Capacity Building in the frame of EU ICZM related policies
This section was meant to be a review of the way coastal areas and their management are tackled within the most relevant EU documents and resulting Capacity Building needs.
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Capacity Building in the ICZM Evaluation Report
Endorse awareness, guidance training and education is one of the 5 operational recommendations of the ICZM Evaluation Report
According to this report, a crucial issue in the implementation of ICZM is the understanding and ownership of stakeholders along the European coast regarding this approach for a sustainable management of the coastal zone
The promotion of awareness, guidance, education and training for ICZM is an important means to foster such ownership and to contribute to human capacity building
However, the ICZM evaluation questionnaire revealed that only a 31% of all respondents feel that such instruments are currently being used to address coastal zone issues in their country
Main challenges
- Sectoral thinking has to be overcome
- Knowledge of basic economic, ecological and social processes has to be translated
- The ability to cooperate across spatial boundaries and scales has to be trained, taking collective decisions on a complex topic such as coastal development
Starting for general Awareness Raising measures, a range of tools should be employed to achieve progress
A central element would be to develop guidance materials that illustrate the process of implementing ICZM, referring to all relevant stakeholders and practices
To establish ICZM training centres and programmes and to facilitate exchange, also beyond the EU, should further enhance to uptake of the approach and dissemination of Good Practices
With a view to the long-term deployment of the ICZM approach, specific curricula at various educational levels are important means
Capacity Building and the Green Paper
See also Consultation on Maritime Policy: the issue of Capacity Building
See also Green Paper for an EU Maritime Policy
Capacity Building and Ecosystem-based Management
Capacity Building Needs associated with the evolution from ICZM to Ecosystem-based Management
See also Ecosystem-based Management
Roadmap for Capacity Building for ICZM
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