This pilot plan on the Tyrrhenian offshore area focuses on cross-border aspects between Tuscany and Sardinia that must be taken into consideration when developing a MSP plan.
Questions this practice may help answer:
- How are transboundary aspects addressed within an MSP process?
Implementation Context:
This pilot project was developed as an output from the SIMWESTMED project to demonstrate how cross-border cooperation can be achieved in MSP in the study area.
Aspects / Objectives:
The aim of this pilot study was to provide an analysis of how cross-border cooperation between Italy and France can be achieved in the Tyrrhenian area.
Method:
The case study was based on an analysis of the overall framework of the relevant legal and institutional instruments for the implementation of the MSP Directive through cross-border collaboration.
This was done through:
- Consultations with the relevant project partners on the process of the cross-border cooperation between the Italian and French case study areas;
- Analysis of the legal and institutional framework, as well as of the governance aspects of a transboundary cooperation in maritime spatial planning to develop a common vision for the implementation of the provisions of the MSP Directive, with particular reference to the protection of marine mammals in the Tyrrhenian case study area;
- Identification of the main requirements for transnational MSP, considering general experience;
- Analysis of the MSP process at the national level, including participation of the key stakeholders (main institutional actors) relevant for the transboundary activities in the case study area;
- Overview of the existing regional institutional cooperation structures in the pilot area, supporting a transnational collaboration in the fields relevant for MSP, with a particular attention to the Barcelona Convention, as the first RSC, and the related MAP Components, specifically REMPEC and SPA/RAC; as well as other international Agreements, networks or structures of Member States’ competent authorities, such as Pelagos and Ramoge Agreements; as well as other methods in the context of sea-basin strategies;
- Drafting proposals on the harmonised MSP approach in the pilot area, within the framework of an integrated ICZM/MSP approach, considering the appropriate measures to guarantee a favourable conservation status of marine mammals.
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Concrete spatial planning exercise in the selected focus area of the Tuscan Archipelago by operationalizing and testing the MSP process through the involvement of multi-level stakeholders.
Main Outputs / Results:
- A report giving an overview of the marine environment, environmental conservation needs, maritime uses, legal framework and governance aspects, msp process overview at a national level and identification of legal and policy documents for the implementation of the MSP directive for the study area
- A zoning strategic planning proposal for the Tuscan Archipelago was developed after the methodological analysis of the relevant aspects for the area, and including marine mammals’ protection objectives
Transferability:
This case study can be used as a methodological and knowledge base for the development of maritime spatial plans in adjacent areas in the Western Mediterranean.
Responsible Entity:
CORILA
Costs / Funding Source:
EU Project Grant No.: EASME/EMFF/2015/1.2.1.3/02/SI2.742101
Contact person:
Elisabetta Manea
IUAV
emanea@iuav.it
Daniela Addis
UNEP PAP/RAC
addis@camp-italy.org