Taking the Stock of and Advising the Way (*)
Forward with ICZM in the Black Sea Region
Black Sea Outlook, 3rd Conference, 1-3 November, Odessa, Ukraine
02 November 2011 / Session 4, Keynote / Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Valeria ABAZA
Ekaterina ANTONIDZE
PMA Officer, The Black Sea Commission
Chairperson, ICZM Advisory Group to BSC
Lyudmil IKONOMOV
Mamuka GVILAVA (1)
Catalina ISPAS-SAVA
ICZM NFP, Bulgaria
ICZM NFP, Georgia
ICZM NFP, Romania
Leonid YARMAK
Nihan Şahin HAMAMCI
Victor KARAMUSHKA
ICZM NFP, Russian FederationICZM NFP, Turkey
ICZM NFP Designee, Ukraine
Françoise BRETON
Željka ŠKARIČIĆ Brian SHIPMAN (2)
UAB, FP7 PEGASO
Scientific Coordinator
UNEP MAP PAP/RAC
Director, WP2 Leader
UNEP MAP PAP/RAC
ICZM Consultant
Erdal ÖZHAN
MEDCOAST President
PEGASO WP7 Leader
(*)
Published in the proceeding of 10th Medcoast Conference, 25-29 October 2011, Rhodes, Greece
(1)
Presenter and corresponding author
(2)
Author of presentation
Summary
Background of ICZM Stock-Take, Protocol and PEGASO
Questionnaire themes and questions
Mapping national responses and early conclusions
Some recommendations
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Background of ICZM stock-taking
Med ICZM Protocol
Took 8 years to prepare
Contracted Parties signed in 2008
Ratified by 6 CPs including EU
Entered into force in March 2011
ICZM Protocol was used
to formulate themes &
stock-taking questions
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Background of ICZM stock-taking
Questionnaire with 16 themes (and 53 questions)
Coastal zone boundaries
ICZM and/or coastal legislation
Coordination
Protection and sustainable use
of the coastal zone
Economic activities
Coastal ecosystems, landscapes
& cultural heritage
Participation
Awareness raising, training,
education & research
Monitoring & review
National coastal strategies, plans and
programmes, transboundary
cooperation
Environmental and strategic
assessments
Land policy and accounts
Economic, financial & fiscal
instruments
Natural hazards & coastal erosion
Exchange of information and activities
of common interest
Transboundary cooperation
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Background of ICZM stock-taking
Measuring the progress with ICZM implementation, not effectiveness!
Themes (16) / questions (53)
Instructions page
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Aggregated responses
ALL questions, ALL countries
6 Black Sea, 21 Mediterranean
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Coastal zone boundaries legally defined
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
a harmonized
ecosystem-based
delimitation of
coastal zone
boundaries for
ICZM that includes
both land and sea
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Mapping country responses / some findings
ICZM or coastal law approved
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
support for national
ICZM legislations
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Coordination/integration mechanisms in place (land-sea)
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
promote
institutional
coordination across
the land-sea
boundary
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Coordination/integration mechanisms in place (horizontal)
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
promote horizontal
& vertical
coordination
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Setback zones for coastal development control
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
assess the
consistency and
efficiency of the
application of
setback and other
development
controls on the
coast
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Wetland restoration experience
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
support positive
enhancement
measures of key
habitats and
landscapes
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Mapping country responses / some findings
ICZM research centres of excellence
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
improve capacity
for ICZM research &
implementation at
all levels
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Economic, financial & fiscal incentives & instruments for ICZM
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
develop and test
the use of economic
and financial
instruments
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Coastal hazard prevention, mitigation & adaptation measures
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
support common
assessment and
best practice for
mitigation of
climate change and
other coastal
hazards
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Coastal zone management and sustainability indicators
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
develop common
social, economic
and environmental
indicators to
monitor changes at
regional level
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Mapping country responses / some findings
Environmental assessment procedures in place and adequate
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
develop guidance
for the use of
Strategic
Environmental
Assessment (SEA) in
coastal zones
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Mapping country responses / some findings
National ICZM strategy prepared
Potential area of support and
collaboration at regional level:
provide guidance
and support for
national ICZM
strategies and plans
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Dissemination
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Recommendations
Assessment and stakeholder consultations at all levels in
support of the ICZM legal instrument for the Black Sea.
Research and monitoring to compile agreed common set
of coastal indicators measuring effectiveness of ICZM.
Adapt, develop and deliver ICZM training and education
packages for coastal managers and practitioners.
Partnership through shared ICZM Governance Platform
(Black, Caspian and Mediterranean Basins).
Operational observation systems for the Black Sea
(marine, coastal and wider catchment).
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Poster presentation
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THANK YOU
Pegaso Project is founded by the European Union within FP7
ENV.2009.2.2.1.4 – Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Specific Programme FP7
Collaborative Projects – Large scale integrating project
Grant agreement nº 244170
Mamuka GVILAVA / PEGASO Task Manager for BSC PS
/ ICZM NFP Georgia
Project coordination
Dra. Françoise Breton
francoise.breton@uab.cat
UAB – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Spain
mgvilava@iczm.ge
www.pegasoproject.eu