Severn Estuary Partnership Working in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary

Severn Estuary Partnership

review and update

Shelley Vince

Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

http://www.severnestuary.net/sep/

severn@cardiff.ac.uk

#SEForum2014 @SevernEstuary

The Severn Estuary

The Severn Estuary

Background to Severn Estuary Partnership

• An independent, estuary wide initiative, led by local authorities and statutory

agencies (1995)

• The Partnership provides an interface between organisations and the

public, disseminates information and promotes stakeholder involvement

• Integrated view of issues, policies and proposals for action

• Support for a wide range of estuary groups

• Aims, objectives and plans for 2011 to 2016 are set out in our Strategic

Business Plan

• More immediate actions are outlined in yearly Action Plans

Role of the Partnership

The Severn Estuary Partnership Aims:

• To facilitate effective communication

across and between organisations and

individuals

• To establish and embed a set of ‘common

principles’ for sustainable estuary use via

Partners’ strategies, policies and action

plans

• To act as a co-ordinating body to assist

the effective & efficient delivery of agreed

estuary-wide actions

• To promote and publicise the estuary at

local, national and international level

• To add value and fill gaps in effective

estuary management, providing extra

capacity when required.

Main Area of Interest

Information Provision:

• Contacts Database

• Web-based ‘Who Does

What’ Guide

How Do We Do This?

Joint Advisory

Committee

Management

Group

SEP Staff Team

Secretariat:

SECG, ASERA,

BCSEG

Publications:

• Website

• Severn Tidings

• Monthly E-News

• Information leaflets

• State of the Severn

report and report

cards

Projects:

• COREPOINT (IIIB): promoting Integrated Coastal Management

• IMCORE (IVB): Climate change adaptation and scenarios in Europe

• DeltaNET: sharing estuary best practice in Europe

• Beacons: climate change adaptation outreach in Wales and England

Facilitate Public

Consultation Processes:

SMP2, Marine Conservation

Attend meetings and events,

respond to consultations and

emphasise need for co-ordination

and joint working

SEP Core Functions

Internal Functions:

• Management Group Meetings

• Joint Advisory Committee Meetings

• Annual Forum

• Joint Estuary Day

Communications:

• Severn Tidings

• E News

• Website

• Social Media – Facebook and Twitter (@SevernEstuary)

Joint Estuary Groups:

• Association of Severn Estuary Relevant Authorities (ASERA)

• Severn Estuary Coastal Group (SECG)

• Bristol Channel Standing Environment Group (BCSEG)

Projects and Consultations

Projects: State of the Severn Estuary

• State of the Severn Estuary Report 2011

• Topic specific report cards

• Annual updates published on the Severn

Estuary Partnership website in the ‘Estuary

Pages’

http://www.severnestuary.net/sep/estuary.html

Consultations: Ongoing role disseminating consultation information

from around the Estuary through the consultations

section of the Severn Estuary Partnership website and

monthly e-news.

• Marine Planning

• Local Development Plans

Projects work

Ongoing Core

Activities:

secretariat and

communication

functions

Consultation Responses

WG WNMP

engagement

E-news

development

Joint Estuary

Day

Engagement

Activities

State of the

Severn

updates

Engagement

Activities

The Year in Review

There’s a lot going

on!

Forum

Preparation

Severn

Estuary

Forum

SEP Action

Plan

Development

SEP

Network

Development

Website

development

Joint

Estuary

Day

Future Direction

Partnership Development

• Strategy for the Severn Estuary

• Strategic Business Plan to identify where SEP needs to be in 5

years time (2017-2021)

Engagement

• Developing SEP communication tools

• Facilitating consultations such as Marine Planning

• Raising awareness of development proposals such as tidal power

Project Opportunities

• Wales Coastal Directory

• Funding from Europe - Horizon 2020

• Workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement - Balancing

economic, social and environmental challenges in the Severn

Estuary

Concluding thoughts

• Severn Estuary Partnership acts as a coordinating body to establish a set

of ‘principles’ for the estuary and promote and publicise the estuary at

national and international level by facilitating effective communication

across and between organisations and individuals.

• The past year has been a busy one for project proposals and the

development of government policies focusing on the marine and coastal

sector. As projects and policies develop, the Severn Estuary Partnership

continues to plays an important role in the management of the Severn

Estuary.

• Key priorities for SEP over the coming year include refreshing the Strategy

for the Severn Estuary, updating of the Partnership’s Strategic Business

Plan, developing the SEP website and communications, and collaborating

with various estuary stakeholders on a range of projects.

Thank you!

Thank you!

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