Objectives:

To make an initial stock-taking of scientific, technical, legal, and institutional knowledge base to create a Platform for desired policy changes in Mediterranean and Black Sea coastal areas.

To take into account scientific, policy, managerial and societal views and attitudes towards ICZM governance in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions.

To develop a methodology for evaluation and assessment of ICZM governance in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions.

To assess end-user needs, define target groups and stakeholders.

To build a shared ecosystem-based ICZM governance Platform for Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, aimed at assisting decision and policy makers, professionals, private sector and civil society elements to plan actions and assess their impacts in coastal and marine areas.

To facilitate implementation of the regional legal instruments.

Participants:

UAB, PLAN BLEU, IFREMER, PAP RAC, IUCN, UNOTT, VLIZ, UNIV CA´   FOSCARI, JRC, UNIGE, HCMR, MEDCOAST, DDNI, UM5a AREA ED, NIOF, UOB, MHI, TDV, NARSS, BSC PS

Description of work:

Task 2.1. Conceptual framework for ICZM including the Ecosystem Approach integrating assessment for land and sea relationships.

Task 2.2. Stock-take of users’ ICZM policy, legal, financial and institutional frameworks at multiple levels with a review of stakeholder needs.

Task 2.3. Stock-take of ICZM scientific development.

Task 2.4. Building a sustainable interactive ‘Shared ICZM Governance Platform’ for ocean and coastal evaluation and assessment by policy makers, managers, scientists and other stakeholders.