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Integration and implementation of sectoral strategies
There are many interactions between the proposed
sustainability strategies of the sectors (e.g. agriculture and tourism,
offshore wind energy and fisheries or the common use of a Wadden Sea label for
Wadden Sea products). The implementation of the sectoral strategies needs
therefore be carried out in an integrated way.
Integration of policies for the
Wadden Sea and the adjacent mainland
The Wadden Sea Forum stresses that there are many
interactions between the Wadden Sea and the adjacent mainland and that a
sustainable development strategy for the Wadden Sea Region must integrate
policies for the Wadden Sea proper and the adjacent mainland.
Cooperation between responsible authorities
There is still insufficient or lacking cooperation
between local, regional, national and EU authorities in the preparation,
implementation, enforcement and coordination of rules and regulations in the
Wadden Sea Region. A sustainable development perspective for the Region
requires better and intensified cooperation between responsible authorities.
Harmonisation and simplification of Rules and Regulations
The Wadden Sea Forum has identified several cases of
substantial differences in the implementation of rules and regulations within
the Wadden Sea Region (e.g. with regard to the EU EIA Directive). In order to
facilitate sustainable development, rules and regulations should be harmonised
and, where possible, simplified. Moreover, some rules and regulations could be
superfluous, redundant and neither contribute to the protection of nature nor
the improvement of social and economic conditions.
Involvement of stakeholders in the sustainable
management of the area
While acknowledging that public participation in
policy and management already exists on many levels, it is one of the central
wishes of the Wadden Sea Forum to further enhance bottom-up processes wherever
possible and as far as compatible with the principles of parliamentary
democracy. In order to create a sound basis for the implementation of
sustainable development strategies, stakeholders must be actively involved in
this process.
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