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While the Ocean Days 2026 were in full swing a parallel expert workshop took place on 4 March 2026 at the ENGIE head office in Brussels to discuss governance challenges for Mariparks and their alignment with the ecosystem-based approach (EBA). The event was organised by Mantis Consulting and IMDC, with support from Blue Cluster, bringing […]

  Northern European Sea basins project (NESBp) is organising a synthesis workshop focusing on nature conservation and maritime spatial planning. Event will take place on 30-31 March 2026 in Gdansk, Poland. It is primarily expected as an in-person participation. Limited online participation will be available where feasible. Please register by 13 March to secure your […]

On Wednesday 4 March 2026, the Northern European Sea Basins (NESB) project organises an invitation-only workshop in Brussels focusing on the practical implementation of multi-use at sea through the MariPark concept. Organised back-to-back with the European Ocean Days, the workshop will explore key challenges related to the governance and management of MariParks, with a particular […]

Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) achievements June – December 2025. NESBp Work Package 4 “Multi-Use in Practice: From Mariparks to Basin-Scale Multi-Use” has been working on sharpening the vision for Mariparks that move beyond simple co-location of activities toward truly systemic sustainability. Through dedicated work benches, targeted research, and stakeholder engagement, the project is […]

Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) achievements June – December 2025. Over the past months, NESBp Work Package 5 “Knowledge Sharing and Transfer” has continued to strengthen the informational foundations of MSP by advancing the DIK(W) (Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom) approach, transforming data into information, and information into usable knowledge. Strong collaboration has characterised this period, with meetings […]

Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) achievements June – December 2025. Activities under the NESBp Ocean Governance Work Package continued to advance its core objectives of strengthening multi-level governance in the Greater North Sea and Baltic Sea regions and supporting the development of an integrated and ecosystem-based governance approaches. The work included a systematic review […]

Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) achievements June – December 2025. Northern European Sea Basins project’s (NESBp) Work Package on Energy Transition and Biodiversity in Maritime Spatial Planning made significant progress during the second half of year 2025. Key advancements included the further development of a common terminological glossary, the initiation of a comprehensive catalogue […]

The Northern European Sea Basins project organised a parallel session on multi-use topic at the 5th Baltic MSP Forum on 11-12 November 2025.  The session “Effective Use of Space for a Sustainable Blue Economy: Baltic Approaches to Multi-Use in Marine and Coastal Areas” brought together practitioners, authorities and researchers to examine current progress and emerging […]

The Northern European Sea basins project organised a parallel session at the 5th Baltic MSP Forum (11-12 November 2025 in Riga, Latvia) “Advancing Transboundary Governance: Baltic and North Sea Challenges and Prospects”. Session brought together experts, practitioners, and MSP stakeholders to examine how cooperation across sea basins can become more adaptive, inclusive, and coherent. VIDEO […]

The NESB project partners will gather online on 21 November 2025 for a collaborative meeting dedicated to sharing knowledge, strengthening teamwork, and shaping the project narrative. This meeting also marks one year since the start of the project’s implementation. Together, project partners will work toward building a stronger NESB project partnership, focusing on exchanging knowledge and […]

During the 5th Baltic MSP Forum on 11-12 November 2025 in Riga, Latvia, Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) will organise two parallel sessions Advancing Transboundary Governance: Baltic and North Sea Challenges and Prospects and Effective Use of Space for a Sustainable Blue Economy: Baltic Approaches to Multi-Use in Marine and Coastal Areas. Both sessions […]

As part of the Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp), partners have initiated several surveys within Work Package 3: Energy Transition and Biodiversity in Maritime Spatial Planning and Work Package 5: Knowledge Transfer and Sharing. The results of these surveys will help to develop and shape future project deliverables within the Northern European Sea Basins project. […]

  Northern European Sea Basin project partners will be present at the European MSP Data Week 2025. This is a week-long series of events on Maritime Spatial Planning taking place in Helsinki. NESB project involvement in following events: 13 OctoberSpecial joint session of MSP data experts from the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions 14 […]

On 13 October in Helsinki at the premises of the HELCOM Secretariat special joint session of MSP data experts from the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions will take place. This session is supported by the Northern European Sea Basins Project (NESBp) and Policy Area Spatial Planning of the EUSBSR, and is a part of […]

NESB project news Under the Venetian sun, experts, innovators, and policymakers convened to explore the future of marine spatial planning through the lens of Mariparks — an emerging framework for offshore multi-use zones. The workshop on 2 July 2025 in Venice, Italy, organised by The Blue Cluster in partnership with ORG Permanent Modernity, marked the […]

The Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) has successfully completed its initial phase – gap analysis and strategy development phase – and is now entering its next stage: implementation at the mapping phase. During the gap analysis phase, project partners worked across four thematic work packages to assess existing conditions, identify critical challenges, and lay the […]

NESB project event. As part of the Northern European Sea Basins project’s (NESBp) ongoing efforts to explore the practical implementation of Multi-Use in European seas, an expert workshop will be held on 2 July in Venice, focusing on the MARIPARK concept. The MARIPARK concept is being used within the NESB project Work Package 4 as […]

On 13 October in Helsinki at the premises of the HELCOM Secretariat (Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, FI-00160, Helsinki) special joint session of MSP data experts from the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions will take place. This session is supported by the Northern European Sea Basins Project (NESBp) and Policy Area Spatial Planning of the EUSBSR, […]

The Northern European Sea Basins project partner meeting will be held online on 3 June 2025. The gap analysis phase of the project has now been completed, and project is moving into the mapping phase. This meeting will provide an opportunity to: Present the project’s progress and key achievements of each work package so far […]

On May 22–23, 2025, the city of Cork, Ireland, became the heart of Europe’s maritime conversation as it welcomed over 1,000 participants from across the continent and beyond for European Maritime Day (EMD). This year’s edition took on particular importance, taking place just one month before the official launch of the Ocean Pact—a bold new […]

The Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) proudly participated in the 4th Mission Arena of the Blue Mission BANOS project, held on 28–29 April 2025 in Sopot, Poland. This vibrant event brought together 200+ stakeholders from the South Baltic region to discuss what is needed to turn the blue economy carbon-neutral, circular and more secure, […]

On 14–16 April 2025, the technical meeting of the Greater North Sea Basin Initiative (GNSBI) will take place in Hamburg. The meeting aims to advance the work of the GNSBI and explore interlinkages between the Working Tracks and existing fora. As part of the agenda, an information session on the Northern European Sea Basins (NESB) […]

The kick-off meeting for project partners of the Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) took place on February 24-25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. This project will continue the cooperation in Maritime Spatial Planning between the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions, that was established through the eMSP NBSR project. The main objective of the […]

The kick-off meeting for project partners of the Northern European Sea Basins project (NESBp) will be held on February 24-25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. This project will continue the cooperation in Maritime Spatial Planning between the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions, that was established through the eMSP NBSR project. The kick-off meeting will […]