on-going and

completed MSP

projects by:

• Funding programme

• Sea basins

• Countries

• Status

• Completion year

• Keyword, title, etc.

Projects

• Total of 71 FAQs

• Overview of

documented

knowledge

• Links to relevant

practices + projects

• Add-ons to FAQ page

through

Question & Answer

Service

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Submit a

Question

• Response within

48 hours

• Sea basin expert

reply

• Integration with

FAQ page

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Team • Central Office - Berlin

• Brussels Office

• Sea basin helpdesks:

• Baltic Sea

• North Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• East Med

• West Med

• Black Sea

Filling Knowledge Gaps

Studies:

• MSP Data

• MSP for Blue Growth

• Conflict Identification & Resolution

• Cross-Border Consultation

Data for MSP Evaluation of data and knowledge gaps to implement MSP Review of relevant EU projects and initiatives

Analysis of planner’s data needs and actual data use

Overview of marine data categories needed for MSP

Overview on operational infrastructures relevant for

MSP processes

Gaps: tools to turn data into information

socio-economic spatial data

permanent MSP specific database

MSP Platform FAQ Section provides ‘short-cuts’ to

practical information for MSP data issues to

Member States

Knowledge generation: MSP & Data Study

Data for MSP

Main categories of data for MSP

Knowledge generation: MSP for Blue Growth Study 2017

1. How to develop a vision for MSP ?

2. Current and future sector developments

with relevance for MSP

3. How to define your own indicators to

check whether you MSP process fosters

the sustainable Blue Growth you want?

MSP Platform FAQ Section will provide ‘short-

cuts’ to practical information for MSP & Blue

Growth to Member States

The core of the Vision Handbook: Methods, tools, checklists, recommendations “how to…”

Funded by:

Tools method and lessons

learned from existing vision

processes have been presented

for

• First level decisions – for

the preparatory stages

of a vision development

process

• Second level decisions –

building blocks for the

vision process

First Level Decisions: Preparatory Actions

I Structuring the process

II Temporal scope

II Ensuring commitment and

take up

IV Resources

V Facilitation team and

necessary skills

Second Level Decisions: Building Blocks

I Background research

II Methods for analysing

future trends

II Stakeholder identification,

analysis

IV Interactive methods

V Ensuring commitment and

take up

Sector Fiches

How should /can planners best take

current & future developments in

sectors into account ???

Fisheries;

Marine aquaculture;

Shipping;

Oil & Gas production;

Offshore wind energy;

Tidal & wave energy;

Marine aggregates;

Coastal tourism;

Pipelines & cables

Structure of each Sector Fiche 1.Basic facts 2. A typology of the sector 3. Relationship between the sector and MSP 4. Interactions with other sectors 5. Recommendations for MSP 6. Resources: Actors, Initiatives, Literature 7. List of acronyms & references

Indicators for MSP

Objective level Indicator level MSP dimension Rationale and examples Within the control of MSP

authorities

Overarching Blue

Growth

objectives

Overarching Blue Growth

indicators (long-term

impacts)

Socio-economic /

Ecological

Indicators linked to overall Blue Growth objectives such as sustainable job creation,

economic growth (gross added value), and GHG reduction.

Outside MSP processes control

area

Global objectives Impact Socio-economic /

Ecological

Usually these are longer-term results, which are linked to global objectives. For

example:

MW of wind power generated at sea Tonnes of live weight of aquaculture production

Outside MSP processes control

area

Immediate

objectives

Outcome Socio-economic /

Ecological

Results sought by authorities, which are directly or indirectly linked to output

indicators. For example:

MW of wind power generation capacity installed at sea (decrease in the) Volume of accidental oil spills due to shipping accidents (decrease in the) Time required to take decisions on maritime construction permits (decrease in the) Maritime area with intense spatial conflicts out of the overall

maritime space

(partially) outside MSP

processes control area

Operational

objectives

Output Socio-economic /

Ecological

Output indicators should be a direct product of the MSP processes, which can have

effects in different socio-economic and ecological dimensions. For example:

NM2 (square nautical miles) assigned to specific sectors (e.g. wind energy) Maritime space assigned for tidal energy installations out of the suitable (in

economic and ecological sense) space Space assigned for MPAs Policies / statements developed intended to ensure cross-sectoral integration –

qualitative

Yes

MSP process

objectives

MSP process MSP process These are indicators, which capture the main MSP processes. They can be both

quantitative and qualitative, for example:

Consultations with key stakeholders held during all MSP stages (planning, development, implementation, M&E)

Consultations held with neighbouring countries, which are relevant to Blue Economy sectors Consultation across government departments intended to integrate policy concerns

Maritime space mapped and showing coastal and maritime uses (and pressures)

Yes

Knowledge Generation through expert presentations & exchange

Ecosystem-based approach

Cumulative Impacts Assessment Tools

Blue Growth Conference

EU wide project exchange

MSP for Small Sea Space

MSP for Islands communities

Strategic Environmental Assessment

MSFD & MSP

Land-Sea interactions

Socio-economic data

Research for MSP

How to cooperate with non-EU countries

• EU MSP Expert Group

• Discussion Papers

• EU wide workshops & conferences

• Expert Round Tables

• Workshops upon Request

• Peer Reviews

Get involved !!!

• Send your information, reports, experience gained

• Promote your MSP project & practice

• Ask questions & request advise

• Have your own workshop at your request

• Peer Review by other Member States & MSP Experts

• Come and interact at round tables, workshops, EU wide conferences

We are there to support YOU!

info@msp-platform.eu

@EU_MSP_Platform

Tel. 0049 30 832 14 17 40

Angela Schultz-Zehden