The European Context

Capacity Building in the frame of new coastal and marine strategies and policies

This section is a review of the way coastal areas and their management are tackled within the most relevant EU documents and resulting CB needs. This review is further divided in existing ICZM policies on the one hand, and terrestrial and marine policies that deal with or have an impact on the coast and its management on the other.

Main EU ICZM policies

• EU ICZM Recommendation 2002

Main EU policies dealing with coastal areas and its management

From the terrestrial viewpoint

• Water Framework Directive (WFD)

• Habitats Directive

• SEA Directive

• INSPIRE Directive

From the coastal/marine viewpoint

• EU Marine Strategy [1] (PowerPoint presentation Marine Strategy)

• EU Maritime Policy (New Green Paper [2])