CORILA - SUPREME project
Programme: DG MARE - European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
EASME/EMFF/2015/1.2.1.3-Projects on Maritime Spatial Planning
Project title: SUpporting maritime spatial Planning in the Eastern MEditerranean
Acronym: SUPREME
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 31/12/2018
EU contribution: EUR 1.999.996
ISMAR budget: EUR 176.400
Web site: at work
Summary:
SUPREME project involves public authorities in charge of MSP, as designated by the Governs of four MS (GR, HR, IT and SL), and the UNEP/MAP Barcelona Convention. SUPREME will focus on two key objectives, stated in the call for proposals: 1. To supporting the implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in EU Member States 2. To launch and carry out concrete and cross-border MSP initiative between Member States. SUPREME will address these two key objectives through a variety of tools and considering the ecosystem based approach. The Initial Assessment (C1.1) will include i) a basin scale analysis strongly MSP oriented ii) a region-wide coherence analysis, based on the Barcelona Convention and its Protocols iii) a conceptual methodology for transboundary MSP aspects. In order to develop a cooperation on MSP (C1.2), i) common objectives at sea level basin will be examined and ii) a mechanism for an operational networking will be proposed. For a specific Support for Member States' implementation of MSP (C1.3), a careful analysis and practical actions are foreseen on the following issues: i) Spatial demands for maritime sectors and related cumulative impacts (C1.3.1); ii) Data and information requirements for MSP (C1.3.2); iii) Tools and methods supporting MSP (C1.3.3); iv) Stakeholders involvement and participation (C1.3.4); v) Definition of the most appropriate geographical scale for MSP plans (C1.3.5); vi) Coordination of sectorial policies (C1.3.6); vii) Land – sea interactions and relationships with ICZM (C1.3.7). Five case-study areas will be considered and better focused at project inception. (C1.3.8): 1 Northern Adriatic; 2 Dubrovnik-Neretva County; 3 Slovenian coast 4 North-Eastern Ionian; #5 Aegean. Finally, specific criteria and indicators will be developed to evaluate the MSP process at different scales and at different stages (C 1.4). The Project will be addressed by a Steering Committee participated by the highest national Authorities and the EC (C2.1), while a Project Group will assure the technical coordination of the activities (C2.2). A Panel will be identified for having a direct involvement of major stakeholders (C2.3). The Coordinator will assure a correct management of the Project schedule, including reports (C2.4) and the communication flow (C2.5). A Communication Plan (CP) will be developed and it will be updated every 6 months (C3). Various diffusion activities are already foreseen. Some activities will be performed in co-operation with the twin West Med project, also for supporting a coherent “Mediterranean approach to MSP”.
Contact person in ISMAR: andrea.barbanti@ve.ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- Consorzio per il coordinamento delle ricerche inerenti al sistema lagunare
- di Venezia (CORILA), (Italy)
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT), (Italy)
- Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea (MATTM), (Italy)
- Hrvatski Zavod Za Prostorni Razvoj (Croatian Institute for Spatial Development) (CISD), (Croatia)
- Regionalni Razvojni Center Koper (RRC Koper), (Croatia)
- United Nations Environment Programme, Barcelona Convention Secretariat, Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan – (UNEP-MAP)
- Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy (YPEN), (Greece)
- National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), (Greece)
- Panepistimio Thessalias (University of Thessaly) (UTH), (Greece)
- National and Kapodistriako University of Athens (UoA), (Greece)
