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SUSTAIN

Assessing sustainability and

strengthening operational policy

Caroline Salthouse

North West Coastal Forum/Sefton Borough CouncilAlan Pickaver, Maria FerreiraCoastal & Marine Union (EUCC)


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What is SUSTAIN?

A new way of thinking about sustainable developmentsupported by designing a new set of indicatorsincorporating sustainability quality information and

targets relating to key aspects of the EU SustainableDevelopment Strategy:

Ltitoral 2010, September 2010London, UK

nature and biodiversity

carrying capacity water & environmental quality

climate change

socio-economic aspects


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To have in place, at the end of three years,a fully implementable policy tool,

applicable for all 22 coastal states of the EU,

which will enable the measurement ofsustainability in coastal areas.

Objective



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to increase the sustainability of partner municipalities

through interchange of experience and transfer of practice

during the lifetime of the project, as well as beyond, on

sustainability issues

to draw up a definitive list of sustainability criteria for a

coastal future which can be readily implemented

to self-assess the identified sustainability criteria in order

that they can be used on a Pan-European scale

Sub-objectives



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SUSTAIN is designed to help transfer of beneficial ideas

between the partner regions.

The aim is to improve the socio-economic balance between

coastal communities by exploring how partners have

achieved:

Economic revitalisation of some areas

Equalising cross cultural disparities

Wider sustainaibilitycontext



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SUSTAIN will contribute to increasing sustainability on a

number of key challenges including climate change,

transport, consumption, conservation and management of

natural resources and public health

Wider sustainaibilitycontext



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Implementation

Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund

through the INTERREG IVC Programme:

Innovation & Environment

Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions

BUDGET & DURATION:

ERDF 1.406 845

Partners 391 177

TOTAL1.798 023

36 months started Jan.10



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Partnership

12 Partners including 8 regional and/or local

authorities, lead by EUCC, NL

UK (England and Northern Ireland)

Germany

Ireland

Netherlands

Slovenia

France

Italy Greece

Portugal

Cyprus

Spain


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Pan-European coverage


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COMPONENT 1 : Management and Co-ordination (EUCC)

COMPONENT 2 : Communication & Dissemination

To inform local and regional authorities and wider communities,

relevant stakeholders and the publicLead by Sefton Borough Council

COMPONENT 3 : Exchange of experiences for sustainability

To enhance sustainability of the coastal partners and achieve a welldefined indicator set and provide guides and tools for ease of

implementation

Lead by ARH Tejo / Tagus River Basin District Administration, Public

Institution)

Project organisation



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Communication


www.sustain-eu.net


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The North West coast is over 1000 km long.

6.9 million people live in the region all lessthan 1 hours drive from the coast.

Our coast is over 80% Natura 2000Resorts such as Blackpool and Southport(Sefton) attract millions of visitors each year

We also have 10 ports (4 major ports),

nuclear, offshore renewables and otherindustry

Relevance of regional partners...example of North West England


The NW Coastal Forum seeks to influenceregional and local policy to promote ICZMprinciples


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As component 2 leader, Sefton will

coordinate the promotion and dissemination

activities, both internally and externally:

To ensure good internal communicationduring the life of the project

To ensure local and regional authorities

are aware of the project and its outputs

To ensure successful take-up and use ofthe indicator set and guides

To ensure success in influencing policy as

needed across Europe

Relevance of regional partners...example of North West England



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ARH Tejo coastal areacomprizes 13municipalities, almost1.2 million inhabitants(about 12% of nationalpopulation) and 122beaches

ARH do Tejo's territorial area

Coastline:289 km

Relevance of regional partners...example of ARH Tejo



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Responsible by law to protect andimprove littoral quality, a main goal inthe National policy and EUorientations.

The coast is managed through 4 MasterPlans that are being implemented.

In order to proceed with this objective,ARH Tejo has prepared a Regional

Strategy which was recently published.

ARH do Tejo is a Public Institution thatworks on territorial planning, directlyassociated to water resources, includingthe coastal zone:

Relevance of regional partners...example of ARH Tejo


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SUSTAIN Policy Tool: a coherent, management driven

instrument to measure sustainability at local/regional level

Partners with increased sustainability through exchange ofexperience

Multilingual information about the project development and

products in the partners national languages:

Expected results (1)



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Two guides: (i) for authorities and (ii) for sustainabilityimprovement

A set of criteria agreed and implementable at local andregional partner authority level

Contribution to the implementation of the EU Sustainable

Development Strategy

Expected results (2)



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