progetto MSP-GREEN

Programme: EMFAF-2021-PIA-MSP

Project title: Maritime Spatial Planning as enabler of the European Green Deal

Acronym: MSP-GREEN

Role in the project: Affiliated to CORILA

Duration: 11.2022-10.2024

Total budget: 1,933,548 €

ISMAR budget: 195,382 €

Web site: n.a.

Summary:
The European Green Deal (EGD) is an ambitious package of policy initiatives to set the EU on the path to a green transition, improving the well-being and health of citizens and future generations. MSP-GREEN recognises that EGD components within MSP plans are still limited and must be reinforced and operationalised. The project aims at developing a framework to analyse and strengthen the role of MSP plans as “marine enablers” of the EGD, focusing on the topics of particular relevance for the marine environment and the sustainable transition of the blue economy: climate change mitigation and adaptation, circular blue economy, protection of marine biodiversity, marine renewable energies, healthy and sustainable food from the sea. MSP-GREEN approach builds on three major components: analysis, innovation (via valuable practises and new actions), and transferability. Recommendations on how to strengthen the EGD ambition of EU MSP plans and boost EGD implementation with actions addressed by MSP will be prepared based on the project results and by consulting experts and practitioners at EU level. CNR-ISMAR contributes to several project activities and will lead WP4 “Towards a Greener MSP for Europe: scaling-up and innovating” aiming at defining the recommendations to make MSP an enabler of the EGD.

Contact person in ISMAR: e.ramieri@ismar.cnr.it

Partnership:

1. CORILA - Consortium for coordination of research activities concerning the lagoon of Venice (Italy)
2. University IUAV of Venice (Italy)
3. CNR-ISMAR – National Research Council - Institute of Marine Sciences (Italy)
4. CSIC IEO - Spanish National Research Council - Institute of Oceanography (Spain)
5. CEREMA - Centre for Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Urban Planning (France)
6. Regional Council of Southwest Finland (Finland)
7. CCMS - Centre for Coastal and Marine Studies (Bulgaria)
8. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (Latvia)
9. State Regional Development Agency (Latvia) – associated partner
10. University of Western Brittany (France)
11. IFREMER – French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (France)
12. Federal Hydrographic and Maritime Agency (Germany) - associated partner