The European Context

Capacity Building in the frame of new EU 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.

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Main EU ICZM policies

• EU ICZM Recommendation (2002/413/EC)

Main EU policies dealing with coastal areas and its management

From the terrestrial/coastal viewpoint

• Water Framework Directive (WFD)

• Birds Directive, Habitats Directive, NATURA 2000

• SEA Directive

• INSPIRE Directive

From the marine/coastal viewpoint

• Marine Strategy

• Green Paper for a EU Maritime Policy

The convergence of the EU policies at the coast

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