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

Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe – Final Report
Major Steps Towards Implementation of the EU ICZM
Recommendation - 2000-2006
The overall progress in implementing national ICZM strategies in the
Baltic Sea during the last six years varies considerably between
member countries. Significant steps have been taken towards:
• collecting valuable information useful for coastal management
(Denmark and Lithuania),
• establishment and consolidation of appropriate administrative
units and related strategies (Denmark, Finland, Lithuania and
Poland),
• amending the relevant legal instruments to promote sustainable
development of the Baltic coastal zone (Denmark and
Germany),
• harmonization of laws between national and EC legislation
(Latvia, Lithuania and Poland),
• participation in a number of INTERREG and LIFE projects
concerning integrated management and spatial planning in
the coastal zone (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia,
Lithuania, Poland, Sweden),
• trans-sectoral networking of individual initiatives (Lithuania)
and promotion of public-wide acceptance through information
dissemination, and cooperation (Germany, and Poland),
• water management (Latvia and Poland), and
• nature protection (Finland, Latvia, Poland, and Sweden).
Observing the Principles of Good ICZM
The following section analyses to which extent the national ICZM
Strategies have covered the principles of good ICZM (as described by
the EU ICZM Recommendation). As far as possible, the analysis has
been also extended to those countries where there is no formal ICZM
strategy and/or report, based on the information and statements
available related to these principles.
Table 4: Observing the Principles of Good ICZM in the Baltic Sea
Principles of Good ICZM Denmark* Estonia** Finland Germany Latvia Lithuania Poland Sweden
1) Is there a holistic
thematic and geographic
perspective in the process?
2) Is there a long-term
perspective envisaged?
3) Is an adaptive
management approach
applied during a gradual
process?
4) Is the process localcontext
specific?
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