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1 EUCC, the Coastal Union

EUCC’s main focus was in
The really positive thing about Corepoint has been the way it
tried to apply the science by taking a wider learning approach.
10 6 Corepoint
testing the EU approved ICZM progress
indicator at the local level to measure
the progress in the implementation
Tim Stojanovic, MACE, Cardiff University
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in numbers
of integrated coastal zone management
in Europe.
CoastNet Aberdeen Institute for
€ 4.3 million
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2 The Maritime Institute,
University of Ghent
CoastNet developed and
delivered eight regional conferences Management, University 4 years
in every partner country on a
of Aberdeen 2
The Institute formed an expert couplet specific aspect of ICZM. It also
(along with the local Flemish developed and delivered the coastal The Institute formed an expert 12 partners
Authority) looking at ICZM in Flanders. portal ‘CoastWeb’. couplet with the Western Isles Council
It also undertook a review of legal
approaches in ICZM.
working on various issues including
coastal archaeology, education and 7 countries

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Sefton City Council use conflict. 3
6 Sefton Council formed an
Over 19,000 km of coastline*

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University of Western expert couplet with fellow Corepoint
3 Brittany partner, MACE at Cardiff University to Centre for Coastal and
The university formed expert couplets develop a local information system
9 Marine Research (CCMR) 9 expert couplets
in Mont Saint-Michel Bay and also the focusing on coastal change. at the University of Ulster

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schools with over 120
Golfe Du Morbhian.
Envision
CCMR formed an expert couplet with
Donegal County Council to look at 11
Cork County Council
12
Coastal & Marine
6 training

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Resources Centre
Marine and Coastal
7 Envision developed and ran
coastal erosion along Donegal’s
Cork County Council formed
an expert couplet with fellow (CMRC), University
participants
4 Environment Group the six ICZM training schools (see
beaches. The group provided
Corepoint partner, CMRC, working on College Cork
p14) and formed an expert couplet
(MACE), Cardiff University with the Durham Heritage Coast
recommendations for how to work
with natural process in dealing with an integrated coastal management
strategy for Cork Harbour.
CMRC were project leaders of
6 local information
MACE was the key partner in looking at ICZM on the Durham coastal issues. Corepoint as well as forming an expert systems in development
developing local information systems Coast. The group also produced, couplet with Cork County Council.
for a number of local areas including with CMRC, a report quantifying
Sefton and the Severn. It also provided the economic benefits of natural 10
Martin Ryan Institute, 8 conferences
National University of
There is a long way to go but the expert couplets have been a
input into a number of key reports as coastal ecosystems.
well as forming an expert couplet with
the Severn Estuary Partnership looking
Galway
The Institute produced and coordinated useful starting point.
720 conference delegates
Jeremy Hills, Envision
at maritime heritage and ICZM policy
along the Severn.
an extensive review of international
approaches to ICZM and a review of EU
legislation and policies with
19 reports
implications for coastal management.
The expert couplet provided a first hand living laboratory in the These were produced with input from Corepoint has been extremely positive in terms of better ONE coastal portal
Severn for our research into coastal planning and management. other Corepoint partners, namely understanding and knowledge of one another’s issues.
MACE, Envision, University of Gent
Rhoda Ballinger, Mace Manuelle Phillip, University of Brest
*(CIA world factbook: www.cia.gov/library/
and CMRC. publications/the-world-factbook)

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