Swedish MSP, the Baltic SCOPE-project and the Helcom/Vasab ...€¦ · By the 2nd March 2016 we would like response from you regarding: Sweden kindly asks the addressed Parties to

Swedish MSP,

the Baltic SCOPE-project and

the Helcom/Vasab Guidelines

on transboundary

consultations, public

participation and co-operation

Jan Schmidtbauer Crona

[email protected]

9 (+1)

neighbouring

countries (MSP)

65 Municipalities

(comptehensive

plans)

14 regions and

counties

(regional plans

and strategies)


Currentstatus

Road Map

Planning

Swedish MSP- process

Plan proposals

to Government

Dialogue Consultation Consultation

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

SEA

Plan-

propos

al

SEA

Plan-

propos

al

SEA-draft

Draft-Plan

proposals

Dialogue Consultation

SEA

Plan-

propos

al

SEA

Plan-

propos

al

SEA

Plan

proposals

Meeting with

neighbouring countries

2nd week May 2017

ESPO-notification dec -2015 ESPO-consultation 2017/2018

First draft plan for

the Baltic Proper

Dialog version

1st December 2016

Transboundary cooperation

• ESPOO-convention

• Baltic Sea: HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group

• EU Commission expert group

• Bilateral contacts

Projects:

• BalticSCOPE-project –Sweden lead

• North See

• BalticLines


ESPOO-notification

Swedish MSP

December 2015 – 12 weeks

By the 2nd March 2016 we would like response from you regarding:

Sweden kindly asks the addressed Parties to respond until 2nd March 2016 at the latest and

• acknowledge the receipt of the notification

• indicate whether your country intends to participate in the SEA-procedure

• indicate for which of the Swedish marine spatial plans, the Skagerrak/Kattegat, the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia do you want to take part in ESPOO-consultation in 2017/2018?

• inform us about the needed timeframe for the public participation and transmission of comments in the consultation phase

• provide comments concerning the SEA-scope. Do you have any response for SwAM regarding the scope of the SEA?

• Other transboundary planning issues. Do you have any response for SwAM to consider regarding other transboundary planning issues?


Response

• Some comments on the SEA-scope and planning issues

• General positive response regarding crossborder cooperation on shipping, fishery and natureconservation

• General positive response to 12 weeksconsultation period for the ESPOO-consultation


www.balticscope.eu

• cross-border cooperation

• MSP authorities & relevant

regional sea organisations

• Support actual MSP

implementation

• March 2015- March 2017

Baltic SCOPEJan Schmidtbauer Crona

http://www.balticscope.eu/

The partnership

Associated Partners:

Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Ministry for Energy, Infrastructure and Regional Development, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania



“Plans are nothing –

planning is everything”Dwight D. Eisenhower

General & President of USA 1953-1961

Together…


Some challenges• sovereign nations with domestic targets, goals, priorities and

interests, including changes over time

• different countries are at different temporal levels in the MSP process,

which can make coordination difficult

• plans have different legal status which also will, and are proving a

challenge – guiding versus obligatory

• unsolved border issues

• …..


Sweden

Estonia

Latvia

Denmark

Germany

Poland

MSP cycle

Lithuania

Finland

HELCOM-VASAB MSP WGGerman Region

Meckelnburg - Vorpommern


FinlandSweden

Denmark

Germany

Poland Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Baltic

SCOPE

HELCOM

-VASAB

MSP WG


Case studies

Southwest

Baltic

Central

Baltic

Monitoring & evaluation

transboundary framework

Coordination & managementCommunication &

dissemination

Lessons learnt


Step-wise approachPreparatory

Identification

Solution

Conclusion

March-Aug, 2015

Sept 2015 –Feb 2016

March-Aug 2016

Sept 2016 –March 2017

1. Assessment

2. Focus

1. Thematic meet

2. Planners meet

1. Concluding

thematic

2. Planners

proposal1. Conclusion

2. FutureJan Schmidtbauer Crona

Geographical areas of special

interest - in South West Case


Part in each others MSP process

– South West Baltic

Poland

Sectoral

meetings/W

S

Cross

Sectoral

meetings/W

S

Local

consultation

s seminarsSweden

Sectoral

meetings/W

S

Denmark Germany

Baltic

SCOPE

Sectoral

Telephon

e

meetings

Cross-

Sectoral

meetings/WS

Bi-lateral

meeting

Bi-lateral

meeting

Bi-lateral

meeting

Bi-lateral

meeting

Sectoral

meetings

Bi-lateral

meeting


It is considered in the planning process through:

Adaptations in planning process through:

• Best Knowledge and Practice

• Precaution

• Alternative development

• Identification of ecosystem services

• Mitigation

• Relational Understanding

• Participation and Communication

• Subsidiarity and Coherence

• Adaptation

And integrated assessments

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

which

links to Environmental Impact Assessments

(EIA)-for projects

Socio-economic assessment including

identification and

evaluation of Ecosystem Services

The Ecosystem Approach in MSP


1. Ecosystem Approach

in MSP - general checklist

2. Planning support

checklists

3. SEA-Checklist


The General Checklist


Does MSP support the

achievement and/or contribute to

maintain good environmental

status GES?


Roxette


GES

Deee-Lite


Is participation and communication

ensured in planning including the

Strategic Environmental Assessment?


Marine Green Infrastructure


Biodiversity in MSP – Pilot test of

Green Infrastructure mapping in Baltic

SCOPE

Ecosystem sensitivity

map (Swedish draft)

• We identify areas of particular sensitivity

• We examine the cumulative impact of the MSP draft

• We identify areas where impact is too high

• We analyze which pressures that contribute to the bad situation

• We use this information to discuss with stakeholders

• We develop alternative plan

• We examine the cumulative impact of the new alternative plan

• We iterate until good plan is found

• The method is transparent

• The method can be used in any country and as a basis for transboundary consultations

• HELCOM is using similar method, for assessment

Cumulative impact

map (Swedish draft)

Yellow more, blue less

Red more, blue less

Symphony for Ecosystem Approach

in MSP


Helcom Vasab MSP

workgroup

A joint co-chaired Working Group on Maritime Spatial Planning was launched in October 2010 by HELCOM and the Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea (VASAB) Committee on Spatial Planning and Development of the Baltic Sea Region (CSPD/BSR)

The Regional Baltic Maritime Spatial Planning Roadmap 2013-2020 calls for the development of guidelines regarding:

• a) Transboundary consultations and cooperation in the field of MSP and

• b) Public participation for MSP with transboundary dimensions.


Guidelines on

transboundary

consultations,

public

participation and

co-operation


Recommendation

• Broadening the scope of transboundary dialogue: Building on the Espoo Convention while strengthening the scope of consultations

• Establishing a formal process of transboundary information exchange and consultation early in the MSP process

• Organising stakeholder involvement in the transboundaryconsultation process

• Developing a transboundary consultation strategy

• Strengthening informal transboundary cooperation processes


Recommendations for

transboundary pan-Baltic

cooperation on MSP

• Continuing policy guiding at pan-Baltic level

• Creating and facilitating expert groups for pertinent MSP topics and issues and implementing their results

• Engaging and cooperating with other pan-Baltic organisations on a continuous basis

• Promoting informal pan-Baltic co-operation of MSP practitioners


Helcom/Vasab MSP-

workgroup upcoming

workprogramme


Documents

Swedish MSP, the Baltic SCOPE-project and the Helcom/Vasab ...€¦ · By the 2nd March 2016 we would like response from you regarding: Sweden kindly asks the addressed Parties to