This page contains the presentations from the conference Maritime Spatial Planning for Blue Growth: How to plan for a Sustainable Blue Economy?, organised by the European MSP Platform on behalf of the European Commission and held on 11 - 12 October 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
Session 1: Setting the Scene
Opening speech by Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Opening Words by Jaak Aab, Minister of Public Administration, Estonia:
- Maritime Spatial Planning video
Keynote speech by Philipe de Backer, State Secretary for the Fight against Social Fraud, Privacy and North Sea, Belgium
Session 2: How to plan today to accommodate tomorrow's Blue Economy?
Technical Study EU MSP Platform: What is the role of visions in supporting MSP and Blue Growth? by Angela Schultz-Zehden, European MSP Platform
Case study 1: Celtic Seas Partnership by Lyndsey Dodds, Head of Marine Policy, World Wide Fund for Nature
Case study 2: Belgium Vision Process 2050 by Frank Maes, Director, Ghent University Maritime Institute
Case study 3: BLUEMED Initiative by Gauci Borda, Core member, BLUEMED strategic board
Case study 4: Balitc LINes by Ulrich Scheffler, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency in Germany
Case study 5: Sea change project New Zealand by Raewyn Paert, Policy Director, Environmental Defense Society
Session 3: Assessing Future spatial demands of the blue economy
Technical Study : Assessing future demands of Blue Economy by Javier Fernandez Lopez & Jan Maarten de Vet, European MSP Platform
Session 4: How can synergies between maritime sectors be promoted through MSP?
Floating Power Plant by Chris McConville, Project Manager, Floating Power Plant's UK subsidiary
Aquaculture: from conflict to blue growth by Michelle Borg, Unit Manager, Malta Planning Authority
MSP from the Coastal and Maritime Tourism perspective: the Emilia-Romagna Region case study by Andrea Barbanti, Research Manager, ISMAR-CN
Session 5: Wrap-up session: Implications for MSP in Europe and beyond
Science-based approaches and decision support tools: their role in MSP implementation and Blue Growth by Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO