Evaluation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Europe

National Reporting

Finland

Status

A National Report consisting of a proposed national strategy with an assessment/stocktaking section was officially submitted to the European Commission on 17 May 2006.

Finland has had a comprehensive spatial (land-use) planning system for a long time. In the submitted ICZM Strategy, this system is proposed as the main instrument for ICZM implementation.

Reporting Institution

Ministry of the Environment
Land-Use Department
Valtioneuvosto

In Finland, there is no single authority for coastal zone management and planning. The Ministry of Environment is responsible for national environmental policy and issues related to marine environment protection in general. The Land-Use Department is the responsible body for ICZM and sustainable development.

National Contact

Ms. Tiina Tihlman, Counsellor, Spatial Planning
Contact: Tiina.Tihlman@ymparisto.fi

National Reporting to the EU ICZM Recommendation

Finlands kuststrategi (39 pages, Finnish)

Suomen Rannikkostrategia (39 pages, Finnish)

Suomen Raportointi EU:N Komissiolle Rannikkoalueiden Yhdennettyä Käyttöä Ja Koskev an Suosituksen (2002/413/EY) Toimeenpanosta (10 pages, Finnish)

Stocktake and Supporting Documents

The State of Finnish Coastal Waters in the 1990s

Further information

Website of the Finnish Ministry of the Environment
http://www.ymparisto.fi/?lan=en