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

Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe – Final Report
The Commission should set standards for ICZM academic
courses and endorse compliance both in symbolic terms
(“certified by the EU”) and financially e.g. by funding travel
expenses of participants or providing educational ICZM
material. Such standards could refer to coverage of:
• the principles of good ICZM and their integration in the
wider educational curricula;
• all aspects of sustainable development, i.e. ecology,
economy and society, are considered adequately and in
a balanced way, and
• all pertinent policy domains.
The EU should fund a service contract in two parts for (A)
surveying national ICZM opportunities in the Member States in
order to establish a European database of educational and
training programmes and (B) developing a list of ICZM academic
standards to be taught in one academic year (“ICZM
Vademecum”). Part A of this service contract would start
immediately after completion of the initial “ICZM Handbook”
(see action 5.2). A budget of €200.000 should be foreseen, Part
B of the service contract should be budgeted at €150.000. The
continuation and maintenance of the ICZM academic standard
lists should be a task of one of the networks of training excellence
suggested in action 5.3.
Implementation Costs: €350.000.
Related actions: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 9.4
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