EU Recommendation on ICZM
The findings of the Demonstration Programme provided the basis for a European Parliament and Council Recommendation concerning ICZM. In May 2002, the European Union adopted this Recommendation, agreeing to implement the principlesals of integrated coastal zone management in Europe.
The Recommendation also asked Member States to undertake a national stocktake of the main legislation, institutions and stakeholders with an interest in using and managing the coast, and based on this, to develop national strategies to deliver ICZM by February 2006. The UK Government published the stocktake exercise in March 2004.
In simple terms, the EU Recommendation states that the process of developing an ICZM strategy would need to involve all interests and disciplines and promote the sustainable management of the coastal zone, by integrating social, economic and environmental interests.
As a result the ICZM strategy for Northern Ireland reflects the particular requirements of this region while at the same time feeding into the overall UK strategy.
