Tag Archives: ICZM

May14

Enhanced skills on ICZM and climate change of Mediterranean local authorities and civil organizations: outcome from LitusGo project

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Enhanced skills on ICZM and climate change of Mediterranean local authorities and civil organizations: outcome from LitusGo project

Pafos, Cyprus

LitusGo aimed at filling this training gap through the development of a well-structured, innovative, interactive, work-linked vocational training programme, directly focused on Mediterranean Local Authorities and NGOs and through them to practitioners, tuned to accommodate Mediterranean particularities and needs especially in touristic coastal areas. The methodology was based on problem solving.

This EC Leonardo funded project, which counted with EUCC participation providing know-how, held the final event last 24/4/2012 in Pafos, Cyprus.

LitusGo Products
The educational package is user-friendly and consists of autonomous, self-contained modules, focusing on  proposing solutions to problems. It has two forms: a paper version and a web-version. The web-version incorporates a simple wiki application within the training documents. The dedicated website is hosting the web-package and includes, apart from information, a forum and an e-alarm-news facility. The methodology that has been implemented is presented in a guide. All the products have been tested and finalised during the project and are available for general use by interested actors. Information leaflets and posters have supported the work throughout. Seminars and 2 Stakeholder workshops were organised and all material translated into English, Greek, Maltese and Turkish.

Learn more at LitusGo website

Apr11

Horizon 2020 wastewater management workshop in the “home of the karst”

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Horizon 2020 wastewater management workshop in the “home of the karst”

Source: H2020

Split, Croatia hosted a Horizon 2020 workshop on “Linking waste water management to ICZM and IWRM with emphasis on karstic coastal areas”. More than 30 professionals from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro gathered in the area known as the “home of the karst” to participate at the four-day sub regional training on 19-22 March 2012.

The workshop was organized within the framework of the ENPI Horizon 2020 CB/MEP project, by the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and in partnership with the Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC) of the United Nations Environment Programme/ Mediterranean Action Plan.

Acknowledging the need for thorough understanding of the very vulnerable to pollution karst environment in the region, the course succeeded to improve this knowledge and the interconnectivity between surface and groundwater in karstic areas. It tapped on the issues of relevant regulatory frameworks, precautionary measures and technical solutions for wastewater treatment in karstic areas. Trainees learned about degrees of vulnerability of karst water resources and their sustainable use and elaborated on the sensitivity of karstic media in terms of spatial/physical planning. The trainees were wastewater managers, decision makers from central and local authorities, university staff and professionals from the private sector.

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Mar20

Conférence Finale du projet MED Coastance

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Conférence Finale du projet MED Coastance

Source: Programme MED

 

Le projet MED COASTANCE (Regional action strategies for coastal zone adaptation to climate change) organise sa Conférénce finale à Komotini (Grèce) du  26 au 28 Mars 2012.

Plus d’info sur le projet COASTANCE  link in new window” href=”http://www.facecoast.eu/” target=”www.facecoast.eu”>Visitez aussi le Cluster-MED facecoast

Agenda de la Conférénce 

Feb18

Launching of an ICZM Strategy for Algeria

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Launching of an ICZM Strategy for Algeria

Source: MedPartnership

On January 25, a meeting to launch the national ICZM strategy for Algeria and the Réghaia coastal plan was held at the premises of the Algerian Ministry of Land-use Planning and Environment (MATE) in Algiers. The meeting, which was organized by MATE with the support of PAP/RAC and UNESCO-IHP, was attended by more than 50 participants including representatives of national, regional and local authorities, as well as representatives of national associations and organizations concerned with the Algerian coastal zone.

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Feb14

The case for Maritime Spatial Planning: efficient resource management for sustainable growth

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The case for Maritime Spatial Planning: efficient resource management for sustainable growth

Source: DG MARE

On 26 March 2012 an international conference on Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) will take place in Brussels, hosted by Ms Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for maritime affairs and fisheries.

High level representatives from the European Union and Third countries, public authorities, representatives from maritime industries and NGOs will have an opportunity to share their experiences on MSP in the European Union and from around the world, and to reflect on how they want to see it develop in the future.

Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), as promoted by the EU integrated maritime policy, is crucial for creating an environment in which the maritime economy can grow in harmony with the surrounding ecosystem. Transparency, stability, predictability and reduced transaction costs are the factors that encourage and accelerate investments – and are among the benefits that MSP can bring.

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Dec22

9th International Training Workshop ICM in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

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9th International Training Workshop ICM in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea

September 25th – October 11th , 2012, Dalyan, Turkey

Similarly to past programs, MEDCOAST Institute 2012 will consist of in-class training, including lectures by the international faculty on various topics related to ICM in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, presentations by participants on their country experiences, and group exercises, hands-on study trip and field observations.
For further information and registration please visit the workshop website.

Dec15

EC will include OURCOAST Conference outcomes in upcoming ICZM agenda

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EC will include OURCOAST Conference outcomes in upcoming ICZM agenda

The key outcomes of the OURCOAST Conference have been embraced by the European Commission and will be used in setting the agenda for implementation of ICZM for the next decade. Among others, the Conference defined key priorities and a common vision.

The OURCOAST Stakeholders Conference “Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe: the way forward”, organised under auspices of DG Environment, was held inRiga(Latvia) on 27-28 October 2011. The Conference took place in the premises of the main building of theUniversityofLatviain the city ofRiga. It has been widely attended and a great opportunity for the coastal and marine commnunity to gather and collectively reflect on-going experiences and on the further needs to support the implementation of ICZM inEurope. Over 160 participants represented European, national, regional and local authorities engaged in policy making, planning and management of coastal issues, as well as researchers, consultants, non-governmental organisations among other interested stakeholders.

EUCC is satisfied with the hard work with ARCADIS NL to conduct successfully OURCOAST.

Follow ICZM development by reading OURCOAST Newsletter#9