Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-06-16

Description

Description (EN):

During the last decade significant progress has been achieved in building cooperation networks and creating a strong policy background for maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the BSR. Nearly all BSR countries are engaged in MSP processes and are in various stages of preparation of their maritime plans, making the BSR a front-runner in Europe and the world. Current regional goals for MSP are set for 2020/21 and a number of actions have already been initiated to enrich the existing policy and cooperation framework and to consider future macro-regional MSP cooperation. These actions include an update the Baltic MSP Roadmap; the VASAB Long Term Perspective; the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and the EUSBSR Action Plan. Several key challenges of future MSP include the harmonization of national MSP in the BSR; practical MSP implementation; and evaluation and monitoring. Capacity4MSP will address these issues by creating a practically oriented and interactive collaboration platform for knowledge exchange and intensified dialogue between MSP practitioners (involved in or responsible for the elaboration of MSP), decision- and policy makers (EU COM, HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG and its Data expert sub-group; responsible institutions for MSP etc.) and other stakeholders (blue-economy representatives, relevant EUSBSR coordinators, environmentalists etc.). It will increase the visibility and impact of single projects; build up potential synergies; deepen and widen the gained knowledge from projects by synthesizing, amplifying and transferring the project outcomes to new practical solutions. A regular dialogue with stakeholders is a crucial part of Capacity4MSP and the project will collect and discuss the knowledge and experience gained in previous MSP projects and national MSP processes in order to ensure efficient and value-added knowledge-transfer within and outside the BSR and across various sectors and governance levels. The main outputs include: - A synthesis report on the outcomes of MSP-related projects in correlation with ongoing MSP processes and activities in the BSR countries. It will gather achievements from projects, national & pan-Baltic MSP initiatives and will include an MSP cooperation agenda for 2020, possible MSP project cooperation themes and policy 'pointers' for further macro-regional MSP policy development. - Support mechanisms for MSP practitioners and MSP policy- and decision makers around the BSR and beyond to support the 1) implementation, monitoring and evaluation of plans, 2) pan-Baltic MSP data use by developing a user-guide for the Baltic MSP webmap BASEMAPS, 3) a proposal for an institutionalized tool for a regular follow-up on the accomplishment of regional MSP commitments and 4) fostering the implementation of MSP in non-EU countries by developing a Roadmap for MSP in Russia. - Integrated report with main takeaway messages concerning MSP stakeholder involvement, awareness-raising and engagement into MSP at various governance levels.

Achievements (EN):

Gathering the know-how in one place: The Capacity4MSP platform synthesised the knowledge gained in a dozen of maritime spatial planning (MSP) projects and practices within and beyond the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) co-funded by Interreg, Horizon 2020 and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Based on this synthesis, the partners produced a report in order to inform and help national MSP decision- and policy-makers review the implementation of the existing MSP frameworks. The report proposed synergies between recurring important themes, but also criteria and indicators to assess the process, content and performance of the maritime spatial plans. Speaking with one voice about maritime spatial planning: Moreover, the partners brought together MSP authorities, planners and actors from specific thematic sectors using the marine space to help harmonise MSP in the region. Together, they developed joint policy messages Complementarily to already existing HELCOM – VASAB working group, Capacity4MSP established a lasting mechanism to support more informal exchange among maritime spatial planners in the region through the Planners Forum. The Planners Forum will now regularly be held at least twice a year. Impact on pan-Baltic cooperation: The project platform results helped shape new strategic policy documents of VASAB and HELCOM-VASAB cooperation. These materials also feed into the work and inspired the policy area Spatial Planning within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region, that is led by the Secretariats of pan-Baltic organisations VASAB and HELCOM. Project results contributed to setting the future agenda for the MSP in the region, particularly, to the new Regional Maritime Spatial Planning Roadmap 2021-2030, the HELCOM-VASAB MSP working group work plan 2022-2024, as well as update of the VASAB Long Term Perspective. https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/capacity4msp/

Website: http://www.capacity4msp.eu

Delivered Outputs (EN): Synthesis report with policy messages Report on identified support mechanisms for the implementation of the MSP Integrated report on MSP stakeholder involvement and engagement

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: ‘Resource-efficient blue growth’: To advance sustainable and resource-efficient blue growth based on increased capacity of public authorities and practitioners within the blue economy sectors

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Valsts reģionālās attīstības aģentūra

Department: VASAB Secretariat

Address: Alberta iela 10, LV-1010 Rīga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vasab.org

Total budget: EUR 249 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 211 650.00

Aalborg Universitet

Name: Aalborg Universitet

Department: Department of Planning

Address: A C Meyers Vaenge 15, 2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.aau.dk

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 75 000.00

Havs- och vattenmyndigheten (HaV)

Name: Havs- och vattenmyndigheten (HaV)

Address: Box 11930 / / Gullbergs Strandgata 15, SE-404 39 Göteborg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.havochvatten.se

Total budget: EUR 87 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 65 250.00

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

Name: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission, Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

Address: Katajanokanlaituri 6 B , FI-00160 Helsinki , Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.helcom.fi

Total budget: EUR 113 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 84 750.00

Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM)

Name: Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM)

Department: Spatial Planning Department

Address: Peldu iela 25 , LV-1494 Rīga , Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.varam.gov.lv/eng

Total budget: EUR 66 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 56 737.50

Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Научно-исследовательский проектный институт аква-территориального планирования "Ермак Северо-Запад"

Name: Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Научно-исследовательский проектный институт аква-территориального планирования "Ермак Северо-Запад"

Address: Литейный проспект, дом No. 51, литера А, Помещение 14-Н , 191014 St. Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.ermaknw.ru/

Total budget: EUR 90 022.50

ENI budget: EUR 76 519.12

SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG

Name: SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG

Address: Kärntener Str. 20, 10827 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.submariner-network.eu

Total budget: EUR 148 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 111 000.00

федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский государственный гидрометеорологический университет»

Name: федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский государственный гидрометеорологический университет»

Department: Department for Research and Innovations

Address: Voronezhskaya ulitsa, 79, 192007 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rshu.ru

Total budget: EUR 89 300.00

ENI budget: EUR 75 905.00

Gdynia Maritime University

Name: Gdynia Maritime University

Department: Spatial Policy Unit

Address: ul. Dlugi Targ 41/42, 80-830 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: https://umg.edu.pl/en/

Total budget: EUR 146 200.00

ERDF budget: EUR 124 270.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers

Project acronym: Capacity4MSP

Project start date: 2019-08-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 089 272.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 881 081.62

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.90%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 728 657.50.
ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 152 424.12.

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Synthesis Report on the Experience from Maritime Spatial Planning Projects in the Baltic Sea Region and the Resultant Policy Messages

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/capacity4msp/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2022-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Report on Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms for MSPs in the Baltic Sea Region

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/capacity4msp/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Report on Stakeholder Involvement and Engagement in Maritime Spatial Planning

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/capacity4msp/

Publication date: 2023-02-21

Document date: 2021-08-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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