International Forum for Maritime Spatial Planning

DG MARE – IOC UNESCO, THON Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, 24-25 May 2018

A dynamic and interactive first workshop of the International Forum for Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) will be organise in Brussels. The event is jointly organised by the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, on 24th and 25th of May 2018.

This first workshop of the International Forum for MSP aims to start working on international guidelines on cross-border MSP. This is a direct follow up of the "Joint Roadmap to accelerate Maritime/Marine Spatial Planning processes worldwide" adopted during the 2nd International Conference on Maritime Spatial Planning, in March 2017 in Paris. The workshop will include interactive discussions and a wide exchange of good practices, focussing on cross-border integration in MSP and stakeholder involvement.

Maritime Spatial planners from all across the world and experts directly involved in planning are welcome to participate and give their input. Please reserve this date and we will get back to you with more information and a draft agenda as soon as possible.

For enquiries about the event, please contact DG MARE through:

What is an Intergroup?

The Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup is one of the 27 Intergroups that were approved on 11 December 2019 by the Conference of Presidents for the 9th legislature of the European Parliament. Intergroups can be formed by MEPs from any political group and any parliamentary committee with a view to holding informal exchanges of views on particular issues and promoting contact between MEPs and civil society.

The Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup brings together more than 100 MEPs from 7 different political groups and 23 Member States.

Intergroups are not Parliament bodies and therefore may not express Parliament's opinion.

Intergroups are subject to internal rules adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 16 December 1999 (last updated on 11 September 2014), which set out the conditions under which intergroups may be established at the beginning of each parliamentary term and their operating rules.

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