eMSP NBSR project results
The eMSP NBSR project, implemented from September 2021 to June 2024, provided a platform for marine spatial planners and other experts to collaboratively advance MSP practice. It addressed five urgent emerging MSP topics through a community of practice-based approach that enabled joint learning across professions and across the North Sea and Baltic Sea areas.
Results of work are presented in policy briefs and reports as well as in podcast episodes. Meanwhile eMSP NBSR project and results in a nutshell can be seen in short video below.
Policy briefs and reports
5 topics – 5 Learning Strands & Towards addressing global challenge and advancing new approach
Ocean governance
- Policy Brief Addressing the fragmentation of ocean governance across borders
- Backgrounder. Ocean governance & maritime spatial planning in the NBSR
- Read more about Ocean governance Learning Strand and see more results here.
Sustainable blue economy
- Policy Brief Towards a sustainable blue economy
- Extended version of Policy Brief Towards a sustainable blue economy
- Read more about Sustainable blue economy Learning Strand and see more results here.
Data sharing
- Policy Brief Strengthening data sharing for informed decision-making in Maritime Spatial Planning
- Report MSP data sharing systems in the North and Baltic Sea regions as means for stakeholders’ involvement
- Read more about Data sharing Learning Strand and see more results here.
Ecosystem-based approach
- Policy Brief An ecosystem-based approach delivers future-proof maritime spatial planning
- Report Strengthening the application of ecosystem-based approach in MSP
- Report MSP data sharing systems in the North and Baltic Sea regions as means for stakeholders’ involvement
- Read more about Ecosystem-based approach Learning Strand and see more results here.
Monitoring and evaluation
- Policy Brief Monitoring and evaluation in MSP – always aim for better plans!
- Policy Brief Coherence in MSP – how to adapt homogenously in rapidly changing circumstances?
- Report MSP in a sea of change – aim for better and connected plans
- Report on the evaluation of public participation process in maritime spatial planning in Poland in the years 2016-2021
- Read more about Monitoring and evaluation Learning Strand and see more results here.
Climate change and CoP approach
Podcast episodes
All results are available for readers, however it could be even more exciting to hear all authors actually speaking about their concerns and achievements. In the face of the challenges we face in the North Sea and Baltic Sea we remember, ‘A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor`. Our podcast series confirms that the strongest insights come from those who value knowledge sharing, to jointly develop and implement strong marine plans.
Find all episodes on Youtube here.
List of episodes:
- Episode 1 / Ocean Governance / with Lodewijk Abspoel, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
- Episode 2 / Ecosystem-based approach/ with Dimitry Frank-Kamenetsky, HELCOM, and Jan Schmidtbauer Crona, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
- Episode 3 / Sustainable Blue Economy/ with Marijn Rabaut and Kinnie De Beule, Blue Cluster (Belgium), Nathalie Scheidegger, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality, Marjoleine Karper and Nico Buytendijk, Netherlands Enterprise Agency.
- Episode 4 / Monitoring & evaluation/ with Magdalena Matczak and Jacek Zaucha Maritime Institute of Gdynia Maritime University (Poland), and Philipp Arndt, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
- Episode 5 / Data Sharing & ICT/ with Berenice Lequesne, French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM).
- Episode 6 / Climate-smart MSP / with Riku Varjopuro, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke).
- Episode 7 / Community of Practice-based approach / with José Andringa and Jan Peter Oelen, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, and Andrea Morf, Nordregio.
All episodes were produced in period from March to May 2024 by Kira Gee, Maritime Spatial Planning expert at German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).