Project co-financed by the European Union (DG MARE) ADRiatic Ionian maritime spatial PLANning

SAVE ADRIPLAN STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP THE Let’s make a real Adri Plan

DATE A Marine Spatial Planning exercise in the North 4th March 2015, Piran/,

planning options and elaborate a spatial The hosting institution is the Regionalni allocation (zoning) draft in a proposed Razvojni Center - RDCK (Slovenia) area. Taking into consideration the The participation is free of charge and the peculiarities of the area, as well as the deadline for the registration is the 24th strategic needs and objectives emerged February 2015. from the ADRIPLAN Initial Assessment and the previous stakeholders Click here for the Registration link consultations, three themes have been selected for playing a pivotal role in the For further information: planning exercise: [email protected] [email protected] • Energy, including (e.g.) LNG terminals, Hydrocarbon investigation and exploitation, power cables and pipelines. Aim of the Workshop • Maritime transport, including maritime transport activities related to According to the new Directive tourism. “Establishing a Framework for Maritime • Ports development, with a focus on Lead Partner Spatial Planning - MSP”, adopted in July the enhancement of intermodality. 2015, EU coastal Member States are requested to implement maritime spatial Around each pivotal themes, ALL the other plans by 31 March 2021. sectoral themes will be considered, in order to compose a comprehensive and The pilot project ADRIPLAN, Adriatic and coherent plan for ALL marine and Ionian maritime spatial planning, funded maritime activities, including TOURISM, CORE - Scientific Partners by the European Commission (DG MARE), which represent an economic priority in all aims to deliver a common approach to the Adriatic Ionian Region. Specific issues cross-border MSP in the Adriatic-Ionian will be tackled during the workshop, taking Region, zooming into two focus areas, one into account their cross-border relevance, in the Northern Adriatic and the other in the local problems, the conflicts between Southern Adriatic - Northern Ionian. different uses of other sectors/activities and the threats to the environment. The

The workshop has the main objective of workshop will be structured in an INNER CIRCLE - Institutional Partners performing a real “planning exercise”, in interactive way with presentations and which the participants will build a discussion rounds. “possible” maritime spatial plan in the Northern Adriatic Sea. Stakeholders with Further information about the programme knowledge and expertise in different of the workshop will be uploaded in the maritime sectors will identify the possible web site www.adriplan.eu .