Guidance to MSP authorities in seeking to cooperate with each other in MSP activities covering adjacent waters, including on communication, stakeholder engagement, data management and policy analysis.

Recommendations for types of data to use in MSP, geographic coverage, mechanisms for collection & dissemination

Guiding principles, assessment of current practice, and conclusions for licensing and permitting offshore renewable energy structures in an MSP process

Stakeholder representation, consultation on plans and projects, transparency, timeframes and appeals process recommendations

Examines how and to what extent the legislation in the Member States provide for transboundary MSP and provides recommendations

Aims to assess whether, given, the right policies and legislations are in place to what extent, have countries developed Maritime Spatial Plans, how these are being implemented and enforced and...

The Trilateral Wadden Sea Plan constitutes the common transboundary policy and management plan for the Wadden, Sea Area. It is an agreement of how the countries envisage the coordination and...

This practice shows which data and meta-data were gathered in the BALANCE data portal. It includes guidelines for data harmonisation.

2007

"For habitat classification purposes, surficial marine geology is a crucial variable together with e.g., depth, current, salinity and wave exposure. Marine geological mapping involves a range of hydro-acoustic and ground-truthing...