News and Events
CCMS at the MSP4BIO 3rd General Assembly in Split, 6-8 November 2023
The physical meeting of our MSP4BIO 3rd General Assembly was successfully held on 6 and 7 of November 2023 in Split, Croatia with more than 30 participants from all partner organisations. The event was hosted by the MSP4BIO partner PAP/RAC (Priority Actions Programme Regional Activity Centre). At the meeting partners got together to take stock of the project’s progress and achievements and discuss the way forward to successful project implementation.
Back-to-back with the 3rd General Assembly Meeting, on 8-9 November 2023, a SeaSketch training for MSP4BIO Workshop (hybrid, in-person and online) were conducted in PAP/RAC premise. Using SeaSketch, a mapping tool currently used for MSP, participants learned how to:
● Develop and conduct map-based surveys to gather information on the distribution of valued ocean spaces and ecosystem services.
● Use collaborative geodesign tools to draw, share, build and evaluate spatial scenarios that meet regional goals and objectives.
We leave motivated and energised for our upcoming period, and well-organised for our upcoming interactions with MSP4BIO Communities of Practice.
Stay tuned for further updates following the MSP4BIO website and social media:
https://msp4bio.eu/
https://twitter.com/MSP4BIO_Project
Second Steering Committee and General Assembly Meeting of MSP-GREEN, 9 May, 2023
The Second Steering Committee and General Assembly Meeting of MSP-GREEN project took place as hybrid event (in Cagliari and online) on 9 May, 2023. The meeting was organized by CORILA and IUAV in synergy with the EMFAF sister project Regina-MSP event on Ocean Literacy for regional MSP.
The event included the CAs, SC and AB members. Scope of the meeting was to assess the progress of activities performed since the Venice’s launching conference in January 2023 and, from a strategic point of view, to verify the coherence for future activities. A discussion occurred considering the activities in each work package.
The MSP-GREEN website https://mspgreen.eu/ will be officially launched at the European Maritime Day in Brest, on 24-25 May 2023!
Stay tuned for further updates and follow MSP-GREEN on Twitter: @MSPGREEN22
MSP-GREEN project presented at the Changing Coastal Landscapes meeting
The MSP-GREEN project was presented at University of Venice (IUAV) premises during the Changing Coastal Landscapes meeting. The Danish Universities offered experiences in coastal and marine research, as from IUAV side a perspective on research of EU Green Deal regarding marine Climate Change was provided.
At the meeting, an open discussion was held between scholars of University of Venice and
• University of Copenhagen (KU);
• Technical University of Denmark (DTU);
• Aarhus University (AU);
• Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation;
• Realdania
Next stop for MSP-GREEN presentation: European Maritime Day, 24-25 May in Brest!
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE/MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING, 22 -23 NOVEMBER 2022, BARCELONA, SPAIN
CCMS attended the 3rd International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) held last week in 22-23 November, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain. The event was jointly organized by The Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO). The third edition of the conference aimed to assess the state-of-the-art implementation of MSP and discuss challenges and opportunities to achieve the MSP roadmap priority areas and target (cover at least 1/3 of the global maritime areas under national jurisdictions with marine spatial plans by 2030).