Archive for November, 2012
Seminar “Stakeholders as important actors in Marine Strategy Framework Directive implementation: from decision makers to general public”
On 15-16 November, 2012, about 70 participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland, Germany and Ireland took part in the seminar “Stakeholders as important actors in Marine Strategy Framework Directive implementation: from decision makers to general public” organised within the MARMONI Project. The seminar gathered stakeholders from various sectors, both environmental and non-environmental.
The aim of the seminar was to introduce a wider stakeholder audience with the MSFD. The participants obtained knowledge about its basic principle – the Ecosystem Based Approach, exchanged information about the first steps of the implementation of the MSFD in countries around the Baltic Sea – preparation of the Initial Assessment and setting targets for the Good Environmental Status to be achieved by 2020.
The participants also found out, which institutions are responsible for the implementation of the Directive in different countries, as well as what is the role of two international organisations – ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) and HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) in MSFD processes.
The stakeholders were glad to hear from the representative of ICES that fisheries in the Baltic Sea, in general, follow the requirements of the Directive. Basic principles of the Maritime Spatial Planning and example of mapping the marine environment for spatial management were introduced.
At the end, the experience of the PISCES project (http://www.projectpisces.eu) on involving various stakeholders in the implementation of the MSFD was presented.
The agenda and presentations of the seminar are available below.
- Opening of the seminar H.Fammler Baltic Environmental Forum
- Introduction: Overview on the MSFD and interlinks to other international policy documents Juha- Markku Leppänen (Finnish Environment Institute)
MSFD and other policy documents J-M_Leppanen - Application of the ecosystem approach in light of different value systems: legal implications for achieving the aims of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive Katrin Broks (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Ecosystem approach K_Broks - Integrated ecosystem assessments in ICES – a possible framework to support Ecosystem Based Management and the MSFD implementation Yvonne Walther (ICES & Swedish University of Agriculture)
Ecosystem assessments in ICES Y_Walther - Main messages from the initial assessments, targets for the Good Environmental Status
Initial assessment in Estonia G_Martin
Initial assessment in Latvia S_Strake
Initial assessment in Finland J-M_Leppanen
Initial assessment in Lithuania D_Daunys
Initial assessment in Sweden B_Hakansson
Initial assessment in Germany A_Weiss - How is the implementation of the MSFD organised in Baltic Sea countries?
Institutional setup in Sweden B_Hakansson
Institutional setup in Germany A_Weiss
Institutional setup in Estonia A_Villmann
Institutional setup in Latvia B_Zasa
Institutional setup in Finland J-M_Leppanen - The role and activities of ICES in relation to the MSFD processes Eero Aro (ICES & Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute)
ICES and MSFD E_Aro - The role of HELCOM in implementing ecosystem approach in the Baltic Sea Samuli Korpinen (HELCOM Secretariat)
Role-of-HELCOM S_Korpinen - Is the development of fisheries in the Baltic Sea in line with the MSFD? Eero Aro (ICES & Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute)
Fisheries and MFSD E_Aro - Implementation of the ecosystem approach in the MSFD and BSAP from maritime perspective Samuli Korpinen (HELCOM Secretariat)
Implementation of BSAP and MSFD from maritime perspective S_Korpinen - Maritime Spatial Planning as an important tool for implementing the MSFD Risto Kalliola (University of Turku, Finland)
Maritime Spatial Planning R_Kalliola - Mapping of the marine environment for spatial management in Sweden Martin Isaeus (Aqubiota)
Mapping marine environment in SE M_Isaeus - Guiding stakeholders to participate in MSFD implementation Sarah Twomey (PISCES project)
Guiding stakeholders in MSFD S_Twomey
The summary report of the seminar is available here: MSFD_seminar_Talinn_15.-16.11.2012
