National Workshop on the Application of Viet Nam’s Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning

Event Description

Vietnam is a marine nation and has long coastline where there has been a variety of developing activities during past time, especially in the future. Marine and coastal economy is an important factor contributing to the domestic economy and covering 43% of GDP (2005) and striving to reach 50% by 2020.

To achieve all the above objectives while protecting the environment and social welfares towards sustainable development of the marine and coastal areas, it is essential to apply lots of different solutions. One of the solutions is to apply the Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (CMSP) in Vietnam as soon as possible. This type of planning was applied in the world 15 years ago and has achieved significant results. In Vietnam, this CMSP has not been applied as right as what its meaning contains but through the zoning plan of the management of some marine protected areas (MPA) and demonstration of project on integrated coastal management (ICM).

The need of economic development under the context of conflicts of interest in using resources of coastal and marine areas has been on the rise. Therefore, the application of CMSP as becomes urgent and practical need for the Government in coastal, island, and marine integrated management of Viet Nam in the coming time.

The National Workshop on “The application of the CMSP in Vietnam – an ecosystem based management approach” is the first forum to discuss the applicability of CMSP in Vietnam, contributing to solve a part of the above needs.

Objectives and results of workshop

Objectives

• Exploring and sharing lessons learned from the CMSP application in the region and the world;
• Introducing some initial steps in the application of Vietnam’s CMSP;
• Proposing solutions to apply widely the CMSP in Viet Nam;

Expected results

• Raising the awareness of the marine and coastal planning and the applicability in Viet Nam;
• Workshop Proceeding;
• Policy brief about CMSP application in Viet Nam;

Time and place

May 30^th and 31^st, 2013 at the Hai Phong City’s Conference Center.

Participants in the workshop

Scientists, managers, policy makers, of Vietnam and international experts and NGOs involving to CMSP.

Workshop organizers

MFF – The Mangroves for the Future in Vietnam

Viet Nam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE)

Fisheries of Administration (FA), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)

People’s Committee in Hai Phong City (Hai Phong PPC)

Secretariat

MFF National Coordinator – Mangroves for the Future Program in Vietnam

IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature

Hai Phong’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment

The Management Department of Sea and Islands Exploitation

Requirements of paper and presentation

In preparation for the content of the workshop, the organizing committee sincerely invites organizations and individuals to write the speeches in the workshop on the following topics:

• The lessons learned from the application of marine and coastal area planning in the region and the world.
• Applying initial steps in the marine and coastal area planning
• The solutions to apply the marine and coastal area planning in Vietnam.

Paper should be sent to:

IUCN – International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Bui Thi Thu Hien, National Coordinator

MFF – The Mangroves for the Future

Email: hien.buithithu@iucn.org, Tel: 84-43-7261575 (Ext. 123)

Deadline of sending paper: May 20^th, 2013

Font: Times New Roman, Size: 12

PowerPoint presentation should be sent to the Organizing Committee no later than May 25^th, 2013.

Tentative Agenda