Acronym BALTSPACE
Category
Aquaculture
Title Towards sustainable planning of Baltic marine space Programme BONUS
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National-European Coordinator Michael Gilek Coordinator email michael.gilek@sh.se
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
AU - Aarhus University (Denmark) ,
CORPI - Coastal Research and Planning Institute (Lithuania) ,
HZG - Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany) ,
IOW - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (Germany) ,
MIG - Maritime Institute in Gdansk (Poland) ,
s.Pro - s.Pro - sustainable projects GmbH (Germany) ,
SIME - Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (Sweden) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 2,000,000 Website https://www.baltspace.eu/ Summary Maritime spatial planning has attained prominence recently in the Baltic Sea region as the key instrument to coordinate and thus enable the growing use of marine resources and space, while safeguarding the good state of marine environment. Both ambitions are expressed in policies across all levels, such as the EU Blue Growth Strategy and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Achieving these ambitions depends on different forms of integration across various policies, sectors, stakeholders, ecological and geopolitical scales and scientific disciplines. However, there is a need for more research on what promotes and constrains integration of maritime spatial planning at national, cross-border and pan-Baltic levels, and, based on this knowledge, on how planning approaches and tools can be improved. Hence, the project aims to: Provide science-based approaches and tools to clarify and improve the capacity of maritime spatial planning as a policy integrator and thereby enhance the capabilities of society to respond to current and future challenges directed to the Baltic Sea region. Research in BALTSPACE will be based on a common interdisciplinary framework to examine in-depth case studies, which exemplify critical integration challenges, as well as serve as the basis for development of new integrated approaches and tools. Through continuous knowledge brokerage with peer groups and other research projects, it is anticipated that outcomes will make significant contributions towards sustainable governance of Baltic marine space.
Keywords
Spatial planning;
Policy;
Integrated management;
Marine Region
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
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West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
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Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
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Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
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Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
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Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
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East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
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Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
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