Intermediterranean Commission

Conference of the Peripheral Maritime Regions

Update on IMC CPMR activities and on the emerging strategies in the Med

Bologna Charter Coordination Board meeting

(MATTM, Roma 28/04/2016)

1. General overview on the CPMR and its IMC

2. Updates on emerging strategies in the Mediterranean

3. Forthcoming meeting of the IMP&TRAN WG and IMC General Assembly

4. Overview and Updates on EU projects involving IMC CPMR

2015)

The CPMR is formed by 150 Regionsfrom 28 countries of the EU and itsneighbors of South / East areas. Itrepresents more than 200 millioninhabitants (founded in 1973).

The work is divided into 6 GeographicCommissions

Baltic Sea

Northern Sea

The Atlantic Arc

Mediterranean Sea

The Black Sea and Balkans

The Islands

The organization sets up inter-committee working groups on priorityand particular issues.

The CPMR is a platform for technicaland political cooperation betweenauthorities of regional level onpriority issues and policies for theperipheral maritime regions:

1. Territorial Cohesion

2. Maritime Affairs

3. Transport & accessibility

+ Climate, Macro-regional and sea basin strategies, Migration, Neighborhood, External Cooperation

Lobbying initiative, joint projects,think tank, conferences...and more!

The IMC includes 41 regions of10 MED countries: Spain, Italy,France, Greece, Malta, Portugal,Cyprus, Morocco, Tunisia,Albania.

For the full list: www.medregions.com

Internal organization:

• General Assembly

• Political Bureau

• Secretariat

• Working Groups & Task Forces

Biannual global IMC Action Plan for the period 2014-2016

President 2014-2015: Michel Vauzelle, President of the Region PACA

Acting President - I semester 2016:Mohamed Sadiki, Vice-President of the Region Rabat - Salé – Kénitra

1st VP: Catalonia, VP: Western Greece

New elections 1/7/2016: President & renewal of the Political Bureau (21 members).

IMC CPMR Action Plan 2014-16:

Promoting the emergence of macro-regional and sea basin strategies in the Med

Pushing the Mediterranean into

the global and European agenda

Promoting effective projects and mobilize

the Mediterranean southern partners

Encouraging dialogue between civil society

to promote a Mediterranean

citizenship

Territorial Cooperation

& Macro-Regional

Strategies

Transport & Integrated Maritime

Policy

Water & Energy

Economic & Social

Cohesion

ORGANIZATION OF THE IMC WGs:

• 2 co-presidencies – tandem of regions for each WG

• Working plans for 2014-2016

• Including specific Tasks Forces led by specific regions

• Focus on Lobbying actions & Projects

Territorial Cooperation

& Macro-Regional

Strategies

Transport & Integrated Maritime

Policy

Water & Energy

Economic & Social

Cohesion

IMC CPMR WORKING GROUPS

Co-Presidencies of the WGs

Territorial Cooperation & MRs :PACA and Catalonia

Economic & Social Cohesion:Languedoc-Roussillon and Tuscany

Transport & Integrated MaritimePolicy: Murcia and PACA

Water & Energy: GeneralitatValenciana and Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

WG on Transport & Integrated Maritime

Policy

WG on Economic &

Social Cohesion

TF: Bologna Charter

Coordination Board, and

others

TF: Sustainable & Culture

Tourism, Vasco da Gama,

among others

IMC CPMR WORKING GROUPS & TASK FORCES

EXAMPLES OF

INTERNAL WG’s TASK FORCES

Bologna Charter CoordinationBoard: EMILIA ROMAGNA

Sustainable & Culture Tourism:CRETE

Vasco da Gama (on training,skills & mobility in the frame ofthe Blue Economy): VENETO

APPENDIX I. MEDITERRANEAN MACRO-REGIONAL STRATEGIES (PROPOSAL)

UNE FEUILLE DE ROUTE POUR LES SMR ET SBM EN MEDITERRANEE

(Débattue lors des “MED COOPERATION DAYS” à Rome en Novembre 2014)

Concepts principaux :

• Géométrie variable

• Perspective de « co-ownership » et graduelle « pas à pas »

• Gouvernance Multi-niveaux et coordination d’acteurs clés

• Synergies (CET, mainstreaming, le rôle clé de la capitalisation,instruments financiers)

• Concentration thématique

• Besoin de cohérence entre les stratégies, politiques, priorités pour unfutur développement territorial durable, inclusif et intelligent del’Euromed

Tentative de calendrier et étapes (de 2014 à post 2020 pour EUSAIR,EUSMED, EUSEAST, EUSWEST)

• Consensus : approche ascendante et requête formelle

• Étude, construction, consultation, actions préparatoires et lancement

• Implémentation (FSI, alignement CET, etc., actions clés, fora) etévaluation (CE, etc.)

The ASUR Sea Basin Principles

2016 © Copyright - westmed | Building a maritime strategy for the Western

Mediterranean

2016 © Copyright - westmed | Building a maritime strategy for the Western

Mediterranean

STRATEGIC UFM MINISTERIAL DECLARATIONS FOR THE

MED AND MARITIME RELATED ISSUES

Declaration on Blue Economy, November 2015

Declaration on Environment and Climate Change, March 2014

Both available on: http://ufmsecretariat.org/

CPMR & IMC MARITIME ACTIVITIES RELEVANT FOR MED STRATEGIES

Internal Framework: CPMR Maritime AGENDA 2015 &Maritime Intergroups, IMC WGs & TASK FORCES with theirrespective Action Plans.

Examples of outputs (I):

• Reflections on emerging macro-regional & sea basinstrategies: ARLEM Report 2014, Road Map for MRs &SBs, Political Declarations and Policy Papers etc.

• Several EU Projects on maritime issues (e.g. dealingwith Environment Protection, Innovation & BlueGrowth, Tourism etc.)

• Work on maritime investments & smart specializationstrategies (study, platform, conferences)

• Specific collaborations and reflections on bio bluetechnologies (e.g. via EMBRC)

• Activities on fisheries & aquaculture (monitoring ofCFP, synergies with FARNET projects).

CPMR & IMC MARITIME ACTIVITIES RELEVANT FOR MED STRATEGIES

Examples of outputs (II) :

• Several activities on ICZM-MSP (Bologna Charter andJoint Action Plan, EC expert group on ICZM, Projectson coastal data)

• Actions on education, training and mobility in theBlue Economy Sectors (Vasco da Gama)

• Collaboration on marine energies promotion andmaritime industries (with Ocean Energy Europe,capitalization of EU and MED projects, Waterborneetc.)

• Technical and political reflections and EU projects onMaritime & Coastal Tourism

• Monitoring and advocacy activities on EU transportscorridors and motorways of the sea/RTAP Med,capitalization of projects on sustainable maritimetransport

KEY STRENGHTS OF THE CPMR IMC

• “Critical mass”/representativeness of thenetwork: the voice of maritime peripheralregions in the MED

• Synergies with EU (EC, EP, CoR, ARLEM etc.) andexternal key players (organizations & networks)

• Experience of IMC CPMR members managingESIF and Cooperation programmes + potential formainstreaming & cooperation

• Legal competences of IMC CPMR members onissues concerning Blue Growth & Environmentalprotection as a lot of other key themes ofinterest.

• Sound experience on EU projects & capitalization(of the members and as a network)

• Potential for the articulation of territorial andmaritime players

KEY CHALLENGES FOR THE CPMR IMC

(including external factors)

• Geo-political situation at global level(migration, conflicts etc.), economic crisis andturnover in the elections at regional (andnational) level.

• Decentralization & Democratic governance inthe South Med

• Reduction of environmental pressures at Medlevel (challenges by Eco-Regions)

• MSP-ICM: balanced development of land-seainteractions and the role of the regions

• Combine maritime investments withenvironmental protection + Integratedapproach to maritime affairs

NEEDS IN TERMS OF STRATEGIES FOR THE MED

• More efficient coordination of visions, policies, strategies,funding instruments , players at MED and sub-basin level+ effective impact on the territory

• Ensure a key role of Regional authorities in decisionmaking for the emerging strategies and connectedpolicies together with the States (fundamental forensuring coherence between territorial and maritimeelements).

OPPORTUNITIES

• Set shared objectives, develop policy transfer andcapacity building between the Med rims for moreintegration of the area

• Boost emerging strategies: e.g. West Med maritimestrategy/initiative as pilot for a global Med strategy withAction Plan and key projects, involving gradually theSouth/East (and ensuring a link with EUSAIR)

• Multilevel Forum for LRAs with a specific role in thegovernance of the emerging strategies (it should rely onexisting structures and networks)

IMC “IMP&TRAN” WG AND

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

- Venice 30/6 and 1/7/2016 -

30/ 6 Meeting of the Intermediterranean Commission WorkingGroup on Transport & Integrated Maritime Policy»

1/7 General Assembly of the Intermediterranean Commission

1. Election of the new Political Bureau and President

2. Political sessions on:

• challenges/solutions for an integrated territorial developmentand cohesion in the MED

• How can maritime investments in the MED be combined/promoted with sustainable development and tools for MSP &ICZM

3. Political Declarations/Signature of MoU with MedCities

4. Internal Matters/Working Groups & projects update

For the full updated IMC Calendar please visit:http://medregions.com

OVERVIEW AND UPDATES ON

IMC CPMR PROJECTS

PAST (RECENT) PROJECTS BEING CURRENTLY CAPITALIZED BY THE IMC CPMR

• MAREMED (MED Programme, 2013);OTREMED (MED Programme 2013);COASTGAP (MED Programme 2014); SURE(CIUDAD-ENPI Programme, 2013); ELIHMED(MED Programme, 2014); MarInA-MedCOM&CAP (MED programme, 2014-15);MITOMED (MED programme, 2014-2015)

• Several other projects developed by IMCregions where the network was involved inmonitoring, expert or capitalization activities(MARIE, PROFORBIOMED, ENERMED, others)

MarInA-Med COM&CAPCOMmunication and CAPitalization of the

Maritime Integrated Approach in the Mediterranean

The added value of capitalization and networking

An IntegratedApproachfor the Mediterranean

COM&CAP MarInA-Med + 13 projects

All sorted by 4 priority axes

Maritime Innovation & Economic Development

Environment Protection

Transport & AccessibilityGovernance & Policy for the Mediterranean

An IntegratedApproachfor the Mediterranean

COM&CAP MarInA-Med + 13 projects

All sorted by 4 priority axes

Maritime Innovation & Economic Development

Environment Protection

Transport & AccessibilityGovernance & Policy for the Mediterranean

ONGOING PROJECTS INVOLVING IMC CPMR AND ITS MEMBER REGIONS

• Med Spring (FP7, 2013-2016)

• Vasco da Gama – Training for greener and safer maritime transport (DG Move, 2014-2016)

• Platforma / Strategic Partnership with the European Commission (DG DEVCO-Europeaid, 2015-20)

• Projects where the CPMR participates with a Med dimension: Coastal Mapping (DG MARE)

PROJECTS TO BE DEVELOPED / MONITORED

• ARLEM Capacity building on integrated urbandevelopment (in the pipeline, 2015-2016, UpM-Arlem)

• Vasco da Gama Med (VdG spin off being conceived for 2016-2017 in the frame of UfM, ADRION, EUSAIR, ENI CBC MED, MARITTIMO, ERASMUS + etc.)

• Other projects ideas in progress/studying, emergingfrom the 4 IMC WGs (especially on SustainableTourism and Culture, Energy, Water, maritime issues,topics related to transports, economic and socialcohesion fields ...) to be submitted within H2020, orINTERREG programs in the Mediterranean (mainlyMED, ADRION, INTERREG Europe, MARITTIMO), ENICBC Med, and other programs / fundinginstruments…

PROJECTS PRESENTED TO THE 1st CALL OF THE

PROGRAMME INTERREG MED (END 2015)

2 Horizontal Projects COM&CAP (January 2016)

Axis 1: Innovation in the field of Blue Growth -INNOBLUEGROWTH

Axis 3.2: Environment (maintaining biodiversity and natural ecosystems / MPAs management network) –PANACEA

6 Modular Projects (November 2015)

SHERPA under S.O. 2.1 on Energy Efficiency in Public buildings

SUR-INTOUR, CO-EVOLVE, MARINE VILLLAGES, FISHTOUR, MITOMED + on S.O 3.1 on different aspects of sustainable coastal & maritime tourism (indicators, MSP, Labels, Itineraries and culture tourism, fishing tourism).

+ Several projects supported as associated partner

PROJECTS SUPPORTED IN THE 1st ADRION’S CALL

1. SPIN OFF VASCO DA GAMA ON MARITIME TRANSPORT, MULTIMODALITY AND LOGISTICS (project INTRAMOBILITYS, submitted)

2. SEA FOOD ROUTES / FISHING TOURISM (project A-MARE submitted)

3. SMALL DEVELOPED ISLANDS AND PROTECTION/PROMOTION OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (project PRIMAVERA, submitted)

OTHER PROJECT BEING DRAFTED WHERE CPMR/IMC IS PARTNER

1. PROJECTS UNDER THE EMFF: BLUE CAREERS, MSP AND OTHERS

2. PROJECTS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AMIF

(INTEGRATION OF MIGRANTS)

IMC SECRETARIAT - CONTACTS

Davide STRANGIS, IMC Executive Secretary, CPMREmail: davide.strangis@crpm.org Tel: +34 935 545 049

Catherine PETIAU-KERZERHO, IMC Policy Assistant, CPMREmail: catherine.petiau@crpm.orgTel: + 33 (0)2 99 35 40 60

Elodie NUNES, IMC Policy Officer, CPMREmail: Elodie.nunes@crpm.org Tel: +34 935 545 049

For more information (e.g. key documents,policy positions etc.) please consult ourweb site: www.medregions.com).