Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers (Q4296523)
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Project Q4296523 in Latvia
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Strengthening the capacity of MSP stakeholders and decision makers |
Project Q4296523 in Latvia |
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880,000.0 Euro
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1,089,272.5 Euro
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80.79 percent
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1 August 2019
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31 March 2022
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Valsts Reģionālās Attīstības Aģentūra
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56°57'32.11"N, 24°6'24.66"E
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During the last decade significant progress has been achieved in building cooperation networks and creating a strong policy background for maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the BSR. Nearly all BSR countries are engaged in MSP processes and are in various stages of preparation of their maritime plans, making the BSR a front-runner in Europe and the world. Current regional goals for MSP are set for 2020/21 and a number of actions have already been initiated to enrich the existing policy and cooperation framework and to consider future macro-regional MSP cooperation. These actions include an update the Baltic MSP Roadmap; the VASAB Long Term Perspective; the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and the EUSBSR Action Plan. Several key challenges of future MSP include the harmonization of national MSP in the BSR; practical MSP implementation; and evaluation and monitoring. Capacity4MSP will address these issues by creating a practically oriented and interactive collaboration platform for knowledge exchange and intensified dialogue between MSP practitioners (involved in or responsible for the elaboration of MSP), decision- and policy makers (EU COM, HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG and its Data expert sub-group; responsible institutions for MSP etc.) and other stakeholders (blue-economy representatives, relevant EUSBSR coordinators, environmentalists etc.). It will increase the visibility and impact of single projects; build up potential synergies; deepen and widen the gained knowledge from projects by synthesizing, amplifying and transferring the project outcomes to new practical solutions. A regular dialogue with stakeholders is a crucial part of Capacity4MSP and the project will collect and discuss the knowledge and experience gained in previous MSP projects and national MSP processes in order to ensure efficient and value-added knowledge-transfer within and outside the BSR and across various sectors and governance levels. The main outputs include: - A synthesis report on the outcomes of MSP-related projects in correlation with ongoing MSP processes and activities in the BSR countries. It will gather achievements from projects, national & pan-Baltic MSP initiatives and will include an MSP cooperation agenda for 2020, possible MSP project cooperation themes and policy 'pointers' for further macro-regional MSP policy development. - Support mechanisms for MSP practitioners and MSP policy- and decision makers around the BSR and beyond to support the 1) implementation, monitoring and evaluation of plans, 2) pan-Baltic MSP data use by developing a user-guide for the Baltic MSP webmap BASEMAPS, 3) a proposal for an institutionalized tool for a regular follow-up on the accomplishment of regional MSP commitments and 4) fostering the implementation of MSP in non-EU countries by developing a Roadmap for MSP in Russia. - Integrated report with main takeaway messages concerning MSP stakeholder involvement, awareness-raising and engagement into MSP at various governance levels. (English)
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