The 4th PlanCoast Conference "Climate change and growing sea use pressures: solutions offered by Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)" took place in Berlin, November 20-22, 2007. It was divided into three parts:
i) Internal PlanCoast meeting where the main final project output, i.e. the PlanCoast Handbook, was discussed in details. The general discussion took place first on its structure and was followed by the individual chapters and recommendations. The afternoon session was devoted to WGs discussions and administrative matters related to PlanCoast itself.
ii) On the second day there was a conference dedicated to climate change and the role of MSP in these processes. In addition to PlanCoast partners, the conference was attended by representatives of other countries and other German institutions.
iii) The last day a study tour took place to Oder Estuary ICZM project in Rothenklempenow where short lectures were presented and some major topics discussed. In the afternoon a guided tour of Szczecin in Poland, part of the Oder lagoon, was organised.
PlanCoast is an INTERREG IIIB Cadses project with the aim to develop the tools and capacities for an effective integrated planning in coastal zones and marine areas in the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Sea regions. PAP/RAC is a project partner. It organised a successful conference on marine spatial planning in Supetar, Croatia in September this year.
