Northern European Sea Basin project

The aim of the NESB project is to support the GNSBI in developing a comprehensive international cooperation in the maritime spatial planning of specifically in the North Sea basin and in close cooperation with the Baltic Sea region. The NESBp aims to strengthen collaboration between North Sea countries and between the North Sea and Baltic Sea region. The project aims to link between the GNSBI and HELCOM-VASAB, promoting knowledge sharing and networking between sea basins to enable strategic and efficient marine spatial based on established cooperations within the eMSP NBSR project. , the project will utilize knowledge gained from other MSP projects in the EU Green Deal to ensure its successful implementation, laying a strong foundation for future development.

NESBp aims to change the silo type of working by linking different international cooperations and promote international cooperation and alignment of marine plans and related themes. The project aims to support the GNSBI in its work to promote that countries work more internationally and integrally (taking into account multiple perspectives as opposed to the silo approach) and to make sure that the work in existing international cooperation bodies is better connected.

Project partners :

• Ministry of Economic Affairs/ Netherlands Enterprise Agency – project lead 
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management 
• De Blauwe Cluster VZW
• BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie)
• Cerema (Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement) 
• Seascape Belgium
• Maritime Institute of Maritime University in Gdynia 
• International Marine and Dredging Consultants 
• Mantis Consulting 
• ORG Urbanism & Architecture BV 
• SHOM (Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine) 
• Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management 
• Gotenborg University 
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 
• SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth 
• Nordregio
• HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) 
• VASAB (Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea

Associated partners

• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Quality and Nature  
• Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building