Country status update at Baltic SCOPE Central Baltic case (involving Latvia, Estonia and Sweden) stakeholder conference on 31 May - 1 June 2016 in Jurmala, LATVIA
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* The information presented is the working exercise on the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.
2. MSP in Sweden
• Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
has been commissioned to carry out Sweden's
maritime spatial planning
• Ministry of the Environment
• Three plans – the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea, the
Western Sea
• Plans will be adopted by the government
• Guiding Maritime Spatial Plans – but possibility to
adopt regulations prohibiting or limiting activities
3. Swedish MSP
borders on:
9 neighbouring
countries (MSP)
And overlaps with:
65 municipalities
(comprehensive
plans)
14 regions and
counties (regional
plans and strategies)
Cooperation
5. Process
• We are up-and-running!
• Planning and dialogue in several steps
• Plan proposals (and regulations) to be sent for
governmental decision in 2019
• Strategic environmental assessment &
socioeconomic analysis integrated into the planning
process