Ocean governance 
Ecosystem-based approach 
Sustainable blue economy 
Monitoring and evaluation 
Data sharing 
THE FINDINGS WE MADE ARE NOW AVAILABLE BELOW!
eMSP NBSR results:
The eMSP NBSR project, implemented from September 2021 to February 2024, provided a platform for marine spatial planners and other experts to collaboratively advance MSP practice. It addressed five urgent emerging MSP topics through a community of practice-based approach that enabled joint learning across professions and across the North Sea and Baltic Sea areas.
5 topics - 5 Learning Strands
- Policy Brief Addressing the fragmentation of ocean governance across borders
- Backgrounder. Ocean governance & maritime spatial planning in the NBSR
Read more about Ocean governance Learning Strand and see more results here.
- Policy Brief Towards a sustainable blue economy
- Extended version of Policy Brief Towards a sustainable blue economy
Read more about Sustainable blue economy Learning Strand and see more results here.
- Policy Brief Strengthening data sharing for informed decision-making in Maritime Spatial Planning
- Report MSP data sharing systems in the North and Baltic Sea regions as means for stakeholders’ involvement
Read more about Data sharing Learning Strand and see more results here.
- Policy Brief An ecosystem-based approach delivers future-proof maritime spatial planning
- Report Strengthening the application of ecosystem-based approach in MSP
- Report MSP data sharing systems in the North and Baltic Sea regions as means for stakeholders’ involvement
Read more about Ecosystem-based approach Learning Strand and see more results here.
- Policy Brief Monitoring and evaluation in MSP – always aim for better plans!
- Policy Brief Coherence in MSP – how to adapt homogenously in rapidly changing circumstances?
- Report MSP in a sea of change – aim for better and connected plans
- Report on the evaluation of public participation process in maritime spatial planning in Poland in the years 2016-2021
Read more about Monitoring and evaluation Learning Strand and see more results here.
Towards addressing global challenge and advancing new approach
- Policy Brief Communities of Practice in marine spatial planning across sea basins – making it work
- Practice Brief Communities of Practice in marine spatial planning across sea basins – making it work (coming soon)
Podcast series
Oysters with a pearl
Find 7 podcast episodes below
Episode 1 / Ocean Governance / with Lodewijk Abspoel, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
Episode 2 / Ecosystem-based approach/ with Dimitry Frank-Kamenetsky, HELCOM, and Jan Schmidtbauer Crona, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
Episode 3 / Sustainable Blue Economy/ with Marijn Rabaut and Kinnie De Beule, Blue Cluster (Belgium), Nathalie Scheidegger, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality, Marjoleine Karper and Nico Buytendijk, Netherlands Enterprise Agency.
Episode 4 / Monitoring & evaluation/ with Magdalena Matczak and Jacek Zaucha Maritime Institute of Gdynia Maritime University (Poland), and Philipp Arndt, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
Episode 5 / Data Sharing & ICT/ with Berenice Lequesne, French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)
Episode 6 / Climate-smart MSP / with Riku Varjopuro, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke).
Episode 7 / Community of Practice-based approach / with José Andringa and Jan Peter Oelen, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, and Andrea Morf, Nordregio.
All episodes were produced in period from March to May 2024 by Kira Gee, Maritime Spatial Planning expert at German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
Video eMSP NBSR project and results in a nutshell
Published in January 2024, updated in May 2024