Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
NEW MSP RESEARCH PAPER IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE: SUPPORTING MULTI-USE OF THE SEA WITH MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING. THE CASE OF A MULTI-USE OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT - BULGARIA, BLACK SEA.
We are happy to announce, that the Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS) in collaboration with:
• University of Gdansk, Poland
• National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Venice, Italy
• Marine Scotland - Marine Planning and Policy, Scottish Government, Scotland, UK
has published a joint peer reviewed research paper in Marine Policy Journal (Elsevier): Supporting multi-use of the sea with Maritime Spatial Planning. The case of a multi-use opportunity development - Bulgaria, Black Sea.
With expanding human uses of sea space, the role of marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP) in supporting their sustainable co-existence and synergies, while preserving marine ecosystems, becomes an increasingly challenging task. To address the sustainable exploitation of sea resources, and the optimal use of sea space, the concept of Multi-Use (MU) has been introduced. Despite international examples of successfully applied multi-uses, this concept is still new for Bulgaria, its decision-makers, spatial planners and stakeholders.
MARSPLAN-BS II FINAL CONFERENCE: Lessons from the Black Sea for coherent cross-border MSP
The Final Conference of the MARSPLAN-BS II project was held virtually on November 25, 2021 (organised by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Work – MRDPW, Bulgaria, project coordinator of MARSPLAN-BS II). The project is implemented with the financial assistance of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) of the European Union (EU) via the European Commission`s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Agency (CINEA) under the Multi-beneficiary Grant Agreement EASME/EMFF/2018/ 1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725. The project runs from July 2019 till the end of 2021 and its main goal is to support coordinated cross-sectoral Maritime Spatial Planning in Bulgaria and Romania in the framework of EU MSP Directive 2014/89/EU and to establish a long-term mechanism for cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea Basin.
Over 80 participants from different organizations attended the conference, including representatives of the European Commission`s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA); the Black Sea Commission, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, members of MARSPLAN-BS II Advisory Board and all project partners.
NEW MSP-LSI RESEARCH PAPER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED: COASTAL EROSION DRIVEN LAND-SEA INTERACTIONS IN MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING - A CASE OF BULGARIA
We are happy to announce, that Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS) in collaboration with Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS), Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, USA has published a new peer reviewed research paper: Coastal erosion driven Land-Sea Interactions in Maritime Spatial Planning - a case of Bulgaria. The article has been published online first in the Journal of Coastal Conservation (Springer Nature), Special Issue: Sustaining coastal and marine environments in the Anthropocene.
The publication has been a result of the MARSPLAN-BS II project collaboration (2019-2021), Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for Black Sea - Bulgaria and Romania, funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund of the European Union via European Commission, DG MARE, Agreement number: EASME/ EMFF/2018/1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725.
CCMS is leading the activity on Land-Sea Interactions. The paper provides a detailed investigation with specific focus on coastal erosion driven Land-Sea Interactions as a case study in the Shabla Municipality, North Bulgarian Black Sea coast, where the highest rates of the cliff erosion occur.
SECOND ADVISORY BOARD MEETING OF THE MARSPLAN-BS II PROJECT
The 2nd Advisory Board Meeting under the project "Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for the Black Sea - Bulgaria and Romania" - MARSPLAN-BS II was held online on November 16, 2021. The event was organized by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Bulgaria, MARSPLAN-BS II Coordinator.
The project is implemented with the financial assistance of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) of the European Union (EU) via the European Commission`s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Agency (CINEA) under the Multi-beneficiary Grant Agreement EASME/EMFF/2018/ 1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725. The project runs from July 2019 till the end of 2021 by a consortium composed of eight partners from Bulgaria and Romania. Its main goal is to support coordinated cross-sectoral Maritime Spatial Planning in Bulgaria and Romania in the framework of EU MSP Directive 2014/89/EU and to establish a long-term mechanism for cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea Basin.
Representatives of all institutions involved in the project participated at the meeting - Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, National Center for Regional Development (Sofia, Bulgaria), National Institute for Marine Research and Development „Grigore Antipa“ (Constanta, Romania), Center for Coastal and Maritime Studies (Varna, Bulgaria), “Nikola Vaptsarov” Naval Academy (Varna, Bulgaria), GEOECOMAR (Bucharest, Romania), and Ovidius University of Constanta (Romania).