HELCOM and VASAB are two well-established intergovernmental organizations which work together for a better Maritime Spatial Plannign in the Baltic Sea. This presentation was given at the SeaGIS final conference event in Vasa, Finland the 2 August 2014

1. Manuel Frias
SeaGIS final conference
Vasa, Finland, 2 October 2014
Who can best coordinate
Maritime Spatial Planning
in the Baltic Sea?
HELCOM-VASAB group
(Regional Office for Spatial Planning of Westpomeranian Region

2. Who are HELCOM and VASAB?

3. 40 years old 22 years old
Environment Planning
Baltic Sea Action Plan VASAB Long-Term Perspective
Age
Field of expertise
Favorite book

4. Why are they together?

5. It all started in 2007 when the
Baltic Sea Action Plan was adopted

6. ”...achieve a Baltic Sea in
good environmental status
by 2021”

10. ”...develop by 2010 marine spatial planning
principles based on the Ecosystem Approach...”
”To this en WE ADOPT
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9...”

11. HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9
• Develop MSP broad-scale principles
• Fill in ____ gaps in spatial ____
• Solve access to ____
• Provide relevant ____
• Develop further HELCOM GIS as a ____source
• Carry out consultations on activities with
transboundary negative effect on environment

12. HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 28E/9
• Develop MSP broad-scale principles
• Fill in ____ data
gaps in spatial ____
data
• Solve access to ____
data
• Provide relevant ____
data
• Develop further HELCOM GIS as a data
____source
• Carry out consultations on activities with
transboundary negative effect on environment

13. HELCOM SCALE
2008-2009

14. Sustainable management
Ecosystem approach
Long term perspective and objectives
Precautionary Principle
Participation and Transparency
High quality data and information basis
Transnational coordination and consultation
Coherent terrestrial and maritime spatial planning
Planning adapted to characteristics and special conditions at different areas
Continuous planning
10
principles

15. Sustainable management
Ecosystem approach
Long term perspective and objectives
Precautionary Principle
Participation and Transparency
High quality data and information basis
Transnational coordination and consultation
Coherent terrestrial and maritime spatial planning
Planning adapted to characteristics and special conditions at different areas
Continuous planning
10
principles

16. Pam Culver

17. What do they do together?

18. Forum for dialogue
for a coherent MSP across the Baltic
HELCOM

19. Make use of findings
in MSP projects Manuel Frias

20. Ensure that MSP data portals
are up to date

21. What are their main challenges?

22. A group with many
diferent backgrounds

23. Where are the concrete actions?

24. Paul Inkles
MSP is still
in its infancy

25. What is the future like?