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An Introduction to the Severn Estuary Partnership:Collaboration and Joint Approaches
Paul ParkerSevern Estuary Partnership Engagement Officer
Monday 21st June 2010
UK Estuary & Coastal Partnerships
Began to form in the early 1990s• Encouragement by Government conservation bodies
(e.g. SNH, EN, CCW)
• Specific local need identified by a number of organisations
• A more general recognition of a need to cooperate on the management of a water body by a variety of organisations
• A number of local coastal and estuarine fora (LCF) established
• No legislation for ICZM in Great Britain
• Set up in 1995
• Independent, Estuary-wide NON-statutory initiative
• Led by Local Authorities & Statutory Agencies
• Involves all those interested in the future of the estuary
• Strategy document 2001
• Strategic Business Plan in 2010
‘A vibrant and prosperous community, working in partnership for a clean and pleasant environment, valued and protected for generations to come.’
History
• Establish and embed a set of ‘common principles’ for sustainable
estuary use via Partners’ strategies, policies and action plans
• Act as a co-ordinating body to assist the effective and efficient delivery
of agreed estuary-wide actions
• Promote and publicise the estuary at local, national and international
level
• Add value and fill gaps in effective estuary management, providing
extra capacity when required
• Facilitate effective communication across and between organisations
and individuals
Aims of the Severn Estuary Partnership:
Need for Integrated Management of the Severn Estuary
• Wind and Tidal Energy proposals• Nuclear energy • Energy from waste power plant• Management Scheme for the European Marine Site• Shoreline Management Plans• Flood Risk Management Plans• Regional Pollution Plans• Marine & Coastal Access Act• Marine Spatial Plans• Marine Conservation Zones
**Cross border issues**
… and achieve this using an integrated approach!
The Severn Estuary Partnership provides a unique neutral role linking people and organisations for the future of the estuary.
How Do We Do This?Joint Advisory
Committee
Management Group
SEP Staff Team-1 manager (P/T)-1scientific officer
-1 engagement officer-1 communications / web officer
Information Provision: –Contacts Database (>2000); –Web-based ‘Who Does What’ Guide
Secretariat:
SECG, ASERA, Bristol Channel Strategic Environment Group
Publications:-SEP website (ASERA, SECG, SE Flood Risk Management Strategy, information, maps, images, who’s-who, links)-Severn Tidings newsletter-Monthly E-Newsletters-Information leaflets-State of the Severn report and report cards
Projects:- COREPOINT (IIIB): promoting ICZM and LIS with spatial planners- IMCORE (IVB): Climate change adaptation and scenarios in Europe- DeltaNET: sharing estuary best practice in Europe- Beacons: climate change adaptation outreach in Wales and England
Severn Estuary Forum
Facilitate Public Consultation Processes:
Eg. SMP2, Marine Planning
Attend meetings and events, respond to consultations and emphasize need for co-ordination and joint working
Joint Estuary Day
• Drivers – English/Welsh ICZM Strategies– Key local champions– Continuing need for ‘estuary-wide’ view– SEP increased management ‘professionalism’
• Challenges – Lack of legal status of ICZM
• ASERA - EMS• limited resources
– Limited involvement of business /industrial sectors– Diverging agenda of English & Welsh administrations– Severn Estuary Tidal Power proposals– Marine Bill (opportunity & Challenges)?
Progress over the last year:• Input to Severn Tidal Power SEA• Revised Management Scheme for European Marine Site• SEP Strategic Business and Financial Plans to identify where SEP
needs to be in 5 years time (2010-2015)• Review of Severn Estuary Strategy document• Investigating the options for a ‘State of the Estuary’ report (data
management)• Involvement with European projects e.g. COREPOINT, IMCORE, local
engagement projects – Beacons.• Providing support for the Severn Estuary Coastal Group (Shoreline
Management Plan), Bristol Channel Standing Environment Group (Pollution Response), Severn Estuary Climate Change Research Advisory Group…
• Creation of new Severn Estuary Gateway website and associated sites, including RSS feeds
