4 nd PlanCoast C onference Climate change and growing sea use pressures:

Slavko Mezek, Regional Development Centre KoperProject is partly founded by European Union, program Interrreg IIIB CADSES

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Climate change and growing sea use Climate change and growing sea use pressures:pressures:

Solutions offered by Marine Spatial Solutions offered by Marine Spatial PlanningPlanning

Slavko Mezek

RRC Koper

Berlin, 20th November 2007


• Coastal area in Slovenia - South Primorska, 8 municipalities; • 1524 km2, 7,5% of national territory; • cca. 120.000 inhabitants,

(6% of national population);

Slika regije, z mejami občin,

Slika Slovenije, znotraj nje regija;


• GDP/capita – 2nd region, slo=20.400 € (2006)• Service activities 75%• Transport (Port of Koper), tourism, trade


• Limited area (47 km coastline, 180 km2 territorial waters), • Shallow north Adriatic/ Bay of Triest (max.50 m, slovenian part – 35 m)

• Coastal area - “national value”,• Symbolic – “window to the world”• Economic importance, • Nature, biodiversity, cultural heritage


• Pressures/ marine users:

• Energy sector,• Maritime transport, Nature, biodiversity• Tourism: marinas, Cultural heritage,• Fishery, mariculture,


Energy sector (gas terminal, gas-pipeline); Endesa, Gas natural, TGE gas Engineering



• Marine Spatial Planning – why is important for Slovenia?

• Global, cross border context:• Changing nature of pressures:• Political options: (North) Adriatic – A Particularly Sensitive Sea Area

or European gas terminal?

• National context:• small size and high importance of coastal-marine area,• spatial constrains, conflicts ---- land-sea interconnections;• growing pressures on marine uses.


• PlanCoast contribution

• Preparation of GIS data relevant to coastal or sea-use-planning

• Promotion of preparation of Marine Spatial plan – national and for the North Adriatic

• Awareness capacities raised among local, regional, national, cross-border target groups

• Recommendations on common principles for Marine-Use-Planning

• Contribution to spatial planning of a coastal strip in the framework of ICZM/CAMP Slovenia




Aspect Present situation Reccomendations

Legal basis Spatial planning Act;

Decree on the types of spatial planning of national significance,

Use existent legal framework:

Spatial planning act,

Link the praparation of MSP to AdriaticRiver Basin Management Plan

Responsibility/ institutions National responibilityMESP, Directorate for Spatal Planning

Local level – spatial planning of the coastal strip

National responsibility/MESP - (Option – regional – accordig toRegions act??)


Aspect Present situation Reccomendations

Public participation Strategic spatial plan preparation – with

no (explicit) public participation Public participation in MSP preparation

and adoption should be mandatory

International/cross border cooperation

Trilateral Commission (Slovenian – Croatian - Italian) for the protection of the Adriatic and the coastal areas against pollution

Strenghten international/CB cooperation

Trilateral commission – preparation of common strategic orientations and MSP for the Adriatic,


• Spatial planning of a coastal strip

• Data base on spatial regimes on the coastal strip,

• Integration – GIS;• Definition of a spatial coastal management

unit – “protected coastal strip”• Guidelines for spatial planning in the

coastal strip



• Coast Koper - Izola


• Coast Koper - Izola



Thank You for your attention


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4 nd PlanCoast C onference Climate change and growing sea use pressures: