This presentation was part of the Erasmus Mundus Maritime Spatial Planning course in Seville January 2015. I tried to give students reasons to be optimist about their professional future.

1. Manuel Frias
Master on MSP
Seville January 2015
Working
with MSPIs there hope? OF COURSE THERE IS!!

2. How did these people
end up working with MSP?

3. Jan Schmidtbauer Crona
Hello, I am Jan and I am a biologist
/environmentalist with focus on EIA
(Environmental Impact Assessment)

4. I have worked a long time in
terrestial planning until I ended up
working with MSP

5. Now I work in SwAM. I am responsible for
the implementation of the Ecosystem
Approach and the Strategic Environmental
Assessment

6. My advice to you:
get a solid education in something
you like. MSP is multidisciplinary
and there is a need for natural and
social scientists

7. Also, build your experience by
working on project or even for free in
the beginning, if necessary
Hire me!

8. And don’t forget building a network.
Networking is about
making friends!!

9. Hermanni Backer
I’ve always been surrounded by
planners - my parents are architects.
Thinking in terms of design and
maps comes naturally to me.

10. I keep a healthy skepticism
towards MSP
Really?

11. Wide field interest is a must. Even
music, art and literature!

12. Get professional
qualifications in MSP

13. My personal ADVICE

14. It’s all about
networking

15. Use social media!!

16. Now some
GOOD NEWS
for you

17. MSP Directive more projects

18. REGIONAL BALTIC MSP ROADMAP 2013-2020
5.1 Promote the education and
5. Education for MSP
professional development
of MSP planners.

19. ” Measures to restore the health
of the Baltic Sea could bring
Source: WWF, BCG
http://goo.gl/YyvWza
550.000
by 2030”
jobs