Stakeholder participation#
Description#
There is transparency and documents and information are shared with the interested parties, who participate in the management of the area and are satisfied with the participation process. The results of the participation are being incorporated into the management instruments. Public participation occurs in all management stages from the definition of objectives and the design of instruments to their implementation and evaluation.
WWF (2021) Guidance Paper – Ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning in Europe and how to assess it. WWF European Policy Office, Belgium. Available at https://wwfeu.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wwf_eb_maritime_spatial_planning_guidance_paper_march_2021.pdf.
Ehler (2014); Ehler, C. (2014) A Guide to Evaluating Marine Spatial Plans. Paris, UNESCO. IOC Manuals and Guides, 70; ICAM Dossier 8. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000227779/PDF/227779eng.pdf.multi
UNESCO-IOC/European Commission (2021); UNESCO-IOC/European Commission (2021) MSPglobal International Guide on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning. Paris, UNESCO. (IOC Manuals and Guides no 89). Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379196
SPAMI List - RAC/SPA. (2020). Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, Annex I: Common criteria for the choice of protected marine and coastal areas that could be included in the SPAMI list. https://www.rac-spa.org/sites/default/files/annex/annex_1_en.pdf
Criteria WNBR Statutory Framework Art.9