| 09.00h |
Registration - Download full Programme |
| 09.30h |
Welcome address and opening |
| Dr. Awni Behnam, President of the International Ocean Institute |
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| Chair: Prof. Aldo Drago, Director of the IOI-Malta Operational Centre |
| 09.15 Segment 1: |
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The EU Integrated Maritime Policy – From Concept to practise; Lucyna Kaminska, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maritime Policy/Mediterranean and Black Sea |
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Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) – the link to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Hermien Busschbach, European Commission DG MARE E-1 Maritime Policy in Baltic and North Sea |
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Regional and International Impacts of the Evolving EU Integrated Maritime Policy; Lucyna Kaminska, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maritime Policy/Mediterranean and Black Sea |
| 10.45h – 11.10h |
Coffee Break |
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| Chair: Aref Fakhry, Advocate and Maritime Law Consultant |
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| 11.10 Segment 2: |
EurOcean – Pushing towards the integration of European maritime information and the sharing of maritime research infrastructures; Telmo Carvalho, Executive-Director of EurOcean – The European Centre for Information on Marine Sciences and Technology. |
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Culture and Regional Maritime Management; Ranier Fsadni, Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta |
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‘Al-Bahri’ – Towards the common science-based management of the Mediterranean Sea; Aldo Drago, Director, IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta |
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Commentary on the Seminar; Peter Serracino Inglott, Chairman of the Board, IOI-Malta Operational Centre, University of Malta |
| Closing Statement |
Awni Behnam, President, International Ocean Institute |
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| Special Session on Maritime Spatial Planning - 3rd December, 2009 |
| 09.00 |
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| Fanny Douvere and Charles Ehler - consultants to UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). The IOI-MSP training session is sponsored by the Lighthouse Foundation. |
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| Parallel Sessions |
An introduction to the concepts and terminology for maritime spatial planning. |
| An overview of the essential steps for developing and implementing maritime spatial planning. |
| An insight on how maritime spatial planning can enhance ecosystem-based and integrated management at the regional level, with focus on the Mediterranean, Baltic, Caspian, and Black regional seas. |
