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Arc Manche conference 2009 Rouen, 2 December 2009 Luis Cuervo-Spottorno European Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

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Page 1: Arc Manche conference 2009 Rouen, 2 December 2009 Luis Cuervo-Spottorno European Commission Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Arc Manche conference 2009Rouen, 2 December 2009

Luis Cuervo-Spottorno

European CommissionDirectorate-General for

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

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• IMP and coastal economies

• EU finance for maritime projects

• Channel coastal economies and IMP

• Arc Manche value added

• A vision for the Channel

The issues

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IMP and coastal economies (I)

• Blue Book - Chapter 4.3 : « delivering the highest quality of life in coastal regions »

• Population growth: +50% (1990-2000)

Priorities:

• Develop maritime potential

• Services to hinterland, policing of sea- borders → infrastructure demands

• Climate change

• Coastal & maritime tourism

• Disaster prevention strategy

• Ports & maritime industries development

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IMP and coastal economies (II)

• Bathing water Directive (2006)

• Communication on sustainable & competitive tourism (2007)

• Community strategy for disaster prevention (Feb 2009)

• White paper on Climate Change (April 09)

• Annual bathing water report (COM + ENV Agency) (June 09)

Studies:

• The economics of climate change adaptation in EU coastal areas (May 09)

• Tourist Facilities in Ports (September 09)

• Database on Community funded projects in maritime regions (December 09)

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• EU-wide total number of projects (2000 – 2008): +/- 70.000

• Total value (2000 – 2008): 16 billion EUR

• 15 Commission DGs involved

• 2000-2006: 13 billion € (managed by national/regional authorities)

2 billion € (managed by Commission)

• 2007-2013: 1.3 billion € (managed by national/regional authorities)

380 million € (managed by Commission)

EU finance for maritime projects

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EU funding for maritime projects (by type of fund)

Structural funds Fisheries, maritime works, seaports, coastal tourism, inland logistics & navigation

Cohesion fund Maritime works, seaports, & inland logistics (infrastructures with maritime components)

Union programmes Framework programmes research, EU Solidarity Fund, (including reaction to flooding), TEN-T (seaports), Life III & Life+ (environmental projects with maritime component)

Union initiatives Territorial Co-operation (INTERREG): quality of life, maritime services & reaction to flooding

DG-specific funding DG ENV (quality of life), DG TREN (transport projects)

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• Major issues for IMP are major issues for coastal communities too! • Issues:

Climate change effects - environmental concerns - ports’ policy & inter-modality - maritime traffic - marine knowledge and R&D - maritime spatial planning - fisheries and interaction with other maritime activities - etc.

• How?

- Development of national/regional/local maritime strategies

- Input to consultation processes (i.e. Grenelle de la Mer, UK Marine Bill) - Follow-up & input to future EU marine strategies (Atlantic)- Input to development of Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Channel coastal economies and IMP

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Arc Manche value added

• Specific sea-basin governance• Integrated policy proposals• Cross-sector dialogue

• Competence & knowledge on maritime issues

• Best practice network

• Specialisation → shipping, renewables, surveillance, maritime spatial planning, marine research & data, etc.

• Channel institutions/project developers → important relays for IMP development

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A vision for Channel coastal economies

• Targets : maritime sustainability – governance - growth

• Potential for new (maritime) areas of growth :

– Build on experience (shipping & ports, renewable energies, R&D and knowledge, clustering, coastal tourism, fishing, etc)

– Strong international dimension

• Arc Manche - benchmark effect :

– Long experience in trans-frontier and trans-regional cooperation

– Regional/trans-border co-operation benchmark (maritime dimension)

– Show-case for other sea basins & sea-ways

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THANK YOU!