Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in ...

Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe – Final Report
The following table gives a detailed overview on the status of the
implementation of the ICZM process.
Table 15: Status of ICZM Implementation for the Mediterranean Countries
Status Main achievements Main shortcomings
Croatia
(IV)
• Quite a number of positive and recently
developed instruments are in place on
which further ICZM initiatives could be
founded: a Spatial Strategy (1997); a
Programme for Spatial Development
(1999), a National Environmental Action
Plan (2002); a Decree on the Protection of
Coastal Area (2004).
• The central state’s functions and tasks of
spatial planning and environmental protection
are placed in one ministry, the Ministry
of Environmental Protection, Spatial
Planning and Construction, making it
easier to reconcile spatial planning and
environmental development demands.
• The forthcoming Spatial Plan for the Area
of Special Interest, covering the entire
Croatian Adriatic coast, could be the
action that could trigger the preparation of
an ICZM strategy or equivalent.
• Croatia did not submit a report and does not
have a national strategy or equivalent
(however, Croatia as a Candidate Country
had not been required to submit a report).
• In spite of a long history of coastal spatial
planning in Croatia, ICZM is still in its
infancy. The only sector where a focus on
coastal areas is present is the spatial planning.
The integration of other sectors has
been inadequate.
Cyprus
(III)
• The prospects for arriving at a national
ICZM strategy are good because of the
recent establishment of and the high
priority accorded to the Coastal Area
Management Project (CAMP) (2006-2008)
that shall lead to a national ICZM strategy.
• So far coastal management is achieved
through spatial planning.
• The Environment Service of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
plays a coordinating and integrating
role between the various actors. The
Town and Country Planning Law which is
the main legislative tool for promoting
ICZM is the responsibility of the Department
of Town Planning and Housing of the
Ministry of the Interior.
• A national report was delivered, however, it
does not contain a national ICZM strategy
• No specific ICZM legislation exists
• ICZM responsibilities are fragmented
between various ministries and agencies.
• The division of Cyprus in two parts (Cyprus
and Turkish part) leads to severe planning
and management as well as development
frictions.
France
(III)
• France submitted a national report. No
formal national ICZM strategy but an
equivalent was elaborated largely independent
of the EU ICZM Recommendation.
France is considering and developing
a holistic and integrative approach to
coastal management with due regard for
environmental, economic and social
needs.
• Formal steps of ICZM implementation
have only started in 2006.
• The Law for the development of rural
areas of 2005 stipulates the creation of a
National Council for the Coast (to be
established in 2006) whose framework is
explicitly that of integrated management of
the coast.
• A range of instruments – legal and
procedural have developed over the last
30 years with improved sustainable management
of coastal zones as a goal.
• Stakeholder groups are focussed on
economic interests in the coastal zone and
although administrative structures are
considered in depth, the involvement of the
public and private sectors are not.
• Lacking is evidence of a supporting
programme of training, education and
communication to support an ICZM focussed
programme.
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