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User Guidance Document

This is a short explanation of how to make optimal use of the Practices database to ensure that only those results relevant to your specific search command will appear. The more search categories are specified, the more selective the displayed results will be. If you choose not to specify an option in a search category, no distinction will be made in the search results and all entries that have been assigned all of the options in that search category will be shown. It is also possible to enter a keyword or the name of a practice in the free text search box. Do you feel that there is something missing, or that any of the information is incorrect or incomplete? Please contact us via infoatmaritime-spatial-planning.ec.europa.eu (info[at]maritime-spatial-planning[dot]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) or fill in the Contact Form.

Practices database

    Search 
   category  

   Explanation

 Type of practice

 Select one of the options to reveal only those  practices that are of that type, or select more to broaden your search.

  • Guidance is defined as lessons learned or recommendations.
  • A Handbook covers how to engage in MSP and provides answers to expert queries.
  • A Methodology is defined as a method for carrying out an assessment or method for developing stakeholder engagement
  • A Pilot Plan is defined as being generated during a project, to gain experiences and share knowledge to assist authorities
    in the process of developing similar plans and/or as a forerunner to real plans
  • A plan is defined as being elaborated and applied in an MSP process
  • A study is defined as either   a work to increase knowledge and to establish or confirm facts; reaffirm existing results; or solve new or existing problems
  • Tools can be information tools, maps, or decision support tools
 Sea basin

Select a sea basin to reveal only those practices that have sea basin wide relevance.
Select All sea basins if you are looking for practices that are not sea basin specific.

 Coherence with 
 other
 processes

Select one of the options to reveal only those practices that are specifically coherent with this process, or select more to broaden your search.

 Application in
 MSP

Select one of the options to reveal only those practices that have been applied in that fashion, or select more to broaden your search.

 Cross-border /
 transnational      
 aspects

Select Yes to reveal only those practices that explicitly address cross-border and transnational aspects.

 Sectors

Select one of the options to reveal only those practices that explicitly address that/those sectors, or select more to broaden  your search.

 Country

Select a Country to reveal only those practices that are specifically relevant for that country, or select more to broaden your search.

 Type of Issue

Select a type of issue to reveal only those practices that explicitly address those issues, or select more to broaden your search.

 Stage of MSP
 cycle

Select one of the options to reveal only those practices that  are relevant to that stage of the MSP cycle, or select more to broaden your search.