Adriplan conclusions and recommendations : a short manual for MSP implementation in the adriatic-ionian region

ADRIPLAN is the first Pilot Project co-financed by EC DG Mare (MARE/2012/25) aimed at promoting MSP implementation in the Mediterranean Sea. ADRIPLAN has the overall objective to analyse and promote transboundary Maritime Spatial Planning in the Adriatic–Ionian Region, a Mediterranean area bordered by many states and crowded by multiple uses of the sea and valuable ecosystems to protect. Other studies and projects have already showed the great potential for MSP in the area (e.g. COASTPLAN; SHAPE; Policy Research Corporation, 2011). The ADRIPLAN project develops proposals and recommendations for an operational cross-border MSP process which: • allows the development of different maritime activities, preventing conflicts for space allocation, while ensuring a good status of the marine ecosystems and supports the provisioning of Ecosystem Services (ES); • provides greater confidence for investment in infrastructures and in other economic activities, responding to the peculiarities of each area; • fully involves relevant regional and governmental bodies and other relevant stakeholders, also promoting an effective cross-border cooperation; • enhances coherence between terrestrial and Maritime Spatial Planning, also in relation with good Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) practices.