An Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU

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• An Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU -
• An innovative approach
• to policy making Izolda Bulvinaite,
• European Commission, DG MARE

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A rich source of life, food, energy, medicine A
precious natural environment The worlds
climate regulator A source for discovery,
research A place for transport, travel and trade
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Some geography
Almost 200 million EU citizens live in coastal
regions
Almost 5 of marine protected areas worldwide

15 000 bathing sea areas of which 96.6 comply
with water quality standards
The EU coastline 136 106 km (7 times US and 4
times Russia)
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What is the Integrated Maritime Policy

• The GDP per inhabitant in the coastal regions 24
  294 eur (2005) and some 5 million work in
  maritime sectors
• Almost 90 of the EU external trade and 40 of
  the EUs internal trade is seaborne
• There are more than 1200 ports in the EU coastal
  regions, handling some 400 million passengers and
  3.500 billion tonnes cargo
• Coastal regions have some 9600 hotel units and
  3000 marinas

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What is the Integrated Maritime Policy

• Objective of Barroso Commission
• Overall view to the seas avoiding sectoral
  approach
• (research, industry, employment, fisheries,
  security, transport, external relations, energy,
  environment)
• Green Paper (2006) followed by intensive
  consultation process
• Blue Book adopted in October 2007

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Objectives of the Integrated Maritime Policy
Fitting the pieces together

• Blue Book
• Enabling economic development without
  compromising the marine environment
• Making full use of knowledge and innovation in
  maritime affairs
• Delivering high quality of life in coastal
  regions
• Raising the visibility of maritime affairs
• A maritime leadership role for Europe in the
  world

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A new approach to maritime governance

• Governance tools
• Governance for EU policy making
• Integrated principle among the Member States
• Stakeholder involvement collective learning
  process
• 3 cross-cutting integrated projects
• integration of surveillance systems,
• maritime spatial planning and
• EMODNET development (European marine observation
  data network).

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What is the Integrated Maritime Policy

• Other specificities
• Principle of subsidiarity
• Regional approach
• Consultation process on MP
• Conclusions of European Council (2007)
• Reorganisation of DG MARE
• Cooperating with international partners (global
  climate change, marine protected areas, piracy)

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Key actions 2008/2009 (examples)

• Marine Strategy Framework Directive (17.06.2008)
• EU Maritime Transport Strategy and Maritime
  Transport Space without barriers(21.01.09)
• Maritime Research Strategy (03.09.08)
• EU interests in the Arctic
• Offshore (wind) energy (13.11.08)
• White paper on adaptation to climate change
  (01.04.2009)

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Key actions 2008/2009 (examples)

• Maritime Policy guidelines for Member States
  (26.06.08)
• Roadmap on Maritime Spatial Planning (25.11.2008)
• Maritime surveillance (13.10.08)
• Stakeholder dialogue declaration on the
  European Maritime Day (03.12.07)
• Progress report, autumn 2009

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Why do we need management of marine space?

• Currently use without coordination

• Increased activities on European coasts and seas
• Growing competition for limited marine space
• Growing pressure on the environment

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Why do we need management of marine space?

• Currently use without coordination

• Increased activities on European coasts and seas
• Growing competition for limited marine space
• Growing pressure on the environment

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COMPETING CLAIMS Maritime Policy

• Land use

• Tourism

• Oil Gas

• Mariculture

• Coastal
• Defence

• Ports
• Navigation

• Military
• Activities

• Culture

• Conservation

• Dredging
• Disposal

• Fishing

• Renewable
• Energy

• Marine
• Recreation

• Mineral
• Extraction

• Submarine
• Cables

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Maritime surveillance in the Integrated Maritime
Policy

• To increasing interoperability of surveillance
  activities
• Promoting cooperation across sectors and
  countries to bring together monitoring and
  tracking systems on maritime safety and security,
  protection of marine environment, fisheries
  control, control of external borders and other
  law enforcement activities is a key objective of
  the Integrated Maritime Policy

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EMODNET European marine and observation data
network

• Building a European marine data infrastructure -
  consultation
• all marine data hydrographic, geological,
  physical, chemical, biological - as well as human
  activity that impacts on the marine environment.

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IMP and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

• European Council Conclusions (14 December 2007)
• 2 statements of direct importance to the Baltic
  Sea Region
• Endorsed the Integrated Maritime Policy
• Invited the Commission to present a Strategy for
  the Baltic Sea Region (2009 June)
• Inter alia help to address the urgent
  environmental challenges
• The Northern Dimension framework provides the
  basis for the external aspects of co-operation

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EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

• First steps of implementing Integrated
  Maritime Policy
• Flagship maritime projects
• Maritime Spatial Planning
• Sustainable fisheries
• Maritime surveillance
• Clean shipping
• Maritime clusters
• Other maritime actions

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Involving stakeholders in the Maritime Agenda

• Get into dialogue
• Internet http//ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs
• And join us for the
• European Maritime Day 2009 Stakeholders
  conference 19/20 May 2009, Rome (Italy)

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So..
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth,when
clearly it is Ocean
Thank you for your attention !