Cross border maritime spatial planning in the Black Sea – Romania and Bulgaria MARSPLAN – BS

Project ID: EASME/EMFF/2014/1.2.1.5/2/SI2.707672 MSP LOT 1 /BLACK SEA/MARSPLAN-BS

Sponsor:
The project is financed by the European Commission through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) through a Grant Agreement between the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania. (EU contribution: 1.639.212,59 EUR)

Main objectives: MARSPLAN-BS aims to support the implementation of the Directive for maritime spatial planning (MSP) (Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014) in the Black Sea and to facilitate the cross-border maritime spatial planning between Romania and Bulgaria. It focuses on the cross-border maritime spatial planning of Romania and Bulgaria, the only EU Member States in the Black Sea basin, but it will create the premises for expanding the cooperation framework with the other Black Sea countries.

The project partnership includes the main public authorities in Romania and Bulgaria with attributions related to the implementation of the MSP directive, as they coordinate the spatial planning (for terrestrial and marine areas), transport (including navigation), and environmental protection and integrated coastal zone management. Research and higher education institutions from both member states holding significant experience in marine research, coastal management and spatial planning are also involved in the project, ensuring the scientific basis for all proposed activities.

Beneficiaries:
Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, MRDPA (Romania)
Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, MRDPW (Bulgaria)
Department on Water and Forests, MWF (Romania)
National Institute for Marine Research and Development – “Grigore Antipa Constanta”, NIMRD (Romania)
Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development in Environment Protection , DDNIRD (Romania)
National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development – Urban-lncerc (Romania)
Ovidius University of Constanta, OUC (Romania)
Institute of Oceanology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, IO-BAS (Bulgaria)
Executive Agency Maritime Administration, EAMA (Bulgaria)
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructures Company, BPIC (Bulgaria)

Project duration: 14/08/2015 -13/08/2017