2nd European Maritime Spatial Planning Week

Several NESB project events will take place during the 2nd European Maritime Spatial Planning Week.

The European Commission is organising the European Maritime Spatial Planning Week. A week-long series of events dedicated to Maritime Spatial Planning will take place in Brussels (Belgium) from 1 to 5 June 2026, at the Nhow Bloom Hotel.

This MSP-focused week brings together key events and expert groups to foster exchange, build synergies, and accelerate progress on MSP across Europe and beyond. This year, the EU MSP Week is hosting the very first Greater North Sea Basin Initiative (GNSBI) stakeholder conference!

Detailed information and link to the registration for the week is available on the EU MSP Platform’s website here.

NESB project events during this week

MSP EMODnet & Maritime safety workshop on 2 June 2026

9:00 to 12:15 (CEST): Fitness-for-use of EMODnet for MSP – led by Seascape Belgium

This session will inform participants about EMODnet – what it currently offers and how it can be used by the MSP community, present preliminary results from the ongoing ‘EMODnet for MSP’ survey, and open up discussions with participants on the fitness-for-use of EMODnet data services for MSP practitioners. Concrete use cases will be explored, including data and metadata needs as well as usability aspects.

14:00 to 17:15 (CEST): Maritime safety integration into MSP – led by SHOM

This session will present initial findings from the maritime safety survey and involve participants in a participatory discussion on improving the integration of maritime safety into MSP processes. Topics include data availability, traffic data analysis, tools, and coordination across sea basins.

To allow the organisers to optimally prepare for the workshop, you are cordially invited to take the corresponding survey(s):

This input will be used to inform the content of the workshop.

The workshop is open for participation and will be in English.

Registration for the workshop HERE. Please note that this is an in-person workshop and that places are limited.

NESB project partner meeting on 3 June 2026

Morning session

Internal session for NESB project partners

Afternoon session

NESB project and MEDIGREEN exchanges

This joint project meeting brings together partners from NESBp and MEDIGREEN to foster knowledge exchange both within NESBp and across sea basins, aiming also to enhance cooperation between the Mediterranean, North and Baltic Sea basins.

13:00 –15:00
Workshop 1: Strengthening the Ecosystem-Based Approach in MSP: Baltic Sea Lessons, North Sea Reflections, Mediterranean Perspectives
In this workshop the guidelines for the EBA approach that have been developed for the Baltic Sea, serve as a starting point from where the participants are invited to discuss the challenges and bottlenecks of the application of the EBA provisions for the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea, as well as how nature protection measures relate to the EBA approach and what this means for Multi-Use.

15:15 –17:15
Workshop 2: Towards Sea-Basin Level Collaboration: Co-creating Scenarios for the Governance of the Greater North Sea Region
This workshop will focus on transboundary collaboration in practice and focus on governance designs as a way of scenario planning for governance settings possibilities for the Greather North Sea basin, taking into account experiences and lessons learned from both the Baltic Sea basin and the Mediterranean Sea basin.

17:15-17:50
Workshop 3: A Knowledge Sharing Platform to Enhance Sustainable MSP Decision
Participants will be updated on the state of play of the knowledge sharing platform. The current data and model will be presented, as well as the maps will be presented. Through an interactive set-up participants are invited to help improve the data and provide input for the development of the knowledge that should be included.

GNSBI Stakeholder Conference 2026

The Greater North Sea Basin Initiative (GNSBI) is delighted to invite you to its very first Stakeholder event on 4 June 2026 in Brussels, Belgium!

The 2026 GNSBI Stakeholder Event during the EU MSP Week aims to increase the visibility and transparency of the GNSBI and its role in supporting Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea basin. The event will provide an opportunity for GNSBI members and stakeholders to become better acquainted and exchange perspectives on key topics relevant to the region.

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