The Mediterranean Sea has been a crucial crossroad for the history, economy and culture of Europe, Middle East and North African countries. However, until very recently, past and current impacts of human activities on the basin have been largely neglected, nor has a coordinated plan for a coherent and sustainable use of its resources been developed. The concept of sustainable marine and maritime economic development, "Blue Growth", adopted by the European Union (EU) can be expressed as a knowledge driven quantum jump in the exploitation of marine resources, radically different from current practices and fundamentally aimed towards the improvement of the social wellbeing. Blue Growth implies a drastic change from how operators from marine and maritime sectors have traditionally addressed management of marine resources, towards a synergistic, non- conflicting and sustainable use of the sea, still allowing for a significant growth and prosperity. The EU Blue Growth initiative represents a long-term strategy to support growth in the maritime sector as a whole by harnessing the untapped potential of Europe's oceans, seas and coasts for the creation of "blue" jobs and economic growth. To this aim, nine European Countries (Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain) and the European Commission (EC) have been promoting and supporting the BlueMed Research and Innovation initiative for blue jobs and growth in the Mediterranean area (www.bluemed-initiative.eu) since 2014. Since 2017, BlueMed has been formally endorsed by all member countries of the European Union (EU) and of the Union for the Mediterranean, including non-EU countries, through the undersigning of the Valletta Declaration. The EC also funded the BlueMed project (2016-2020), a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) to promote the implementation of the BlueMed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The BlueMed SRIA is a shared reference for the Mediterranean countries, that addresses key challenges and identifies the main common priorities to foster Blue Growth. The Italian BlueMed community has recently drafted a White Paper illustrating the national position on Blue Growth. It builds on an overview of the status of different sectors and activities of marine and maritime economy, among which those considered pillars for Blue Growth due to their underexploited potential, with the scope to more specifically identify the impediments of sustainability and sketch possible roadmaps and scenarios to foster the Blue Growth in the Mediterranean area. This document condenses the results of targeted interactions within the Italian scientific community and several players and stakeholders, including the Italian Ministries involved in marine and maritime affairs. Against this landscape, this session has the objective of collecting and exchanging theories and experiences on a sustainable governance of marine and maritime resources, basing - as BlueMed does - on the twin pillars of fostering relevant research and of engaging all concerned actors in order to promote solid and sustainable political choices. Alongside projects or initiatives sharing the BlueMed focus on research and networking, contributions on international cooperation and science diplomacy in the Mediterranean area are also very welcome. The first part of the session, hosting the speakers' contributions, will be followed by a second part devoted to a structured debate among the participants and with the public, with the final aim of producing a shared position paper summarizing the inputs emerged during the session.
Il Mediterraneo è uno spazio culturalmente eterogeneo e storicamente complesso da un punto di vista geopolitico: in particolare, paesi di tre continenti diversi basano le proprie economie su attività legate al mare, facendone un uso spesso conflittuale e con un impatto ambientale a lungo trascurato. Solo dal 2014 L'Unione Europea ha adottato un piano coordinato per un uso coerente e sostenibile delle risorse marine dell'area. Il piano si basa sul concetto di sviluppo economico marino e marittimo sostenibile, la Blue Growth (BG), e mira ad un drastico cambiamento nella gestione delle risorse da parte degli operatori del settore verso un uso sinergico e non conflittuale dell'ambiente marino oltre che umano. Riconosciuta come una sfida globale, la BG richiede azioni concertate a livello transnazionale, nonché una visione in cui abbiano spazio le diverse prospettive. In questo contesto, l'Europa ha promosso l'iniziativa euro-mediterranea BlueMed (www.bluemed- initiative.eu) che sostiene azioni orientate a costruire tavoli di confronto e negoziazione tra i diversi paesi che affacciano sul bacino per rafforzare gli scambi tra i diversi attori dell'economia blu. Nella visione di BlueMed, un ruolo strategico per ottenere una crescita blu sostenibile è svolto dalla produzione e condivisione di conoscenza. Strumento principe nell'approccio di BlueMed è infatti l'agenda strategica per la ricerca e l'innovazione (SRIA, Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda), realizzata e aggiornata nel corso di complesse consultazioni con i vari attori nazionali, nel comune obiettivo di stabilire le priorità su cui focalizzare la ricerca e orientarla a risultati concreti per uno sviluppo sostenibile dell'intera economia basata sul mare. Sul piano nazionale, il gruppo di lavoro BlueMed CSA (Coordination and Support Action) ha prodotto un "White Paper: analisi degli ostacoli e proposte per una crescita sostenibile dei settori marino e marittimo" in cui vengono individuati alcuni settori rilevanti quali driver per affrontare una governance condivisa delle risorse: tra questi, cibo, trasporti, turismo, energia, industria chimica e dei materiali. In questo scenario, la sessione si propone di raccogliere e far dialogare teorie ed esperienze sulla gestione delle risorse marine che condividano l'approccio di BlueMed basato sui fondamenti paralleli della ricerca e dell'inclusione come basi necessarie per effettuare scelte politiche solide e sostenibili sul mare. Se da un lato è riconosciuta la necessità di approfondire la conoscenza sulle complesse dinamiche eco-socio-economiche del Mediterraneo e di individuare delle priorità di ricerca per arricchirla, dall'altro, è altresì evidente l'opportunità del coinvolgimento e della collaborazione di tutti gli attori interessati e di modi innovativi per aumentare la consapevolezza e la partecipazione dei cittadini nei processi decisionali. Accanto a progetti o iniziative che affrontino questi aspetti, evidenziandone criticità, prospettive e sfide, sono benvenute le esperienze che favoriscono la cooperazione a livello internazionale tra i paesi del bacino Mediterraneo, secondo un approccio di science diplomacy che sostenga soluzioni innovative al servizio del benessere comune. La sessione prevede una prima parte di condivisione delle ricerche e delle pratiche, ed una seconda parte per il confronto tra i partecipanti e con il pubblico. La discussione sarà strutturata in modo da poter produrre, al termine dell'incontro, un documento condiviso con carattere di sintesi e proposta.
The importance of dialogue for a shared governance of the ocean: theories and experiences.
Alba L'Astorina;Rita Giuffredi
2019
Abstract
The Mediterranean Sea has been a crucial crossroad for the history, economy and culture of Europe, Middle East and North African countries. However, until very recently, past and current impacts of human activities on the basin have been largely neglected, nor has a coordinated plan for a coherent and sustainable use of its resources been developed. The concept of sustainable marine and maritime economic development, "Blue Growth", adopted by the European Union (EU) can be expressed as a knowledge driven quantum jump in the exploitation of marine resources, radically different from current practices and fundamentally aimed towards the improvement of the social wellbeing. Blue Growth implies a drastic change from how operators from marine and maritime sectors have traditionally addressed management of marine resources, towards a synergistic, non- conflicting and sustainable use of the sea, still allowing for a significant growth and prosperity. The EU Blue Growth initiative represents a long-term strategy to support growth in the maritime sector as a whole by harnessing the untapped potential of Europe's oceans, seas and coasts for the creation of "blue" jobs and economic growth. To this aim, nine European Countries (Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain) and the European Commission (EC) have been promoting and supporting the BlueMed Research and Innovation initiative for blue jobs and growth in the Mediterranean area (www.bluemed-initiative.eu) since 2014. Since 2017, BlueMed has been formally endorsed by all member countries of the European Union (EU) and of the Union for the Mediterranean, including non-EU countries, through the undersigning of the Valletta Declaration. The EC also funded the BlueMed project (2016-2020), a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) to promote the implementation of the BlueMed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The BlueMed SRIA is a shared reference for the Mediterranean countries, that addresses key challenges and identifies the main common priorities to foster Blue Growth. The Italian BlueMed community has recently drafted a White Paper illustrating the national position on Blue Growth. It builds on an overview of the status of different sectors and activities of marine and maritime economy, among which those considered pillars for Blue Growth due to their underexploited potential, with the scope to more specifically identify the impediments of sustainability and sketch possible roadmaps and scenarios to foster the Blue Growth in the Mediterranean area. This document condenses the results of targeted interactions within the Italian scientific community and several players and stakeholders, including the Italian Ministries involved in marine and maritime affairs. Against this landscape, this session has the objective of collecting and exchanging theories and experiences on a sustainable governance of marine and maritime resources, basing - as BlueMed does - on the twin pillars of fostering relevant research and of engaging all concerned actors in order to promote solid and sustainable political choices. Alongside projects or initiatives sharing the BlueMed focus on research and networking, contributions on international cooperation and science diplomacy in the Mediterranean area are also very welcome. The first part of the session, hosting the speakers' contributions, will be followed by a second part devoted to a structured debate among the participants and with the public, with the final aim of producing a shared position paper summarizing the inputs emerged during the session.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
