1 June 2021

2 June 2021

Registration

technical check, enter to the online platform

Registration

technical check, enter to the online platform

Opening speeches

• Artūrs Toms Plešs, Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia
• Alda Nikodemusa, Head of the VASAB Secretariat
• Dainius Čergelis, VASAB CSPD/BSR Chair

Workshop session 3

Workshop 7 – Multi-level governance for the coast and the sea – the new normal? Read more.

Workshop 8 – How to enhance tools for data driven decision making in MSP? Read more.

Workshop 9 – MSP and Climate Change – from theory to practice in the Baltic Sea region. Read more.

Setting the scene

Introduction of the 4th Baltic MSP Forum by Rhona Fairgrieve, Principal Environmental Consultant, Atkins on behalf of EU MSP Assistance Mechanism

Policy Debate

How can MSP address many ambitions, challenges?

Moderator: Rhona Fairgrieve

• Felix Leinemann, Head of Unit – Blue Economy Sectors, Aquaculture and Maritime Spatial Planning, European Commission
• Iván Pineda, Director of Public Affairs, WindEurope
• Markus Meier, Professor/ Head of Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation Department, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde

11:00 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:20

12:20 – 12:50

Break

Day 2 Welcome

Summary session: workshop recap

Moderator: Rhona Fairgrieve

Key note speech

Addressing all levels – what does it mean in practice?

Jacek Zaucha, Researcher at Maritime Institute of Maritime University in Gdynia

Lunch break

11:00 – 12:30

12:30 – 13:30

Panel discussion

Regional frameworks: what to expect?What are the most important changes in the new regional frameworks? What to expect from this decade?
Moderator: Rhona Fairgrieve

• Rüdiger Strempel, HELCOM Executive Secretary
• Joacim Johannesson, HELCOM-VASAB MSP Working Group co-chair
• Liene Gaujeniete, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Policy Are ‘Spatial Planning’ coordinator
• Ingela Isaksson, MSPglobal International MSP Expert

Networking, exhibition

11:30- 12:30 – MSP pitch session

• Update of the VASAB Long-Term Perspective
  Maria Toptsidou, Spatial Foresight
• BlueBioSites: Finding optimal sites for the Baltic Blue Bioeconomy
  Angela Schultz-Zehden, SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth
• Baltic Offshore Grid Initiative
  Priit Heinla, Elering AS
• Project eMSP North and Baltic Sea Regions
  Nico Buytendijk, Netherlands Enterprise Agency
• Improving the knowledge on the state of the marine environment
  Dace Strigune, Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia
• Mapping cultural ecosystem services: approach in MAREA project. 
  Agnese Reķe, Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia
• Towards a revised maritime spatial plan for the German EEZ,
  Bettina Käppeler, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
• EUSBSR PA Spatial Planning
  Liene Gaujeniete, VASAB Secretariat

Lunch break

15:10 – 15:30

Closing plenary:

Addressing challenges in implementation of MSP across all levels. What are the challenges in implementation of maritime spatial plans?

Moderator: Rhona Fairgrieve

Speakers:

• Integrated coastal zone and marine planning in Lithuania
  Donata Paulauskaite, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania
• Maritime Spatial Planning in Poland
  Natalia Zając, Head of Integrated Development and Maritime Spatial Planning Unit, Maritime Economy Department Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
• Maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management in Finland
  Tiina Tihlman, Ministerial Adviser at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment
• Example of regional level planning in Finland
  Kaarina Rautio, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council
• Local level planning example of Lysekil municipality in Sweden
  Carl Dahlberg, Project Leader, Lysekil municipality, Sweden

Closing words

Workshop session 1

Workshop 1 – Fostering MSP through stakeholder involvement in national and international planning processes. Read more.

Workshop 2 – Measuring, understanding and integrating blue economy aspects in planning – the role of the regional and local level. Read more.

Workshop 3 – Marine Cultural Heritage (MCH) – challenging part of MSP. Read more.

Break

Workshop session 2

Workshop 4 – Maritime Spatial Planning, towards good environmental status of the Baltic Sea. Read more.

Workshop 5 – The role of MSP in supporting sustainable ocean Multi-Use and Blue Economy. Read more.

Workshop 6 – Land-sea interactions and values of local community. Read more.

Evening networking event

Informal get together with MSP quiz, open stage for MSP toasting