Introduction of the Central Baltic case * The information presented is the working exercise of the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.

1. 2015
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MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNIG
LV/EE/SE case

2. 1st planners meeting
• What information will be provided by whom?
• Who will prepare discussion on what?
• How shall meetings be documented?
• How / who shall facilitate meetings?
• Distribution of Roles & Responsibilities
• Thematic groups and involvement of national stakeholders
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3. AGENDA
1. An assessment of the status of MSP in each country:
legal status and content of the plan, stage, procedures
and expected date of adoption, SEIA procedure (time
schedule for drafting and consultation including cross
boundary procedure)
The template will be drafted by 1week of April and consulted
in written between national coordinators/ participants??
The layout must be filled until 15th of May, compiled and
redistributed before meeting in Riga
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4. Agenda
2. An assessment of the current inventory status (checking which information is
readily available),supported by added socio-economic information from
Nordregio(??), HELCOM
– data used for background mapping- hydrology, navigation(scale, institution responsible, status,
availability)
– examing sea uses and data used for mapping
– presentation of main sea uses EE,LV,SE and possible hot issues (data used for mapping of each sea use
-scale, institution responsible, status, availability)
– ecosystem approach(data used, methodology and /or modelling, application for MSP) EE,LV,SE
– the most important environmental issues (data used, justification) EE,LV,SE
– Possible linkage of national MSP to POM (MSFD) and WFD (RBMP)
The template will be prepared by LV,sent out and discussed in written asap by 1st week of April
Must be filled by EE, SE and sent back to LV coordinator before meeting
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5. AGENDA
3. HELCOM, NORDREGIO intervention (presentations) on environmental and
socioeconomic data
4. Identification of possible trans boundary issues (conflicts, synergies):
•Brainstorming on selected list of trans boundary issues and decision on hot
spots issues
•Decision on necessary data/information exchange between participating
countries, input needed from HELCOM, NORDREGIO
•Decision on content and date for next Planners meeting in August in EE
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6. Example
• fisheries
• main navigation
routes
• military
polygons/restricted
use areas
• cables etc
• valuable Mineral
deposit areas
• ofshore wind
parks/existing
licence areas
• Ecosystem
approach
• MPA
• contaminated
areas
• cational hotspot
issues -
considerations
Existing sea uses Environmental issues
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Data used
Source, data holder,
acessibility/
sharing

7. 1st planners meeting
22nd of May Riga, MEPRD, Peldu street 25
Full day meeting starting at 11 oo??-17 oo
Participating parties
LV –Ministry, data expert, planner tbc
EE –Ministry, data expert, planner tbc
SE -tbc
HELCOM, Nordregio-tbc
~15 persons
Facilitation, taking a minutes, reporting and feedback of
results - LV
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How to present the data – maps, schemes
sprat 2004 herring 2004
cod 2004 flatfish 2004

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total catch 2004,LV

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total catch 2004,LV