PlanCoast Activities
Laying the ground for ICZM Actions
Assessment of Status Quo
- National reports on current ICZM preconditions
- Transnational, comparative study on the role of Spatial Planning in ICZM in the Adriatic, Baltic and Black Sea
Creation of GIS databases
- Agreement on common technical basis and set of data for all participants
- Creation or update of GIS databases for coastal zones
Pilot Projects
Sea-Use Planning in Action
- Preparation of Sea-Use Plans for the 12 sm zone in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), Puck Bay (Poland), Trieste Bay (Slovenia), Varna (Bulgaria), Constanta (Romania), Baka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro), Odessa (Ukraine)
- Sea-Use Planning training programme for spatial planners from participating countries
Spatial Planning and ICZM
- Preparation or update of spatial plans according to ICZM principles for Palombina Beach (Italy), Pomorskie (Poland), Piran (Slovenia), Albanian Coast, Varna (Bulgaria), Constanta and the Tulcea/Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (both in Romania)
Common Strategies ⁄ Local Approaches
Exchange of ICZM Best Practice
- Best Practice Handbook
- Guidelines on ICZM implementation for other regions
- Recommendations for regional ⁄ national ⁄ transnational authorities
Information and lobbying for ICZM
- Recommendations to the major transnational organisations (EU ICZM Expert Group, UNEP-MAP, Black Sea Commission,)
- Exchange of experience with VASAB 2010+, Helcom, Baltic 21, Adriatic Forum etc.
- Extensive public participation in all pilot projects
- Numerous workshops & other events open to public
- Video on Maritime Planning in Europe
- Project website with linkages to other ICZM portals and e-Newsletters