Follow-up of Common Regional Framework

The Baltic Sea Broad-scale MSP Principles, Regional Baltic MSP Roadmap 2013-2020, and Guidelines on transboundary consultations, public participation and co-operation provide a common regional framework supporting cross-border cooperation and coherent national MSP implementation in the BSR. Within this activity application of the 3 documents in the Baltic sea countries will be evaluated. Important here is to see how they work in practice, how successful the countries have been in implementing joint framework and to come up with suggestions on possible improvements in existing framework as well as set the scope for future agenda.

To assess the joint framework workshops, interviews, survey with the key stakeholders will be carried out to successfully implement this activity.

This activity will be interlinked with the work of HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG and outputs and workshops within this activity will be planned alongside with the Meetings of HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG. All contracting parties participating in the HELCOM- VASAB MSP WG will be invited to the workshops. The assessment will be put forward for consideration by the HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG, to possibly feed into the future agenda setting and implementation.