Transcript Presentation: PISCES and policy

PISCES Project
Workshop 2: Formulating guidelines
Dr Lyndsey Dodds, Policy Liaison Officer
What PISCES is
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You!
Stakeholder-led
A forum for developing practical guidelines
A way of identifying what the users want for
delivering EA
• Verified by expert advisory group
• Spreading to wider stakeholders
• Creating a voice for Celtic Sea stakeholders
What PISCES is
• An exemplar
• Exploring new methods for stakeholder
engagement
• A means of influencing implementation of EU
legislation
• Of interest to governments
• Translating policy into practice
• Aspirational but pragmatic
What PISCES isn’t
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Delivering an EA in the Celtic Sea
Trying to restrict activities
Telling stakeholders what EA means in practice
Writing group consultation responses
Looking at the scientific basis for policy
Easy!
Scope for influence
• Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
is environmental pillar of EU Integrated
Maritime Policy.
• Aim to achieve Good Environmental Status
(GES)
MSFD timeline
Determine
Entry into what GES
MS
means
legislation
PISCES
Target and
indicators
for each
region
Spatial
protection
measures
identified
Programme
of measure
for GES
Establish&
implement
monitoring
programme
Programme
of
measures
operational
Achieve or
maintain
GES
Other drivers
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National legislation
EU Marine Spatial Planning roadmap
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform
Integrated Maritime Policy
Role of PISCES team
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Liaison with governments
PISCES teams in UK, Ireland, France and Spain
Regular meetings
Seminars
Feedback of PISCES outputs