Marine and Coastal Zones
- 2010:
- 2008: Blue Book on an Integrated Maritime Policy in the EU
- For the main outcomes of the past years, please continue reading the archived pages
2010:
Co-chairs: Frederik Fleurke, vice-chair of the Dutch Wadden Sea Council (WSC) and Jose Gerreiro council member of the Chair of the Portuguese National Council on Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS)
Working plan 2010
CNADS will organise a kick-off meeting in February 2010. The following topics will be considered for future work:
- EU's Maritime Policy / Implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- Marine spatial planning
- Coastal zones
2008: Blue Book on an Integrated Maritime Policy in the EU
Chair: Emanuel Gonçalves, Portuguese Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS)
Main outcome 2008
The WG assessed how their input to the Green Paper on a Future Maritime Policy for the European Union was embodied in the "Blue Book" on an Integrated Maritime Policy in the European Union.
- On 5 May: The WG Marine met in May in Lisbon, kindly hosted by the CNADS. The meeting set the WG's main strategic lines of action for selected marine policy processes, such as the implementation of the Marine Strategy Directive. The WG Marine analysed the latest developments in the EU Maritime Policy. The WG also assessed the potential consequences of the newly created DG MARE. The WG decided to look into the correlation between the Marine Strategy and the Water Framework Directives.
- On 19 May: a WG representative attended a stakeholder meeting on the EU Marine Strategy.
- The WG met in Bordeaux in October 2008 and has since then been considering a solution for chair and a work plan.
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