Webseite: | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/iczm/ourcoast.htm | |
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Dauer: | 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011 | |
Beschreibung: | PROJECT OVERVIEW OURCOAST is a three-year project commissioned by the Directorate General (DG) Environment of the European Commission to support and ensure the exchange of experiences and best practices in coastal planning and management. This initiative was made possible thanks to the European Parliament that voted a dedicated resource for this purpose into the EU budget in 2008. The three-year project has started in January 2009 after a tender procedure and with a budget of € 1 million. Through OURCOAST, the European Commission aims to ensure that lessons learned from the coastal management experiences and practices will be shared and made accessible to those who are seeking sustainable solutions to their coastal management practices. OURCOAST will focus in particular on adaptation to risks and the impacts of climate change, information and communication systems, planning and land management instruments, and institutional coordination mechanisms. Since 1996, the European Commission has intensively worked to promote Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) as an approach to integrated planning and management, in which all policies, sectors and interests are properly taken into account to achieve sustainable coastal development. The EU ICZM Recommendation requested the EU coastal Member States to set up strategies to promote ICZM along their shorelines. OURCOAST is a further step in the joint efforts of the European Commission, Member States, coastal regions and networks to support and implement sustainable coastal planning and management. EXPECTED RESULTSOURCOAST will produce numerous tools, studies and develop activities of public interest for the implementation of ICZM in Europe, such as:
More details about the project can be found in the inception report. |
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Kontakt: | Maria Ferreira EUCC E-Mail: m.ferreira@eucc.net |
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