Status
The Netherlands submitted a progress report on the
implementation of the ICZM Recommendation in the Netherlands
to the European Commission on 3 March 2006, with the
main purpose to show the extent to which the Dutch coastal
zone is being managed in an integrated and sustainable
way.
The Netherlands has decided not to develop a separate
strategy for ICZM but to make use of two existing building
blocks which in fact are supported by a variety of complementary
statutory institutions:
- the National Spatial Strategy, which establishes a national
strategy for integrated spatial planning policies generally;
and makes the coastal zone, Wadden Sea and Deltas explicitly
part of the main national spatial structures; and
- the Third Policy Document on Coastal Areas, which provides
an integrated frame-work for coastal zone management and policies
on coastal areas.
ICZM has been initiated - although not always explicitly
mentioned as such - even before the Recommendation.
The case for the Netherlands shows that a specific ICZM
strategy is not necessarily needed in the country to
implement ICZM principles as long as the notion of sustainable
development guides the set up of governance and participation.
Reporting Institutions
Since 2002 the national level (Rijk) is responsible
for the implementation of the Recommendation. Coordination
here is carried out jointly by the Ministry of Transport,
Public Works and Water Management, in close cooperation
with the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the
Environment, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Management
of the Dutch coastal zone is in hands of a multitude
of public and private-sector bodies.
National Institute Coastal and Marine Management, RWS/RIKZ
The Hague
National Contacts
Mr. Hans Balfoort
DG Water, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water
Management
Contact: Hans.Balfoort@minvenw.nl
Ms. Hermine Erenstein
National Institute Coastal and Marine Management, RWS/RIKZ
Contact: H.J.E.Erenstein@rikz.rws.minvenw.nl
National Reporting to the EU ICZM Recommendation
EU Recommendation
Concerning the Implementation of ICZM in Europe, Report
on Implementation in the Netherlands, December 2005 (28 pages, English)
Stocktake and Supporting Documents
Kust in kader.
Actorenanalyse integraal kustbeheer 2003
(Stakeholder analysis, 78 pages, Dutch)
Inventarisatie
en vergelijking van kustzonegerelateerde onderwerpen
in streekplannen, RA-02-584, December 2002
(ICZM aspects in regional zoning plans, 72 pages, Dutch)
RIKZ
- Integraal kustbeheer - een inventarisatie van nationaal
en Europees beleid en regelgeving, 20 January 2004
(Inventory of national and EU policies and legislation,
129 pages, Dutch)
Dieperink, C, and Steyn, S. (1 July 2005) In
de geest van Europa? Vijf Nederlandse kustprojecten
belicht vanuit de Europese Aanbeveling betreffende de
uitvoering van een geintegreerd beheer van kustegebieden.
(An analysis of the use of the ICZM principles in the
Netherlands, 62 pages, Dutch)
The results of the inventory of the sustainability Indicators
(2006)
http://www.vliz.be/nl/zeecijfers/Zeecijfers_RIKZ_rapport
Further Information
Website of the National Institute Coastal and Marine
Management, RWS/RIKZ
http://www.rikz.nl and http://www.kustzonebeleid.nl/ (Dutch
ICZM)
Millieu en Natuurbeleid
http://www.minbuza.nl |
