Mediterranean ICZM Protocol

Željka Škaričić

PAP/RAC Director

Structure of the presentation:

UNEP/MAP and its legal basis

ICZM Protocol

Action Plan

UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme

• Launched in 1974

• 140 countries - 13 Regional Seas Programmes

• Action Plans

• Conventions & Protocols

Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)

• Barcelona Convention 1975

• Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) 1976

• 8 components (MED POL & RACs)

Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)

Protocols of the Barcelona Convention

• Dumping Protocol

• LBS Protocol

• Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity

• Hazardous Waste Protocol

• Emergency Protocol

• Off-shore Protocol

• ICZM Protocol

ICZM’s track record

• Not strategic – more often driven by funding priorities than by

strategic priorities.

• Short-term, project-based.

• Limited success or uptake.

• Not widely understood or recognised.

• Non-statutory, no legal basis.

MAJOR LEGAL BREAKTHROUGH

Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Signed in January 2008

Entered into force in March 2011

9 ratifications (Slovenia, France, Albania, Spain, European Union, Syria, Montenegro, Croatia, Morocco)

ICZM Protocol

Lybia

ATLANTIC OCEAN

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Spain

Greece

Italy

Turkey

Slovenia

Bosnia/ Herze- govina

Albania

Malta

Egypt

Algeria

Tunisia Morocco

Syria

Israel

Lebanon Cyprus

BLACK SEA

France

Croatia

Montenegro

Structure of the Protocol

• Part I - General Provisions

• Part II - Elements of Integrated Coastal Zone Management

• Part III - Instruments for Integrated Coastal Zone Management

• Part IV- Risks Affecting the Coastal Zone

• Part V - International Co-operation

• Part VI - Institutional Provisions

• Part VII - Final Provisions

Innovative Future oriented and proactive Comprehensive Integrated Binding

Protocol is very precise with regard to:

• the definition of the coastal zone

• the definition of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management

• the definition of the coastal setback

• the formulation and development of coastal strategies

• the formulation of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic

Environmental Assessment

• the developing policies for preventing natural hazards, particularly those

resulting from the climate change

• the application of the ecosystems approach to coastal planning and management

• the reporting on the implementation of the Protocol

ICZM means a dynamic process for the sustainable management and use of coastal zones, taking into account at the same time the fragility of coastal ecosystems and landscapes, the diversity of activities and uses, their interactions, the maritime orientation of certain activities and uses and their impact on both the marine and land parts.

Definition of ICZM

Geographical coverage

Ecosystem-based management

Article 8:

Setback zone of 100 m (exceptions, official notification)

Integration into national legal instruments of provisions related to:

• the restriction of linear extention of urban development

• free access to the sea and along the shore

• restricting/prohibiting movement/parking/anchoring of land vehicles and

marine vessels in fragile natural areas on land and sea

Littoral 2012 Oostende 27-29 November 2012

Protection and sustainable use of the coastal zone

Littoral 2012 Oostende 27-29 November 2012

Integration is the key word!

CAMP Levante de Almeria, SPAIN

Coastal Forum

Coastal Council

Coastal Commission

Sustainable Development Reference Framework/STRATEGY

Singular projects

Water cycle sustainable management

Sustainable use of marine environment

Improvement of the management criteria for public domain

Valuation and conservation of the landscape, natural and cultural heritage

Good practices in productive activities

Institutional coordination and social participation framework

IMAGINE

Singular projects results

Experts group

Integrative Management Framework (IMF)

ICZM EXPERT–

IWG LEAD

IWRM EXPERT

BIODIVERSITY EXPERT

CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT

AQUIFERS EXPERT

Integrating WFD and ICZM Protocol requirements; additionally MSFD Transboundary integration Integrating objectives and approaches of partner organisations UNESCO-IHP, GWP-Med, PAP/RAC

Transboundary pilot project for Buna/Bojana area

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE

Data & Information

Methods & Tools

National & local policy- and

decision-makers

All relevant stakeholders

including civil society

SOCIAL & ECOSYSTEM RESILIANCE

Bridging science and decision-making

Local Regional National Supranational

CASES

PEGASO Participants

Mediterranean End-users Committee

Black Sea Strategic Panel

Littoral 2012 Oostende 27-29 November 2012

PEGASO ICZM Governance Platform

Action Plan for the Implementation of the ICZM Protocol in 2012-2019

Objective 1. Support the effective implementation of the ICZM Protocol at regional, national and local levels

Ratification and transposition

Strengthening and supporting governance

National strategies and coastal implementation plans and programmes

Reporting on Protocol implementation

Objective 2. Strengthen the capacities of CPs to implement the Protocol and use in an effective manner ICZM policies, instruments, tools and processes

Methodologies: ICZM Process (PEGASO ICZM wiki), IMF, Guidelines for National ICZM Strategies, ICZM indicators, MSP

Protocol implementation projects: CAMPs

Professional developmet, training and education: MedOpen Virtual Training Course on ICZM (http://www.medopen.org)

Objective 3. Promote the ICZM Protocol and its implementation within the region, and promote it globally by developing synergies with relevant Conventions and Agreements

Public participation and awareness raising Excellence on ICZM issues for the Mediterranean

Promoting the Protocol

Mediterranean Coast Day 2012, Split, Croatia

United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan

Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre (PAP/RAC)

Kraj Sv. Ivana 11 21000 Split, CROATIA

tel: (385) (21) 34 04 70 fax: (385) (21) 34 04 90

e-mail: pap@gradst.hr http://www. pap-thecoastcentre.org