The Vision

The Wadden Sea Region has a strong identity, which is rooted in the cultural heritage, the typical Wadden Sea landscape features and the unique, from a world wide perspective, Wadden Sea nature area. The Region has a natural biodiversity and decreasing concentrations of polluting substances.

The Region is characterized by dynamic urban centres and a vital rural community with a balanced population structure and good public facilities.

The Wadden Sea Region offers room for entrepreneurship and economic activities make optimal (i.e. sustainable) use of the specific advantages of the Region, in particular the location by the sea, the nature potentials (agriculture, tourism) and the positive population development.

For the Wadden Sea Area, which is the area covered by the Trilateral Cooperation on the Protection of the Wadden Sea, the trilateral Targets represent the ecological objectives. The Area has an unspoilt beauty, is understood as a joint heritage of the entire Region and the ecological Targets are respected by all sectors.