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Severn Estuary Partnership Update
2013/14
Gwilym Owen / Rhoda Ballinger
[email protected]
www.severnestuary.net/sep
Severn Estuary Partnership, Joint Advisory Committee
14th May 2013
Timetable
Meeting Schedule
Key Priorities
Key Activities
Month
Event
Action
January
SEP Management Group
Produce Annual Action Plan for coming
Year
April
SEP Management Group
Start of Business Plan Year and sign off
Annual Action Plan
May
Joint Advisory Committee
Explanation of targets for year and
request for support
July
SEP Management Group
Review of delivery - targets and support
September
Severn Estuary Forum
October
SEP Management Group
Draft roll forward of Business Plan (new
year 5)
January
SEP Management Group
Produce Annual Action Plan for coming
year
Launch Annual Report covering
previous year
 Membership and involvement
 Organisational Status
 Key Roles
 Encouragement of delivery of
estuary principles
 Promoting and Publicising the
Estuary
 Adding value and filling gaps
 Ensuring Effective
Communications
 Selling the service
 Resources and operations
Membership
 5/1: Encourage members of ASERA, SCOSLA, SECG & NDCSG to
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join SEP as the coordinating body for the estuary
5/3: Actively support WCMP (replacement), the Welsh Group of
European Marine Sites and the Wales MCZ Stakeholder focus group
5/7: Continue to publicise SEP & explore opportunities for joint
working, while encouraging new members to join
5/10: Develop a sponsorship scheme & list of potential sponsors for
SEP events and core outputs (e.g. Forum and Severn Tidings).
5/11: Continue to encourage current funding partners to contribute &
new partners to join by developing a benefits paper and writing to LA
chief executives
Encouraging delivery
of estuary principles
 7/2: Continued development & annual updating of agreed State of the Severn
Estuary Report themes
 7/4: Respond to consultations
 7/6: Encourage the Welsh Assembly Government and UK Government to work in
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a cross-border manner in the Severn Estuary
7/8: Encourage MMO & WG to jointly plan any Marine Plan covering the estuary
7/8a: Work with the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum and Welsh Government
(WCMP) to update the ‘Wales Coastal Directory’
7/9: Engage, where appropriate the Finding Sanctuary (and MCZ Project Wales)
7/12: Continue to develop and strengthen the Joint Estuary Groups Initiative
Secretariat and run Secretariat services for BCSEG, SECG & ASERA
7/13 : Provide support and coordination for the Bristol Channel Standing
Environment Group
7/15: Facilitate discussions (neutral perspective) for options for tidal power
Promoting and Publicising the
Estuary
 8/1: Continue to develop and expand Severn Estuary
Gateway and SEP websites
 8/11: Produce a community focused Severn Tidings
Newsletter twice a year to develop the voice of
communities around the estuary
Adding value and filling gaps
 9/1: Continue support SMP2 and FRMS delivery – offer
SEP services as appropriate
 9/2: Possibility of additional FRMS public consultation
coordination
 9/3: Co-ordinate production of Management Scheme for
Severn Estuary European Marine Site through secretariat
services for ASERA
 9/7: Contribute to the DeltaNET project via attendance at
workshops completion of theme workplans and
organisation of final meeting (funded)
Ensuring Effective communications
 10/1: Organise quarterly meetings of the SEP
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Management Group
10/2: Organise annual meeting of the Joint Advisory
Committee
10/3: Organise the Severn Estuary Forum, alternating
between England and Wales
11/1: Explore how SEP can more effectively assist the
work of partner organisations
11/2: Develop the website to include pages on what SEP
can deliver both for individual organisations and the
region
SEP Staffing & work plan
 Paul Parker (EA)
 Gwilym Owen
 New SEP/ASERA post
 Student placements
Key Activities
SEP Website Development
SEP Web Development
Monthly E-News
State of the Severn Estuary
Reporting
Merging updated report card content (2011)
with original SOSER 2010 report & preparing
for website update (Summer launch)
Bathing Waters,
Population & Development,
Maintenance Dredging,
Marine Aggregates,
Sea Defence & Shoreline Management,
The Water Environment,
Climate Change
Ports & Shipping
•Development of Indicator Sets / Process
Birds, Fish & Habitats
•Draft annual reporting process matrix
See handouts
• Publication of Final Newsletter
• Development of the following themes
and associated work programmes:
• Theme 3 – Healthy Delta
Environment
• Theme 4 – Delta Awareness
• Theme 5 – Coordinated Delta
Policy
• Final meeting: Cardiff, January 2013
(Site visits: Cardiff Bay; Gwent
Wetlands Reserve)
• Further information
• http://www.deltanet-project.eu/
DELTANET
Recommendations
 Stimulate an overall vision for each
delta/estuary
 Develop an integrated vision/plan for each
area
 Ensure wide participation and wide
stakeholder involvement
 Stimulate the formation of a common
platform/partnership/working groups for a
balanced approach
 Ensure political commitment is maintained
 Have central coordinator/organisation to
ensure strategy and plans are implemented
& continuous stakeholder involvement
 Endeavour to achieve balanced
implementation of EC directives
 Use an innovative and simple
communication process
Projects for Welsh Government and the Marine
Management Organisation:
•CPN Project
•WCMP / Welsh Government Project