The Coastal Union by Robbert Misdorp • Advisor to the Netherlands Government & EUCC • Assisting Romanian Min. Env.& Water Management for Romanian PlanCoast input, • Former Coordinator of the International CZM-Centre, RIKZ, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Hague. E-address: [email protected]“ “ Sharing ICZM Sharing ICZM experiences and experiences and suggestions for suggestions for PlanCoast PlanCoast ” ” Prepared for the PlanCoast Kick-off meeting, Ancona, J
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The Coastal Union
by Robbert Misdorp
• Advisor to the Netherlands Government & EUCC
• Assisting Romanian Min. Env.& Water Management for Romanian PlanCoast input,
• Former Coordinator of the International CZM-Centre, RIKZ, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Hague.
• European Water Partnership: a public & private Network
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Coastal Zone GovernanceCoastal Zone Governance
Coastal Zone Management TasksCoastal Zone Management Taskslterative cyclic processlterative cyclic process
Coastal Zone Management Instruments and CapacitiesCoastal Zone Management Instruments and Capacities
Arrangements EthicsObjectivesIntegration
HarmonizationParticipation
Legalframework
Tradition andsocial norms
SafetyResources
Development
Organizationalstructure
EvaluationProblemRecognition
Planning Implementation
DataCollection
Assessmentand Outlook
MonitoringPlanExecution
Operation andMaintenance
PolicyDevelopment
ResearchAssessment
DecisionMaking
Elements of Integr.Coastal Zone Management
DecisionMaking
Reference: CZM-Centre & Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 1996: “Egyptian Coast: Development and Challenges”
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RAMCO: spatial designed Rapid integrated Assessment and analytic planning tool using interactively GIS modules supporting coastal policy makers
Reference: CZM-C/RIKZ/RIKS, 1999: “Integral Assessment Module for Coastal Zone Management, RamCo 2.0 User Guide”
Two different tool levels:1) Macro-scale system: long range, large scale coastal processes, natural & socio-economic subsystems;2) Micro-scale system: short term and micro-scale coastal processes, using cellular GIS sub-models.
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RAMCO: an example of the analytical GIS frame component: macro-scale dynamicssystem diagram tourism land demand, employment, production values;
The iterative, relational, analytical frame: the expert judgment in the macro level effects the micro dynamics and changes the land use map.
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CoastLearn: Multimedia ICZM Distance Training Tool in 6 languages
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CZM-Centre - Website: www.netcoast.nl, providing information on concept and tools eg
RAMCO and CoastLearn
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The Coastal Union
An international non-profit association, founded in 1989:
•Active national branches and projects in 14 EU countries
•Total about 3000 Members in 40 countries
•Offices in Scotland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Spain
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To promote a solid coastal management:Conservation of nature, landscape and cultural heritage in combination with coastal safety and a sustainable economic development
www.eucc.nl
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• The European Water Partnership is a joint private and public sector organisation created to coordinate European water activities
• It is an independent body
Website: www.ewp.org
European Water Partnership:
A coordinated approach to water in Europe :
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Why?
• Global water crisis, brought about by climate change, population growth and water usage:
– In Europe, an estimated 85 million people lack sanitation facilities and 41 million do not have access to safe drinking water;
– Worldwide, 1.1 billion people do not have water and 2.6 billion lack sanitation facilities;
– Water strongly influences: poverty, migration, Aids, sustainability, and climate change.
European Water Partnership:
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2. Some suggestions for PlanCoast2. Some suggestions for PlanCoast::
• Mixing concepts of ICZM program elements with Physical Planning
• An example of Sea Use Planning:
The Netherlands Continental Shelf
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Suggestions to mix ICZM program elements
with Physical Planning:
• Characteristics of ICZM ;
• Characteristics of Physical Planning;
• Suggested mix.
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Main characteristics of an ICZM program:
• Complex problem oriented; • Area/district/region oriented; • Multiple faceted:
comprising several disciplines & departments, local stakeholders and NGO’s (are problem owners);
• Integrated management for development through institutional strengthening: policy preparation, decision making simultaneously at different levels;
• Long term iterative and cyclic process ( +/-10 years) including monitoring & ecologic &
economic evaluation;
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Main characteristics of an ICZM program - cont’d:
• Consisting of a planning and an implementation phase;• Awareness raising among stakeholders increases
acceptance of implementation;• Implementation is directed at sustainable solutions:
1. Increasing resilience of the coastal system,2. No-regret measures in case of large uncertainties, 3. Flexible, soft solutions preferred above hard
flood protecting measures 4. Zoning of functional uses in terrestrial and marine parts
of coastal zone• Implementing an ICZM program needs
i) a practical leader ii) a process leading to measures through a consultative and participatory approach.
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Some characteristics of a Spatial Development Plan:
• Area oriented;
• Time planning horizon: five years to some decades;
• National policy dominant over district and community plans;
• Strict alignment according to main components of ‘hard’ Infrastructure: Water ways, Electric, Sewage, Roads, Airways, Pipelines;
• Generally no alignment provisions for: participatory approaches, long term sustainability, decreasing pollution, increasing biodiversity, decreasing the vulnerability to Climate Change impacts and no eco&eco evaluation;
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How to mix existing Spatial Development Plan practices with ICZM principles?
Some suggestions: 1. Applying the EU-WFD and EU-ICZM Recommendations to
the PlanCoast integrated Land and Sea Use Planning;
2. Including the main elements of the ICZM programs: sustainability, long term, and ecological &
economical accountabilities, participatory approaches; 3. Implementing a pilot Spatial Development Plan at
district/communal level, including an integrated feasibility study for implementation.
Win-Win potentials creating Spatial Development Plans in an ICZM frame: Spatial Development Decrees/Laws are legally binding documents, which could be a solid base for the subsequent ICZM implementation phase.Prepared for the PlanCoast Kick-off meeting, Ancona, June, 2006
The full-report isavailable on the PlanCoast Website,
as 11 MB PDF document.
“Netherlands Integrated Management Plan for the North Sea 2015”
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“Netherlands Integrated Management Plan for the North Sea 2015”
This Governmental Document
is produced in close cooperation by four Dutch Ministries.
This Integrated Management Plan for the North Sea 2015 was adopted by the Council of Netherlands Ministers in July 2005,
for approval of the Netherlands Parliament.
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This list of Contents
Illustrates that not only different maps were produced, but also:
1) VISIONS on North Sea use: Healthy, Safe and Profitable Sea,2) PRINCIPLES of Management,3) INSTRUMENTS for management,4) INTEGRATED frame for permitting,
were addressed.
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Some Concluding Remarks:
1) Interaction between Spatial Development/Physical Planning and ICZM can be beneficially both ways;
2) PlanCoast can illustrate these benefits in the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea, through
producing: visions, maps and analyses based on GIS data bases;
3) ICZM concepts, tools and networks are ready to be shared for use.
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