We are pleased to invite you on 25th November 2021 at 10.00 to the Final Conference of the project "Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for the Black Sea - Bulgaria and Romania" - MARSPLAN-BS II with leading partner and host - the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Republic of Bulgaria.

On August 31, in online format, a public discussion of the draft Maritime Spatial Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria 2021-2035 was held.

The Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration of Romania and ESPON organizes a Peer Learning Workshop “The role of MSP-LSI in sustainable energy production in the Black Sea” on the 28th of September 2021 (14.00-17.15 EET / 15.00-18.15 RO/BG Time).

The Center for Coastal and Marine Studies (CCMS), Varna, Bulgaria, as partner in the MARSPLAN-BS II project participated at 34th International Geographical Congress, held 16-20 August, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey (virtual) and presented main results, progress and lessons learned. The director of CCMS Dr. Margarita Stancheva was a session co-chair and speaker.

The draft Maritime Spatial Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria 2021-2035 has been published for public discussion by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria.

Thematic workshop under the heading of "Prospects for the development of aquaculture in the context of Maritime Spatial Planning" organized by The Higher Naval School "Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov" - Varna was held on June 22.

Based on the project agreement „Cross border maritime spatial planning in the Black Sea – Romania and Bulgaria, code EASME/EMFF/2018/1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725 - MARSPLAN-BS II”, financed by European Commission, The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), on 10th of March took place the thematic online workshop on “Ecological protection of coastal areas and oil spill response. Organization and capabilities” organized by Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy.

Based on the project agreement „Cross border maritime spatial planning in the Black Sea – Romania and Bulgaria, code EASME/EMFF/2018/1.2.1.5/01/SI2.806725 - MARSPLAN-BS II”, financed by European Commission, The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), „Ovidius” University of Constanta, organised the online thematic workshop entitled „Coastal protection measures against erosion”, which took place on 11th February 2021.

The MARSPLAN BS II Project was presented by the project coordinator, Angel Gyorev, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, Sofia, Bulgaria to the Workshop on Integrating an Ecosystem-based Approach into Maritime Spatial Planning, 27 January 2021, organized by Milieu Consulting SPRL with the following partners, ACTeon, Baltijas Vides Forums, Stichting Wageningen Research and Fresh-Thoughts Consulting GmbH. The event was also attended by: Mr. Bogdan Ghinea (MDPWD, Bucharest, RO), Mrs. Vesselina Troeva (NCRD, Sofia, BG), Mrs. Laura Alexandrov and Mrs. Laura Boicenco (NIMRD, Constanta, RO), Mrs. Margarita Stancheva (CCMR, Varna, Bulgaria) and Mrs. Tatiana Begun (GeoEcoMar, Constanta, RO).

Further information and online registration are available on the event webpage.

On December 17, 2020, took place the online public consultation within MARSPLAN-BS II Project with the Romanian stakeholders regarding the Study of the Future Conditions of the Maritime Space.